The Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU) meeting at their 30th Ordinary Session at the AU Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, elected on 28th January 2018 a new bureau to pilot the activities of the Union for the year 2018. In his acceptance speech[Read More…]
Year: 2018
Article 19 Calls For Dr Ceesay’s Release
The attention of Article 19 West Africa has been drawn to the arrest and detention of Dr. Ismaila Ceesay, professor of political science at the University of The Gambia, on Wednesday January 31 2018. The arrest, as purported, is in relation to a published interview he granted earlier to a[Read More…]
DUGA Frowns At Dr Ceesay’s Arrest
The Democratic Union of Gambian Activists -DUGA condemns the arbitrary arrest and detention of Dr. Ismaila Ceesay, political commentator and senior political science lecturer, University of The Gambia. Dr. Ceesay was arrested January 31, 2018 on the background of a local news story in which he alleged that the “presence[Read More…]