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Horndiplomat-Adama Barrow, Gambia’s new president, spoke with Al Jazeera’s Nicolas Haque in his first interview with international media. The future of Gambia and the crisis caused by former president Yahya Jammeh, who for weeks refused to step down, were among the topics discussed.

President Donald Trump directed government agencies on Friday to freeze regulations and take steps to weaken Obamacare, using his first hours in the White House to make good on a campaign promise to start dismantling his predecessor's healthcare law. Heading into the Oval Office shortly...

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump, assuming the mantle of 45th president of the United States on Friday, pledged an "America first" administration that would take power from do-nothing politicians and return it to "forgotten" Americans. Trump, a combative New York real estate mogul who harnessed a...

Leader of 22 years announces on state television that he has decided to relinquish power. Gambia's Yahya Jammeh confirms he will step down Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh, who for weeks had refused to step down after losing the recent election, has confirmed that he has decided...

By NATION REPORTER Leading financial services company Dahabshiil is urging for a concerted efforts by government, corporates and non governmental organisations to save millions of East Africans from starving to death due to the raging drought across the region. Dahabshiil Chief Executive Officer Abdirashid Duale said...

Growing up in Somaliland, Ismail Ahmed saw the power of money transfers. He later learned the sector’s potential for corruption Some people use their savings to start a business, while others turn to family and friends to borrow cash. But Ismail Ahmed’s case was more...

By Yeganeh Torbati, Bozorgmehr Sharafedin and Babak Dehghanpisheh | WASHINGTON When world powers agreed in 2015 to lift sanctions on Iran in return for curbs on its nuclear program, the deal's supporters in the United States, Europe and Tehran hoped renewed trade and investment could...

By Farrah Fazal The bitter Minnesota cold was like Heaven for the last month for three refugees. They came from the largest refugee camp in the world in Kenya. They are celebrating their arrival here. Hasan, Basra and their son Abdirahman came to reunite with their...

Egyptian authorities have added retired football star Mohamed Aboutrika, one of the country's all-time greatest athletes, to an official "terror list". Aboutrika, dubbed The Magician, is accused of funding the banned Muslim Brotherhood, which Egypt's government designated a "terrorist" organisation after the army removed democratically...

Gambia's new leader to be sworn in at Dakar embassy as incumbent refuses to go despite threat of military intervention. Gambia's President-elect Adama Barrow says he will be sworn in at the country's embassy in neighbouring Senegal, as regional forces massed at the border to...