Gambia| Last Updated 20/11/2009 12:01:00
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 | Gambia, US sign MOU on trade | | Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the promotion of
bilateral trade and investment was signed here Friday between the US Embassy in
Banjul and The Gambia.
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| Gambia decentralises biometric ID system | | Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambia Biometric Identification System (GAMBIS) was
on Thursday launched in the Kanifing Municipal Area as the authorities work tow
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rd extending it to all regional capitals for easy access to the new identificati
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n card.
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| Ping charges govts to implement Beijing Platform on women | | Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Chairperson, African Union Commission, Dr. Jean Ping
, has said the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action was essentially
the responsibility of governments and the public, private and non-governmental i
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stitutions at national, sub-regional and international levels.
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| Women are equal in policy, decision making, says UN top shot | | Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Beijing Platform for Action not only emphasises achi
eving equality, womenâ?s political and economic empowerment and eliminating disc
rimination but also focuses on the integration of women as full and equal partne
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s in all policies and decision-making processes, a senior United Nations Officia
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| US Senate expresses concern over â~missingâ? Gambian journalist | | Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The American Senate on Wednesday expressed concern over
the fate of â~missingâ? Gambian reporter, Chief Ebrima Manneh, saying the treat
ment of the journalist by Gambian authorities, â?will be considered in assessing
continued United States assistance for The Gambia,â? PANA reported.
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| UN calls for release of "missing" Gambian journalist | | Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The United Nations 'Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
' on Wednesday slammed the Gambian government, saying the continued detention of
Gambian journalist, Chief Ebrima Manneh, was "a Violation of International Law"
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hile calling for his "immediate release".
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| Gender activists want female candidate for AU Commission | | Dakar, Senegal (PANA) â" Gender activists meeting in Banjul, the Gambia, have c
alled for â?deliberate effortsâ? towards the nomination of female candidates fo
r African Union Commission chair â?as a sign of equal sharing of leadership and
responsibilities for delivering on the development agendaâ? on the continent, ac
cording to a statement received here by PANA Wednesday.
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| African regional conference on women opens in Gambia | | Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The United Nations Commission for Africas has called on
governments and the international community to prioritise achievements of gender
equality and womenâ? rights because this was essential for reducing poverty and
promoting growth.
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| Anti-littering law to take effect in Gambia | | Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - To ensure a proper and more effective enforcement of the
Anti-littering Regulation, Gambia's National Environment Agency (NEA) held a ca
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acity-building programme for its staff to serve as environmental prosecutors.
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| Gambia hosts African Regional Conference on Women | | Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Gambia will host the â?African Regional Conference
on Womenâ?, dubbed (Beijing+15), with over 28 African ministers in charge of ge
nder affairs and high level participants from some 43 countries expected to atte
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d, the Addis Ababa-based Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), the main organise
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, said in a communiqueâ? received here by PANA Friday.
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| Gambian opposition leader's case moved to another court | | Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The case involving Femi Peters, the Campaign Manager of
Gambia's main opposition United Democratic Party (UDP), has been transferred fro
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Banjul Magistrates' Court to Kanifing Court in Serre Kunda, the country's secon
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city, judicial sources informed PANA Monday.
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| Gambian government prepares defence before sub-regional court | | Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The ECOWAS Community Court has set 15 December for the c
ommencement of hearing on the alleged torture case of a journalist, Musa Saidykh
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n, by security agents of the Gambian government which is now busy preparing to a
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pear before the sub-regional court, the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA)
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aid Monday.
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| Gambia-based NGO denies knowledge of Jammeh's death threat | | Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Executive Director of Gambia-based African Centre fo
r Democracy and Human Rights Studies (ACDHRS), Mrs. Hannah Forster has claimed i
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norance of the alleged threat by Gambian President Yahya Jammeh to kill anyone,
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specially human right defenders and their supporters for sabotaging his governme
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