Many Gambians concerned about the health and welfare of our womenfolk have expressed worry about plans to introduce a private member’s bill in the National Assembly to repeal the law banning Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), which was promulgated in 2015. The bill, entitled Women’s Amendment Bill 2024 and intended to[Read More…]
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In Memoriam: The Fall Of A Gambian Patriot & The Loss Of Mathew’s Mighty Pen
‘‘To part is the lot of all mankind. The world is a scene of constant leave-taking, and the hands that grasp in cordial greetings today, are doomed ere long to unite for the last time, when the quivering lips pronounce the word- ‘Farewell’.’’ Thus wrote the eighteenth century Scottish novelist,[Read More…]
Sierra Leone Today: Insurgency or Coup Attempt?
Today’s Sunday morning news on November 26, 2023, reporting an attempted military takeover in Sierra Leone is deeply unsettling, surrounded by precarious circumstances. Upon reading Reuters’ report categorizing the incident as another of the “unfortunate recent coups that affected the subregion” and labeling it as a major setback to African[Read More…]
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