The Daily IIJ

Today marks the fifth anniversary of the unresolved murder of Deyda Hydara for publisher and co-founder of the Point Newspaper in the Gambia, who was shot down by unidentified gunmen in the streets of Kanifing industrial Estate on December, 16 2004.

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Ann Therese Ndong Jatta, Director of UNESCO’s Regional Office for Education in Africa (BREDA) called for a dialogue on matters relating to early childhood development has called African governments to review their expenditure patterns to ensuring that there are directed on areas of priority.

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Deputy Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) gender experts, civil society organizations and governments representatives were urged to commit themselves to action towards equality and empowerment of African women.

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In response to a petition filed by attorneys from Freedom Now and Hogan & Hartson LLP, the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has called for the immidiate release of Chief Ebrima Manneh who was kept in communicado three years ago.

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Africa remains among the most economically vulnerable continent in the world and the current economic crises threaten to reverse economic gains now more than ever.

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As part of the African Economic Conference, some 150 participants recently  met  at the UN Conference center in Addis-Ababa, where they listened to a presentation on:  “Impact of Foreign Direct investment (FDI) on Poverty Reduction in Africa: Are there regional differences?”

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The Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression of African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, Madam Faith Pansy Tlakula, has called on the government of The Gambia to immediately decriminalize all repressive media laws in order to guarantee freedom of speech and freedom of expression in the country.

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Journalists and politicians – who uses who? is the rhetorical question we have been asking for so long. While some politicians think that journalists use them to get news, journalists have the belief that politicians use them as campaign tools to win the confidence of electorates. According to Mr Niels Annen a member of the German [...]

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The power of the media to influence transparency in a democratic society through effective participation is enormous. Therefore, it has a direct effect on the economic development of a country.

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