📸: Over 700 young African leaders Tuesday gathered in Washington D.C. as part of the three-day U.S. sponsored MandelaWshFellowship Mandela Washington Summit. The young leaders networked with Department of State assistant secretary Molly Phee.

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Ppl are watching with keen interest Ecowas - Cedeao's commitment to restore constitutional order in Niger. Any success will certainly improve the regional body's standing as a guardian of democratic principles. It's good to stand up for rule of law and peaceful transition. #ECOWAS

We are monitoring disturbing reports that Niger's democratically elected president Mohamed Bazoum has been seized in an apparent coup. We call for his immediate release and condemn any attempts to weaken or subvert democratic processes.

Demba Kandeh USAID Promoting Rights and Justice Another week/weekend in Jarra Soma for our final training on advocacy. Leading this session is Tabou Njie Sarr, a prominent gender specialist taking participants through the concept of gender and advocacy.

Julian Assange is the recipient of the 2023 Konrad Wolf press, awarded by Germany’s Academy of Arts!

The jury said “Through Julian Assange's work and attitude, we have learned about illegal state activities, about injustice, murders and war crimes, activities that had been

so these vehicles are for ensuring that your representatives can effectively fulfill their legislative duties even at 'odd hours'? if they need multimillion dalasi cars to perform their duties, then good luck on the steering wheels.

'A different kind of story needed to be told'... Kenyan historian & Dan David Prize winner Headstrong Historian on documenting hidden African histories

Meet the ‘headstrong historian’ bringing Africa’s past to life – for Africans theguardian.com/global-develop…

#JulianAssange : We call on the #US authorities to drop the charges against Assange and withdraw their extradition request! Espionage laws should not be used against #journalists or #publishers for disclosing information of public interest.

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Ellsberg was seen as the quintessential whistleblower but shortly after he leaked Vietnam War study, the Nixon admin made serious efforts to paint him as a Soviet spy in the press, using anonymous quotes and non-existent ‘secret’ evidence.

Rest in power
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News of violent death of #journalist Golam Rabbani is alarming. 🇧🇩 #Bangladesh govt must investigate promptly, fully & bring perpetrators to justice. Impunity undermines #MediaFreedom & #FreedomofExpression ⁦The Daily Star⁩ ⁦Bangladesh News 24⁩ thedailystar.net/news/banglades…

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More than half of #Gambians say they felt unsafe while walking in their neighbourhood (53%) and feared crime in their home (42%) at least once during the previous year.
#VoicesAfrica #PoliceForce #Security

Gambia Press Union (GPU) The Gambia Police Force The Standard News Gambia EU in The Gambia Ministry of Interior, The Gambia Transparency International Slightly more than half (52%) of #Gambians say they trust the police “somewhat” or “a lot.” Almost half (47%) express no trust in the #police .

Gambia Press Union (GPU) The Gambia Police Force The Standard News Gambia EU in The Gambia Ministry of Interior, The Gambia Transparency International Only three in 10 (29%) say the police “often” or “always” act professionally and respect all citizens’ rights.
#Gambia #PoliceForce #VoicesAfrica

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#SouthAfrica court prohibits former president’s private prosecution of journalist Karyn Maughan

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A strong, respected, & enforceable #VotingRights Act is crucial to the health of US democracy.

We applaud today's #SCOTUS decision, which reinforces that all citizens have the right to vote without discrimination on the basis of race.
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