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Sierra Leone ALERT: Newspaper ...

Sierra Leone ALERT: Newspaper editor physically assaulted

Wednesday, March 18, 2009
David Jabati, editor of  the Exclusive, a Freetown-based independent newspaper was on March 13, 2008 violently assaulted by angry supporters of the ...
BURKINA FASO: Child brides fig...

BURKINA FASO: Child brides fight child marriage

Wednesday, March 18, 2009
It was not enough to argue that girls could not legally marry in Burkina Faso before age 17, or even that their lives might be put at risk. Tethered...
SIERRA LEONE: Diamond miners c...

SIERRA LEONE: Diamond miners choose cassava over carats

Wednesday, March 18, 2009
In Sierra Leone plummeting diamond prices, dwindling reserves, consistently poor working conditions and a lack of regulation are driving diamond...
Hundreds accused of 'witchcraf...

Hundreds accused of 'witchcraft' persecuted in The Gambia

Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Up to 1,000 people in The Gambia have been taken from their villages by “witch doctors”, taken to secret detention centres and forced to drink...
Madagascar President resigns, ...

Madagascar President resigns, unclear rule in Antananarivo

Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Leadership in Madagascar is unclear as Madagascan President Marc Ravalomanana announced his resignation in favor of a military committee headed by...
Ghana and Nigeria Missing

Ghana and Nigeria Missing

Picture: 8th African Championship
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
The 8th edition of the African Under 17 championships will be held without the two countries, Nigeria and Ghana, who had dominated the event since...

Pursuing Cessation of Smoking in Public

Wednesday, March 18, 2009
In retrospect it is important to recall the joint initiative of the Department of Health and Social Welfare and the WHO Country office a month ago...
Gambia U-17 Train Ahead of Ope...

Gambia U-17 Train Ahead of Opening Match in Algeria

Picture: Scorpions U_17 team
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
The Darling Scorpions, who landed in Algeria over the weekend ahead of the opening of the 8th U-17 tournament tomorrow, are reported to have had...

Upper Nuimi District Noran Tourney Underway

Wednesday, March 18, 2009
The 2009 Upper Nuimi district Noran football tournament organised by Upper Nuimi district sports committee sponsored by National Assembly Member for...

BMRA to Use Rigorous Media Campaign to Support Mariama T Jallow

Wednesday, March 18, 2009
As part of efforts to support first Gambian athlete, Mariama T Jallow’s participation in the 2009 ‘Race for Life’ in Watford on the 28th July 2009,...
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