The Daily IIJ

The Gambia Minister for Forestry and the Environment Mr. Jatto S Sillah on the 10th November 2010 at the Paradise suites Hotel in Banjul, addresses participants on the regional preparatory workshop for climate change negotiations from least Development countries (LDC). The workshop came as a result of the preparation for the 16th conference of parties [...]

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The inter-governmental action group against money laundering in West Africa (GIABA) recently published a report entitle “On threat assessment of the money laundering and terrorist financing in West Africa”, which has pointed out that corruption has long been a major problem across West Africa. It is a major predicate crime for money laundering due to [...]

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According to a publication made by the inter-governmental Action group for money laundering in West Africa (GIABA), entitled “Report on theaf and terrorist financing in West Africa”, has highlighted that the most notorious form of private sector fraud is advance the fraud, which is better known internationally as “419 fraud” after the relevant section of [...]

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The meeting that will provide African women human rights defenders from across Africa, Asia and Latin America is underway at the Kairaba Beach Hotel. The meeting is schedule from 4-6 November 2010, the international service of human fights (ISHR), conecas Direitos Humanos, Africa Centre for Democracy and Human rights (ACDHRS), East Horn of African Human [...]

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The 50/50 Group of Sierra Leone Launches its 10th Anniversary Celebrations in with the Annual Rajiv Bendre Public Lecture on Women in Public Life to be delivered by Lesley Abdela, MBE, Chief Executive of Shevolution U.K.on Monday 29th November 2010 on the Theme: Breaking Barriers: Empowering Women for Political Participation The 50/50 Group of Sierra [...]

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Restless Development (formally SPW), is a youth-led development agency that has contributed in improve the skills of youths through volunteerism in Sierra Leone. On Thursday 25th November 2010, the Student Action Group of the Agency organized an inter-faculty college debate at their Youth Resource Centre, Fourah Bay College.

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As world leaders, climate justice advocates and youth leaders are heading to the Mexican City of Cancun for the 16th session of the Conference of Parties better known as COP 16 to be held from the 29th November to 10th December 2010, our reporter caught with Mr. Ebrima Dem, an official youth participant at this [...]

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As many as 40,000 Gambians are currently registered on the popular social networking website called Facebook, with a majority of them said to be young people from all walks of life in the country. This figure was revealed during the Information Technology Association of the Gambia (ITAG) forum. The forum supported by the West African [...]

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The National HIV and AIDS Secretariat has together with development partners worked out modalities to ensure that Sierra Leoneans come out in their numbers to take the HIV test on from 26th November 2010 as part of this year’s commemoration of World AIDS Day in December 1, 2010.

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A TWENTY-NINE year old pregnant woman, Mariam Mumuni, has been arrested with four male accomplices, for allegedly conspiring and stealing a Honda CR-V four wheel drive, with registration number GW 9233 Z, belonging to her boss, Harinder Kandhari. Read more on www.nayank80.blogspot.com

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