The Daily IIJ

Members of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) finalized the draft of its charter on democracy for protecting and strengthening democracy in the region, Mohamed Mijarul Quayes, Foreign secretary of Bangladesh said on Sunday.

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In the Gambia, there is not without a situation where some non-governmental organisations are guilty of exploiting poor communities, especially in rural communities. Such so-called NGOs are usually involved in the sociology of grabbing, thereby depriving poor and helpless communities of their rights to benefit from the very projects that are said to be initiated [...]

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A new registration process to update the statues of Liberian refugees under the protection of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) in The Gambia is currently on the way at Gambia Food and Nutrition Association (GAFNA), an implementing partner of the UNHCR office in Bakoteh.

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Government of The Gambia under the leadership of President Yahya Jammeh has posed numerous problems to our democratic dispensation.

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South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Charter of Democracy will be finalized on Sunday. Mohammad Mizarul Kayes, the Foreign Secretary of Bangladesh informs the journalists after the first day of Inter-Governmental meeting at Dhaka on Saturday. He says, ”we have already completed 80% of the finalization works. The rest of the works will be [...]

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THE UNITED Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has donated assorted office equipment valued at about $23,000 to the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service to set up three more offices in the Volta, Brong Ahafo and the Upper West regions. Read more on www.nayank80.blogspot.com

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International Leaders at the ongoing African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) in Accra have renewed their commitment to transform agriculture in Africa into a productive and profitable business aimed at ending hunger, whilst eliminating poverty in the sub-region. “The time for African green revolution is now”, declared the International Leaders at the AGFR on Thursday.

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THE COMMISSION on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) says if Anas Aremeyaw Anas’ documentary on the barbaric treatments meted out to the destitute and orphans at the Osu Children’s Home recently is a true reflection, then it is indeed very disheartening and abhorrent. Read more on www.nayank80.blogspot.com

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Uganda’s Supreme Court has ruled that the country’s Seditious Libel Law is inconsistent with Freedom of Expression which is guaranteed by its constitution. The five-member panel said the law did not fall within the acceptable limit of free speech and struck seditious libel off the country’s law books.

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One of the eye-catching aspirants for the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) flag-bearer position has revealed a number of reasons for contesting the opposition’s most coveted post and why he believes party loyalists should pin their trust in him by giving him the mandate to lead the SLPP to the crunch 2012 presidential and parliamentary [...]

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