Ahead of International Women’s Day, celebrated on 08 March, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has insisted that the world “cannot emerge from the pandemic with the clock spinning backward on gender equality”. Mr. Guterres highlighted the contribution that women have made to ending the COVID-19 pandemic, hailed the ideas, innovations and […]
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MECCNAR Sectoral forum to determine Gambia Greenhouse Emissions
The Ministry of Environment Climate Change and Natural Resources through the Climate Change Secretariat has on 22nd and 23rd April 2022, organized a two-day sectoral workshop to determine the level of greenhouse gas emissions from key government sectors including the Department of Forestry, the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry […]
Migration Management and Governance in The Gambia
Aligned with the vision and the overall goal of the National Development Plan of The Gambia (2018-2021 which has been extended to 2022) in restoring good governance, respect for human rights, and rule of law, a National Coordination Mechanism on Migration (NCM) was established on 6 November 2019 under the […]
Rwanda to sign deal on asylum seekers with UK government
Rwanda has struck a deal with the British government that will offshore some of the UK’s asylum processing to the African country. The move has been condemned as unworkable and inhumane by UK opposition politicians, charities, and refugee groups. British Home Secretary Priti Patel is due to announce details in […]