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Scientists in The Gambia have come up with new innovative solutions to help stop the spread of malaria. They have built 800 homes to see if specific architectural design can prevent the disease from spreading. Al Jazeera’s Nicolas Haque reports from Sare Dahaba, The Gambia The post The Gambia: Scientists…

Gambia’s new government is struggling to enforce its sovereignty in some areas still loyal to former President Yahya Jammeh. Clashes between pro-Jammeh protesters and a Senegal-led coalition of West African forces, who have been there to ensure a peaceful transition of power, left one dead and several injured in early…

More than 30 people are missing after a boat belonging to an elite Cameroonian military unit sank off the country’s coast on Sunday, according to the president’s office. The logistics boat belonging to the Rapid Intervention Brigade, which has fought the Nigeria-based armed group Boko Haram in recent years, was…

Oil production in southern Nigeria is at its highest level in the last two years. But it comes at a cost. There is growing anger over pollution that is affecting local communities, anger that is now threatening stability in the region. Al Jazeera’s Ahmed Idris reports from the Niger Delta.…

From the bedroom to the bar rooms of the biggest nightclubs in the world, a new genre of house music is coming straight out of South Africa. DJs and producers from Durban have built up an international following by posting their tracks, including electronic Gqom, online. Al Jazeera’s Malcolm Webb…

Voters in the Republic of Congo go to the polls on Sunday in legislative elections, the first since violence-marred presidential polls last year which returned Denis Sassou Nguesso to power. While no fresh violence is expected, opposition parties have cried foul, as over two million voters are expected to cast…