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Current Feed ContentECOWAS delegates meet NAMS, SoS SambouFour delegates from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), yesterday paid a courtesy call on members of the National Assembly at the office of the speaker, Fatoumata Jahumpa-Ceesay and also on Ismaila Sambou, SoS for Local Government, Lands and Religious Affairs at his office in Banjul. The delegates are Nura Jobe, head of Finance at the ECOWAS Bureau in Banjul, Kinza Jawara-Njie, head of Division Cross Border Cooperation Programme at ECOWAS, Homamadou Abdoul, coordinator Pilot...Global Week of Action on Cluster MunitionsAccording to press release from the West Africa Network for Peacebuilding, the World will observe a global week of action from 27th October 2008 to 2nd November 2008. This week is dedicated to a vigorous campaign to increase awareness on the newly negotiated legally binding treaty Banning the use of cluster bombs/munitions. Cluster munitions are large weapons which are deployed from the air and from the ground and release up to hundreds of smaller subminitions. Air-dropped or ground-launched,...International Day of Peace, GlobalCease Fire - September 21 Another Year; another Special Day! 21st September - United Nations International Peace Day and Global Cease Fire! Each year people around the world observe and commemorate this day as a day of peace and global cease fire - cessation of hostilities, a day of mending relationships and peace building. In 1981 the United Nations General Assembly passed resolution 36/67 declaring an International Day of Peace. The first Peace Day was celebrated in September 1982. During...A Shocking Failure of The People!It isnothing short of outrageous to read that almost every child in The Gambia is atrisk because they are not getting enough iodised salt. What is even moreunforgivable is that we have had more than ten years to sort out the problemand instead of making gains we have simply seen a deterioration in oursituation.Accordingto the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey iii (MICS) report launched on the 30thof June 2008, The Gambia has a low consumptionrate of iodised salt. This corresponds with the most...Whole School Development End Four Day TrainingForty-two (42) cluster monitors, trainers and management trainers ended a four-day training workshop under the Whole School Development (WSD) approach on the issue of implementing the new Parent Teacher Association (PTA) constitution and the election of School Management Committees (SMC). The workshop was supported by Basic Education Support for Poverty Reduction (BESPOR) in collaboration with the regional education office of Region 5 (R5). Speaking at the gathering, which was held at Armitage... |
