The Gambia's President Adama Barrow has easily won re-election, authorities there said, in the first vote for decades held without long-term leader Yahya Jammeh.
Envelopes full of cash and cheques were found behind a loose toilet by a plumber doing repairs at celebrity televangelist Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church in Texas, according to church officials.
Perhaps unheard of, especially in these modern days when countries are trying to device hi-tech means during elections but The Gambia, the smallest country in the west of mainland Africa, has introduced an indigenous way to choose its next leader.
Kenyans online have been pointing out errors made by President Uhuru Kenyatta during a national address on Tuesday, outlining what he said he’d achieved during his eight years in office.
Europe is in a race against the clock to step up its vaccination and booster programs amid concerns over the Omicron variant hitting its shores, European Union Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said during a news briefing Wednesday.
The African Union (AU) has endorsed vaccine pass standard (Trusted Vaccines) and COVID-19 testing certificate standard (Trusted Travel) of the Republic of Togo.
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