Heavy shooting in Gambian capital
Heavy gunfire erupts near the presidential palace in The Gambia, while head of state Yahya Jammeh is out of the country.
BBC
Habari Zinazoendana
9 years ago
BBC
Heavy shooting after Burkina Faso 'coup'
Presidential guard officers in Burkina Faso announce the dissolution of the transitional government in an apparent coup.
10 years ago
TheCitizen21 May
Guard wounded in shooting attack on UN personnel in Mali’s capital
A militant opened fire on a United Nations residence in the Malian capital Bamako on Wednesday, wounding a civilian guard and damaging vehicles, the organisation’s MINUSMA peacekeeping mission said.
10 years ago
BBC
Savoy ready to lead Gambian revival
The Gambia's newly-appointed Swiss coach Raoul Savoy is confident he can revive the team after a ban from African football.
10 years ago
BBC
Gambian tobacco scam diplomats jailed
A group of Gambian diplomats who turned an embassy into a "warehouse" selling tax-free tobacco have been jailed.
10 years ago
BBC
VIDEO: Senegal to expel Gambian dissident
The BBC's Abdourahmane Dia reports on Senegal's decision to expel a prominent Gambian opposition figure to France.
5 years ago
BBC12 Jun
Gambian man charged in US with torture of coup plotters
Michael Sang Correa, found working in Denver, is accused of torturing opponents of ex-President Jammeh.
10 years ago
TheCitizen16 Jan
MBITIRU: Head deeply buried in sand for Gambian leader after coup bid
>Belatedly, it’s a new year but inauspicious beginnings abound in Africa. The power by the barrel of the gun and rule-by-fear-instilling mob is still around.
11 years ago
BBC
'Heavy toll' since Nigeria emergency
The UN says more than 1,200 people have been killed in Islamist-related violence in north-east Nigeria since a state of emergency declared in May.
11 years ago
BBC
Heavy gunfire at Libyan parliament
Heavy gunfire is heard in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, with supporters of a rebel commander saying they are attacking the interim parliament.
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