A court in Senegal has dismissed a lawsuit by a fishermen’s collective against a fishmeal factory they had accused of polluting their village and destroying their livelihoods. Dozens of people filtered into the Thies courthouse Thursday to hear the judge’s decision. The lawsuit, filed by the Taxawu Cayar Collective against[Read More…]
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US Embassy Commits To Widen Consultation On Proposed Relocation Site
As US Embassy is facing a backlash over plans to build a permanent diplomatic mission in ‘protected area’, Media Coordinator, Fatoumata Ceesay, has clarified the position of the embassy over a matter that continues to generate headlines. “The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is the start of a process, not the[Read More…]
Gov’t To Get Tough On Leaking Of ‘State Secrets’
The Gambia’s ministry of the interior is “working round the clock” to put an end to the leakage of “sensitive” state secrets, revealed the country’s attorney general and minister of justice on Friday. The Gambia government is apparently unable to prevent the public from consuming some of the issues it[Read More…]
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