The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) condemns in the strongest terms the physical assault on supporters of the opposition United Democratic Party (UDP), by group of riot police. Thousands of angry unarmed supporters gathered Thursday in Brikama following the rejection of UDP Busumbala aspirant Momodou Sabally’s nomination by the Independent[Read More…]
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Senegalese Official Fired For Dissing Religious Leaders
The General Delegate for Rapid Women and Youth Entrepreneurship (Der/FJ) is suffering from the consequences of a verbal faux pas. The decision to dismiss him came as a bombshell, in an attempt to smother the controversy. In a press release issued Wednesday evening, Oumar Gueye, Government Spokesman and Minister of[Read More…]
IWD: Gambian Feminists Spiked By “Petulant” Imam
As The Gambia joins the rest of the world to mark International Women’s Day on March 8, local feminists have been up in arms against an imam who made a controversial comment about female judges of the shariah court. The Gambian judiciary last month for the first time appointed two[Read More…]
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