In our series of letters from African journalists, Sierra Leonean-Gambian writer Ade Daramy explains how he was instrumental in getting Gambians an address.

Kunle Adewale, has received a rare international recognition in the United States when the Mayor of Cincinnati declared August 2 as “Kunle Adewale Day” in recognition of his contribution to the United States in both fields of Arts and Medicine. The Mayor, John Cranley, made the declaration with a seal.

Zambia's intelligence chief, Samuel Nkhoma died Friday, August 7, 2020 from an undisclosed illness, state radio reported.

Unidentified gunmen have killed about 20 people in an attack on a cattle market in eastern Burkina Faso, the government said in a statement.

At least seven people were killed when a car bomb exploded at an army base in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Saturday, August 8, 2020, military and emergency services officials said.

Guinea's governing party nominated President Alpha Conde to stand for a third term, taking advantage of a new constitution to circumvent a two-term limit on presidential mandates.

President of the Ghana Football Association, Kurt Edwin Simeon Okraku says his doors are open to new Asante Kotoko Chief Executive Officer Nana Yaw Amponsah, insisting he can 'count on him' for any form of support.

Of the over 12 million slaves that were captured from Africa to work on the huge plantations in the Americas, a little over 4 million of them spent their lives working in the Caribbean and close to a million of them were on the island of Antigua breaking their backs on the several sugar cane plantations that were making sugar merchants the richest traders in the world at the time.

The European Investment Bank (EIB), the lending arm of the European Union, and the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), Africa’s foremost multilateral trade finance institution, are directing €300m of financing to support the resilience and recovery of African nations in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.