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Pope Francis felt tired last night, but he had a good sleep. The church office says his health is still very serious but not changing much. His breathing problems didn't get worse. Pope Francis sat in his chair when he woke up today. He continues to perform the same breathing treatments. We...

Four hundred old special places in Kenya might disappear because nobody takes care of them. Ms. Ummi Bashir told people who make rules that they need money to fix these places. Ms. Bashir talked to a group at the National Assembly. She said important people like Mambo Mbotela did not receive...

Lamin Jassey is the top helper at The Gambia Football Group. The big football group for all of Africa picked him to teach other helpers like him. This teaching program wants to improve the jobs of all the main helpers in football groups. By working together, they will learn from each other. Mr...

Ecowas finds it hard to make its member countries follow the rules. More leaders are not doing what this group of 15 West African nations wants. Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger call themselves the Alliance of Sahel States. They try very hard to leave Ecowas. Guinea has army leaders who take a...

A police worker named Binta Njie was called to meet her bosses yesterday. They wanted to discuss something she wrote on Facebook. Ms. Njie used to speak for the police. She comes from Kiang. A man named Baboucarr Bahoum said mean things about the people of Kiang after his party lost a vote...

The old president of Gambia, Yaya Jammeh, talked about Mr. Bakary Badjie. He doesn't want Mr. Badjie to run for president in 2026. Mr. Badjie is one of five special lawmakers from Foni. These lawmakers belong to a group that likes Mr. Jammeh. Last week, Mr. Badjie said he wanted to become...

A report from the Institute of Security Studies says Ecowas should ask the United Nations and African Union to help Gambia make a new set of rules for the country. "Ecowas, the African Union, and the UN helped start making Gambia stable in 2017. They need to help Gambia create a new...

As Ramadan approaches, the Abubakary Jawara Foundation has started giving food to people who need help. Mr. Abubakary Jawara runs this foundation and owns GACH Global Company. This year, they will share food worth more than D9.6 million. They plan to give away 7000 bags of rice and 2000 bags of...

The mayor of Banjul, Rohey Malick Lowe, won a special award. The Young Africans Network for Global Goals gave her this prize because she helps women and young people a lot. Mayor Lowe works hard to make women stronger in her community. She wants everyone to have the same chances in life. The...

The Information Minister of Gambia, Dr. Ismaila Ceesay, says Türkiye and Gambia are very good friends. Dr. Ceesay talked about his country and how Türkiye and Gambia work together. He said Gambia is peaceful and has many different people living there. Gambia has nice weather for people who...

Music is helping moms feel better in Africa. People from a university in South Africa are working with others from the UK, The Gambia, Lesotho, and Australia. They want to see how singing can help pregnant women who feel worried or sad. This project is called CHIME. It received a lot of money...

Nigeria wants to work with The Gambia to make the sea safer and help both countries make more money. Mr. Adegboyega Oyetola from Nigeria said this at a big meeting about using the ocean in smart ways. Dr. Dayo Mobereola spoke for Mr. Oyetola at the meeting. He said Nigeria plans to make its sea...

Namibia Wildlife Resorts says people on social media are wrong about them selling 14 places they own. They will not sell any of their lodges. Job Amupanda wrote online that the resort will sell places like Gross Barmen, Popa Falls, Sossus Dune Lodge, and Ai-Ais. He claimed they already talked...

The Swapo party will show people a statue of Sam Nujoma holding a baby at their main building on Thursday. Hilma Nicanor from the party said this on Wednesday. She told everyone the party plans a special service at their main building on Thursday. "We will show the statue of our first...

People who live in the Hardap and //Kharas areas want to say goodbye to Sam Nujoma. They wait for his body to arrive. A special service will happen at J Stephanus Stadium in Keetmanshoop on Wednesday. The //Kharas governor's office changed the time for the ceremony. Governor Aletha Frederick...

Antonius Nakale met leader Sam Nujoma in Zambia in 1980. He did not know he would become Nujoma's most trusted helper. Nakale is 67 years old today. He worked for Nujoma, Swapo, and Namibia's first president for 25 years. Nakale was 22 when he first saw Nujoma, who was 51. His first job was...

A court in South Africa said white people in the country are not being killed just because they are white. This goes against what US President Donald Trump and Elon Musk have said. The court case involved a man named Grantland Michael Bray. He wanted to give $2.1 million to a white group called...

At a special service in Walvis Bay on Tuesday, people said nice things about Sam Nujoma. They talked about how smart he was when he helped Namibia become free. Everyone liked how much he cared about school and wanted Namibians to make their own money. Ben Amathila spoke for President Mbumba...

A Bulawayo man must pay $300 after he hurt his wife. The 35-year-old man named Bhekisani Maphosa hit his wife because she went to a party without telling him. He wanted to look at her phone, but she said no. The judge, Ms Learnear Khumalo, sentenced him to 10 months in jail. Six months will be...

The SADC and East African Community picked three special leaders to help make peace in Congo. Fighting between the government and rebels has killed many people and left millions without homes. After talks between the two groups, they chose Uhuru Kenyatta from Kenya, Olusegun Obasanjo from...