
Young Gambian women are making positive strides in this competitive world of the 21st century. Their proliferation into
WASHINGTON, Aug 6 (Reuters) - The United States condemned a coup in Mauritania on Wednesday and urged the military to release
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has always condemned military coups as a fundamental challenge to democracy in the sub-region. This was manifested when a supplementary protocol was signed in Dakar, Senegal in 2001 by governments of 14 of the 15 member states. Its ratification by 9 member states made the protocol an active mechanism that puts it into force for the 15 member state organization.
NOUAKCHOTT (AFP) — Troops staged a coup in the West African nation of Mauritania on Wednesday, arresting the president and prime minister and shutting down state radio and television, security sources said.
Four journalists in Tamale, the capital of the Northern Region of Ghana were on August 1, 2008 attacked by supporters of the country’s two main political parties