Various organisations, including human rights and migrant movements, marched in the Africa Day Solidarity Walk on Saturday.

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SERREKUNDA, Gambia — West Africa's regional bloc ECOWAS on Sunday approved setting up a special court to try crimes committed in Gambia during its military dictatorship. The landmark decision ...