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Chilling story of 44 Ghanaians Killed in Gambia. Claims President Yahya Jammeh ordered their execution
Somewhere in February 2005, over forty four (44) Ghanaians boarded a small boat in Ghana to Senegal, en route to Europe to seek greener pastures….
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Nigerian Senate passes same-sex marriage prohibition bill. Warns developed nations to stop any attempt to violate Nigeria’s value system
The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday approved a penalty of 14 years of imprisonment for any person who enters into same sex marriage contract or civil…
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Children return to School after conflict
BIDJAN, 2 November 2011 (IRIN) – The new school year began at the end of October in Côte d’Ivoire but is getting off to slow…
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56 held in Mauritania over census protests
Nouakchott – Mauritanian police have arrested 56 people, including 13 foreigners, in Nouakchott during clashes over a census between the security forces and young blacks,…
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Tiny Burkina Faso confronts Gadhafi’s enormous legacy
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — Even though his portrait no longer graces the lobby of this city’s premier hotel, fallen Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi’s presence in…
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Hundreds of returning Tuaregs alarm Mali, Niger
AO, Mali — Hundreds of armed Tuaregs from Mali and Niger who fought for toppled Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi have started to return to their…
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Analysis: Nigeria – Too Big to Fail
A remote country faces a home-grown Muslim terrorism threat. The terrorists appear linked to al-Qaeda. The victimized country, despite its hapless police force and porous…
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Nigeria’s president vows to control terrorism
ABUJA — Nigeria will bring terrorism “under control” and confront the radical Muslim sect that claimed responsibility for a car bombing at the country’
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The Makeni Children: How Flawed Is the International Adoption Process?
When Judith Mosley and her husband adopted 4-year-old Sulaiman Suma from Sierra Leone in 1998, in the midst of that country’s brutal civil war,…
