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A Cause for Concern

Friday, July 10, 2009

Prisons are supposed to be a place of correction and reforms for the convict. Remand on the other hand, is a place where offenders alleged of...

Let the Courts Decide

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Almost night after night on our television screens we see those accused of various crimes paraded before the television cameras on GRTS. These people...

President Jammeh warns foreign nationals Condemns drug trafficking, other crimes

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

The Gambian leader, Professor Alhaji Dr Yahya Jammeh, has warned foreign nationals resident in The Gambia to avoid violating the laws of the country....

Police refute robbery allegations

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

In a categorical rebuttal of the allegations contained in a letter published in the Daily Observer column captioned "Police come to our aid", the...

SOUTH AFRICA: The army is called in

IRIN NEWS http://irinnews.org

Thursday, May 22, 2008

The South African army has been called in to bolster police efforts to end the xenophobic clashes that have gripped the country's richest province. ...

Grasp This Great Opportunity

Tuesday, April 08, 2008

In his recently issued press release Tsidi M. Tsikata,Mission Chief for The Gambia with the International Monetary Fund, has laid out very...

SUDAN: Human Rights Watch calls on government to end sexual violence in Darfur

IRIN http://www.irinnews.org

Tuesday, April 08, 2008

The Sudanese government and rebel groups in the war-ravaged Darfur region should immediately take measures to end the sexual violence endemic to the...

CAR: Struggling to undo the damage of sexual violence

IRIN

Wednesday, April 02, 2008

The Monam group of rape survivors in the northern town of Bossangoa in the Central African Republic (CAR) does what it can to keep going, but morale...

UGANDA: LRA sticks to its guns, yet ready to sign peace deal

IRIN

Friday, March 28, 2008

A final peace agreement to end two decades of conflict in northern Uganda is expected to be signed on 5 April, but the rebel Lord's Resistance Army...

KENYA: Sexual violence continues in IDP camps

PlusNews

Thursday, March 27, 2008

Residents in a camp for displaced persons in Nakuru, in Rift Valley Province, western Kenya, were deeply shocked when a gang of men attacked and...