PRESS STATEMENT 1st February 2024. The Malick Jallow Foundation for Children (MJFC) is very concerned with the recent public outcry concerning the pardon of convicted prisioners by the President of the Republic in exercise of his powers enshrined in Section 82 of the 1997 Constitution of the Republic of The […]
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President Macky Sall postpones Senegal‘s Presidential Election
On Saturday 3 February, the President of the Republic of Senegal, Macky Sall, decided to postpone the presidential election initially scheduled for 25 February. The Senegalese Head of State announced this decision in a televised address. This sudden turn of events comes just a few hours before the start of election […]
Tagadu Medeemadi Kafo launched
The Tagadu Medeemadi Kafo (TMK), organisation was recently launched in the Gambia at colorful ceremony held in Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara Conference Center in Bijilo, West Coast Region. The TMK aims to promote Soninke culture and TAGO heritage of Gold and Silver Smith, Black Smiths and Pottery, Weaving and other […]
IFJ says 123 journalists and media workers killed in 2023
PRESS RELEASE Brussels, 31 December 2023 One hundred and twenty journalists and media workers, including 11 women, have been killed in 2023, announced the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) on 31 December. The IFJ, which published an initial list of journalists killed ahead of UN Human Rights Day on 8 December documenting 94 […]
