The Daily IIJ

By Ishmael Kindama Dumbuya As a result of a so-called independent report on the Addax bio-energy sugarcane to ethanol project in the Makeni region that was issued by the Bread for All in collaboration with the Sierra Leone Network on the Right to Food (SiLNoRF) and also the report of Standard Times environment urging the [...]

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The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has expressed grave concern over the way and manner in which finances of the Sierra Leone Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC) were being handled, thus urging for an immediate independent audit assessment to be carried out on the state broadcaster. The party’s spokesperson, Chernor Alpha M. Bah said they were very much [...]

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Acting chairperson of the Human Rights Commission of Sierra Leone (HRC-SL) has stated that a sick or depressed human rights defender “is no defender at all”. Yasmin Jusu-Sheriff told a round-table discussion organised by the International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) with funds from the European Union that it was very much important that human [...]

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By Mamadou Edrisa Njie The Chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) of The Gambia, Mr. Mustapha L. Carayol has told a press conference that for his team to register Gambian President Yahya AJJ Jammeh and his family at state house in Banjul is tradition for the commission. He adds: “this is a tradition that [...]

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MANILA, Philipines – There has been a steady and alarming rise in violence against members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered (LGBT) community in the Philippines over the past 15 years, new research conducted by an LGBT advocacy group suggests, in line with a call for the police and the Commission and Human Rights [...]

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In her first public engagement, UNICEF Banjul Country Resident Rpresentative , Mrs. Aichatou Diawara- Flamber has told Gambian especially the authorities that the country is ahead of many in the strengthen support systems for children. She was speaking at UNIQUE FM grounds as celebrations marking the Day of the African Child, celebrated jointly by UNBICEF [...]

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The United States Embassy in Banjul will held a blogging class session for Gambian bloggers hosted by US Embassy visiting speaker Wesley J. Watkins, IV, PHD., or “Dr. Wes,” as his students call him. The blogging session will be first of its kind in the Gambian soil and will be held Thursady 3o June, 2011 [...]

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Corruption has a particularly corrosive impact on state capacity and is a concern in West Africa at all levels in which The Gambia is part. Tackling corruption deals with the various strata, from the lowest to the highest level, involving the judiciary, public services provision, the executive industries, and the nexus between the highest political [...]

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Despite having an appointment with the Deputy Minister of Labour and Employment on Thursday afternoon, the Personnel Manager of KPMG/PAE, Gabriel Sesay failed to honour the invitation and switched his phone off as soon as the clock strikes three.

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“Life is not fixed or owned. Our bodies are merely rented for a short while. When the time is up, like all things, they must be returned to the Almighty Allah (God),” the Chief Imam’s voice boomed as the congregation sit silently listening to the sermon of the day.

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