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Gambia's Bank Governor Sacked
Amadou Colley was appointed head of Gambia's central bank by former President Jammeh
The head of Gambia's central bank Amadou Colley, appointed by the previous President Yahya Jammeh, has been fired; Somalia's president promises to defeat Al-Shabab in two years; A new novel looks at how the British colonial tactic of "divide and rule" pitted African against African.
(Photo: A 100 Dalasis bank note, the Gambian currency. Credit: Getty Images.)
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