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There should be NO Political Prisoners in the Gambia, AGAIN!

By all standards, Momodou Sabally of the UDP is currently a prisoner of conscience or a political prisoner as defined by Amnesty International as a person who is imprisoned or otherwise physically restricted solely because of his or her political views based on his or her conscientious beliefs. The audio […]

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Two Senegalese opposition MPs sent to prison

Two opposition Parliamentarians from the opposition party PUR, were on Thursday sent to prison by a judge in Dakar, Senegal, Senegal’s leading online news site Seneweb reports. The MPs; Massata Samb and Mamadou Niang are members of the opposition coalition Yewwi Askan Wii. TheyΒ are prosecuted for the assault of their […]

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NCCE urges political parties to promote youth participation in politics

π™‰π˜Ύπ˜Ύπ™€ π™π™–π™‘π™‘π™žπ™šπ™¨ π™‹π™€π™‘π™žπ™©π™žπ™˜π™–π™‘ π™‹π™–π™§π™©π™žπ™šπ™¨ 𝙩𝙀 π™‹π™§π™€π™’π™€π™©π™š 𝙔𝙀π™ͺ𝙩𝙝 π™‹π™–π™§π™©π™žπ™˜π™žπ™₯π™–π™©π™žπ™€π™£ π™žπ™£ π™‹π™€π™‘π™žπ™©π™žπ™˜π™¨. As political parties gear for their biennial congresses and look to the 2023 Local Government Elections, The NCCE today convenes National Dialogue with Political Parties’ National Executive Committees on the Increased Inclusion of Young People in Political Party Leadership Positions. […]