"Usually we get 40 percent that get rejected but the others come," said Mary Flowers, Chairperson of the African Global Economic and Development Summit. "This year it was 100 percent. Every delegation!"
Gambia's exiled strongman Yahya Jammeh plundered millions of dollars in his final weeks in power leaving state coffers "empty", an aide to new President Adama Barrow said as West African troops prepared to secure his arrival.
As President of The Gambia, Adama Barrow, gets ready to officially assume office, he has praised the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, for its intervention to ensure a successful transfer of power in his country.
Donald Trump was on Friday sworn in as the 45th President of the United States of America with a promise to make American interests the focus of his presidency.