News stories by Ebrima Sillah

Nigerian environmental rights groups have been making the case for the expulsion of oil companies from the Niger Delta in the southeastern part of the country at the World Social Forum in Dakar.

A high court judge in Gambia has convicted six Gambian journalists on charges of defamation and sedition.

Coup leader-turned-politician General Mohammed Ould Abdel Aziz has been declared winner of Saturday's presidential elections by Mauritania’s Interior Ministry.

Six of the eight Gambian Press Union (GPU) officials and journalists arrested last week have now been freed on bail. The journalists still face serious charges including 'conspiracy to publish with seditious intention'.

Eight Gambian Press Union (GPU) executives and newspaper journalists currently detained by the country's National Intelligence Agency (NIA) were charged and hurriedly arraigned before a magistrate court late Thursday evening. The journalists are charged with three counts including 'conspiracy to publish with seditious intention'.