Gambian MPs have voted to send peacekeeping troops to Sierra Leone as part of an ECOWAS stabilization mission aimed at maintaining peace following recent tensions and a failed coup attempt. The vote, held on Tuesday, overwhelmingly supported the government’s proposal to contribute a motorized infantry unit to the mission, which[Read More…]
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Roundtable On SSR, Governance Begins
The National Dialogue Workshop on the Security Sector Reform (SSR) and Governance for stakeholders was convened on Wednesday at Bakadagi Hotel in Kololi. The three-day meeting will focus on the National Security engagement with civil society groups. In his address, National Security Adviser (NSA) Aboubacarr S. Jeng announced that the[Read More…]
NNHRI West Africa Commences Annual Conference In Gambia
The Network of National Human Rights Institutions in West Africa (NNHRI – WA), the umbrella body for national human rights institutions (NHRIs) within West Africa, today began its annual conference in The Gambia. The three-day convergence (7-9 June 2023) was held at the Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara International Conference Centre[Read More…]