Politics
Quarantined passengers disembark ship in Japan; new China coronavirus cases fall
BEIJING/TOKYO (Reuters) - Hundreds of people began disembarking a quarantined cruise ship off Japan on Wednesday as the death toll from the new coronavirus in mainland China passed 2,000 and the number of new cases in the country fell for [...]
Africa needs The Gambia’s leadership on human rights
On November 11, The Gambia filed a case against Myanmar at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for violating the United Nations' 1948 Genocide Convention. The landmark action will bring the first legal scrutiny of Myanmar's campaign of murder, rape, arson, and other [...]
The Gambia’s ex-leader Jammeh reportedly wants to come home
The Gambia's longtime leader Yahya Jammeh, who fled into exile three years ago after an election loss, has announced plans to return to the West African nation where human rights activists say he ordered the killings of political opponents during [...]
Will Myanmar respect ICJ order to protect Rohingya from genocide?
In a ruling that the Rohingya minority have celebrated, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ordered Myanmar to take urgent measures to protect the mostly Muslim minority. On Thursday, a panel of 17 judges unanimously decided that Myanmar should take "all [...]
The Gambia clamps down on protests against President Barrow
In The Gambia, police used tear gas and rubber-coated bullets to disperse thousands of protesters calling for President Adama Barrow to step down. When Barrow came to power in a deal with the opposition coalition, he had promised to step [...]
Trump commutes Blagojevich sentence, pardons junk bond king Milken
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump came under fire on Tuesday for commuting the sentence of Rod Blagojevich, the ex-Illinois governor convicted of trying to peddle Barack Obama’s vacated U.S. Senate seat. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump [...]
GSIC declares closure of mosques in The Gambia.
The Gambia Supreme Islamic Council declares closure of mosques. The GCIS under the leadership of Imam Muhammed Lamin Touray, on Tuesday 24 March 2020, declares the temporal closure of mosques across The Gambia. This, is a directive from the office [...]
Concerned Citizens: review of the constitutional review commission (CRC) draft constitution
CC REVIEW OF THE CRC FINAL DRAFT CONSTITUTION 2020 (FINAL-FINAL)(3).pdf.pdf Concerned Citizens: review of the constitutional review commission (CRC) draft constitution Concerned citizens “ is a group of Muslims, young and old, cutting across all professions and academic backgrounds in [...]
PRESIDENT BARROW: Pardons 115 Prisoners
President Barrow: Pardons 115 prisoners. As part of measures to fight against Covid-19, the president of the republic of The Gambia, his excellency, Adama Barrow, acting on his prerogative of mercy, pardoned 115 prisoners. “Seventy eight (78) of those [...]
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT: To Reconstruct Basse Market
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT: To Reconstruct Basse Market Basse Area Council on 23 April 2020, received officials from The Gambian Agency for the Management of Public Works (GAMWORKS), ahead of the reconstruction of the devastated Basse market. The visit, said, Omar [...]