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PRESS STATEMENT: MJFC Welcomes Declining Trend In FGM/C Practice

                                                                    8th  February 2024 The Malick Jallow Foundation for Children (MJFC) joins the rest of the world in marking the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) earmarked for the 6th February of each year. According to the United Nations, the aim of this day is to amplify and  direct […]

Editorial, Human Rights, News, Politics

The Situation in Senegal: Failure of Government and ECOWAS

The current political situation in Senegal is simply the usual classical failure of leaders and institutions in Africa that squarely accounts for the bad governance, instability, and deprivation across the continent. The unilateral announcement by Pres. Macky Sall to postpone the February 25 presidential elections only to be fully endorsed […]

Human Rights, Legal Matters, News, Women & Children's Affairs

MJFC  calls for urgent enactment of Legislation to guide the exercise of prerogative of mercy

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 […]