Some traditions normalise wife beating as an expression of and an inalienable component of love and marriage. Culture is a major factor constraining efforts to eradicate the gender-based violence in all its manifestations. Engaging community gatekeepers is, therefore, crucial to the campaign against FGM, for instance, to gain acceptance and reduce conflict.
On Thursday, 27 new attorneys were welcomed to the legal profession by Chief Justice Hassan B. Jallow, who praised their devotion, diligence, and hard work. He exhorted them to preserve court integrity, pursue further studies, and pursue personal development.
https://play.publicradio.org/web/o/minnesota/podcasts/climate_cast/2023/12/07/231207_Climate_Cast_Loss_and_Damage_Fund_(Dampha)_20231207_128.mp3 On the first day of the 28th United Nations climate change conference, known as
West Africa’s top court on Thursday rejected a request by Niger’s junta for a lifting of coup-related sanctions imposed by its neighbors, ruling that the junta is unconstitutional and therefore lacks the authority to make such a request.
The Sierra Leone Police have called Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma, the former president of Sierra Leone,
Justice Achibonga, presiding over the Gambia’s High Court, granted bail to Paulo Djabi, Nadine Pereira, Mamadu Neto Djabi, and Secuna Jabi on Wednesday, with a total bail sum of D127,500,000. Earlier in September, a lower court released the four accused on bond.
Robert Jenrick has resigned as immigration minister, saying the government’s emergency Rwanda legislation “does not go
Sierra Leone’s government last Friday announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding with China Road and Bridge Corporation and the architectural firm of the Atepa Group for the construction of a 5-mile-long bridge across Freetown to Lungi at a cost of $1.5 billion.
The police have released all of the Brikama area councilors on self-bail this evening, except for the Councilor of Brufut Ward, Hon. Abdoulie Jammeh, who remains in arrest at the Anti-crime Unit in Banjulinding.
The Attorney General’s Chambers Ministry of Justice has today appealed Justice Basiru Mahoney’s judgment in a
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