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ECOWAS organizes a training workshop on security and governance reform in collaboration with the EU, German Cooperation and the African Security Sector Network

PRESS RELEASE: Monrovia, Liberia, August 9, 2022 ECOWAS, in collaboration with the European Union, German Cooperation and the African Security Sector Network, is organizing a training workshop on security and governance reform. The training, scheduled from August 9 to 12, 2022 in Monrovia, Liberia, aims to build the capacities of […]

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CPJ: Gambian police attack, detain journalist Yusef Taylor

By the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) Abuja, August 3, 2022 – Gambian authorities should swiftly investigate and hold to account the police officers who harassed journalist Yusef Taylor, drop any charges against the journalist, and allow him to work freely, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Wednesday. On July […]

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Senegal signs peace deal with MFDC rebels

Culled from Jollof News. Senegal has signed an agreement with rebels from the country’s south who pledged to lay down their arms and work towards a permanent peace in the home of one of Africa’s oldest active rebellions. Rebel leader Cesar Atoute Badiate, head of a unit of the Movement […]

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Giz Donates Forensic Imaging & SGBV Investigation Materials To Gambia Police Force

PRESS STATEMENT ON THE DONATION TO CRIME SCENCE, FORENSIC IMAGING AND SGBV INVESTIGATION MATERIALS TO THE GAMBIA POLICE FORCE The Federal Republic of Germany have commissioned the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH to provide technical assistance to the government of the Republic of The Gambia. The GIZ  “Police Programme Africa: Joint German-EU Support […]