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People talk a lot about doctors and hospitals in Gambia. Many stories on the internet tell us about sick people who did not receive good care. This makes many families very sad. A woman went to a special doctor's office because her toe hurt. She stayed there for three days but never saw a...

A big group that watches how honest countries are shared their report yesterday. They said The Gambia scored 38 points out of 100, which made it number 96 in a list of 180 countries. The country next door, Senegal, did better and came in at number 69. Many countries around the world have big...

A leader in the Gambia wants young people to help make their country better instead of saying mean things about President Barrow and his team. Mr. Ebrima Sillah discussed this after he looked at new roads being built across the country. Mr. Sillah said things cost less money in Gambia than in...

A group of 25 women from Gambia will travel to Saudi Arabia next week, and another 25 will join them soon after. These women will work in Saudi Arabia for two years. The women learned many important things before their big trip. People from job offices taught them about life in Saudi Arabia...

The Turkish helper in Nigeria said goodbye to the leader of West African countries. Mr. Bayraktar met Dr. Touray in Abuja, Nigeria's big city. They talked about how to make West Africa safer for everyone. Mr. Bayraktar promised that Turkey would keep helping West African countries stop bad...

Zimbabwe wants to make better money that people can use more easily. Their bank will change the look of their ZiG money to make it stronger. This will help everyone who buys and sells things in Zimbabwe. People started using ZiG money last April. It worked well, but some people said the small...

The leader of a group that helps American businesses in South Africa wants people to stay calm during a fight with President Trump. Mr. Kuseni Dlamini says both countries need each other, and everyone should think carefully about what to do next. President Trump made South Africa angry last...

The police want to find the people who own Keacy Motor Spares. These owners made fake car brake liquid and glue in their shop on Harare Street and sold them to people who didn't know they weren't real. The police had already caught two workers, Selina Nyurwa and Ashley Kasambarara. Someone told...

The price of gold fluctuated greatly after President Trump made new rules about buying metal from other countries. Gold reached its highest price ever, at $2,942 for a small piece, but then it dropped back down. Trump told everyone on Monday that starting in March, companies must pay more money...

The police want to find a man named Edmund Kudzayi. He and his friend asked a company called West Properties to give them $40,000. They said they would tell bad secrets about the company if they didn't pay the money. The police already caught Edmund's friend, Nominate Chazwe. She went to court...

Zimbabwe's team that fights stealing and cheating helped save a lot of money last year. They found more than 30 million dollars that bad people had taken. These special helpers work hard to catch people who steal and make them give the money back. The team did a really good job catching the bad...

A man named Mr Geza took over a beautiful hotel near Lake Chivero. He made the people who worked there leave, and he took their cars away. This happened in 2020 when he used his power as a war veteran to make the owner, Mr McDonald, give up his hotel. Mr McDonald wants Mr Geza to pay one and a...

Bad people want money from traders in Mbare. They tell the traders they must pay ten dollars to sell things at the new market. The traders lost their old shops in a big fire last year. This means people think they can make twenty thousand dollars by tricking all the traders. The Government...

A judge got into trouble because he caused a car crash that killed someone. He had to pay 400 dollars, and if he couldn't pay, he would go to jail for five months. The judge's name is Makunde Timeon Tavengwa, and he is 46 years old. Another judge in Masvingo listened to what happened and...

The government wants to help farmers by making it easier for them to prove they own their land. They opened a special office at Makombe in Harare where farmers can receive important papers called title deeds. These papers show the land belongs to them. When farmers come to this new office, they...

A group called Citizens Against Economic Sanctions Zimbabwe wants to fight harder to end the rules that make it hard for Zimbabwe to trade with other countries. Their leader, Mr Zharare, talked to news people in Harare about these rules, which he says are making it difficult for Zimbabwe to grow...

A big hole opened up in a road near Tokyo, Japan. The hole grew very large - wider than four school buses parked together! It swallowed a truck with its driver inside. The driver is 74 years old, and people have been trying hard to find him. After two weeks of searching, they found the truck's...

A politician named Mr Chamatowa spoke to young people at a community hall in Dzivarasekwa. He told them they should work hard to help themselves, just like President Mnangagwa always says. He used the special saying "nyika inovakwa nevene vayo," which means people must build their own country...

Two groups in a team called CCC are fighting over who should be the boss. Professor Welshman Ncube leads one group, and he wants to make a court decision happen right away. The other group won't let him do this. Last month, the big court said Senator Sengezo Tshabangu couldn't change who leads...

A man named Cde Geza took over a beautiful hotel called Harare Safari Lodge near Lake Chivero back in 2020. He forced the workers to leave and took the cars that belonged to Mr Brett McDonald, who owned the place before. Cde Geza did this because he had friends in important places. Mr McDonald...