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“The group of ’49 Wise Men’ brought together in 1978 by General [Olusegun] Obasanjo to write a new constitution under the chairmanship of Justice Udo Udoma did not have military personnel as members or any input by the military. “The Draft Constitution which they produced was debated by an elected constituent assembly under the chairmanship of Chief Rotimi Williams. “Again there were no military members who participated in the deliberations of the elected constituent assembly”, He said. According to Mr Sani, it was the outcome of the debates that was promulgated into the 1979 Cons...

Ethiopia: The Dichotomy between Religion and the State? Have the Juba and Addis Ababa Agreements Untangled the Dichotomy between Religion and the State? December 16, 2020 The debate around religion and the State in Sudan and how to define the role of Islamic law in the legal realm – and in public life in particular – is a riddle that has since independence haunted politicians and the Sudanese elite alike. Prior to separation, delineating this controversial relationship in Sudan’s different constitutions had been one of the most contentious issues between the North and South Sudan. Post-...

The debate around religion and the State in Sudan and how to define the role of Islamic law in the legal realm – and in public life in particular – is a riddle that has since independence haunted politicians and the Sudanese elite alike. Prior to separation, delineating this controversial relationship in Sudan’s different constitutions had been one of the most contentious issues between the North and South Sudan. Post-separation, it was indisputably the key point of disagreement between the armed movements and the Bashir regime (until it fell in April 2019) and remains today an...

Freedom Newspaper Re: of Darboe’s Distasteful Personal Politics: Yaya Dampha (Sweden) needs to Educate Himself December 13, 2020 Re: of Darboe’s Distasteful Personal Politics: Yaya Dampha (Sweden) needs to Educate Himself I am not a UDP supporter neither a sympathizer but a concern citizen who hates to see liars especially those good at massaging the truth. Its duty bound to respond to Yaya Dampha on what he considered as unpleasant and ungentlemanly remarks by Gambia’s Mandela Lawyer Ousainou Darboe. Gambia and her people suffered a lot and continues to suffer ...

ANY ATTEMPT TO POLITICALLY ‘DOCTOR’ THE DRAFT CONSTITUTION IN THE NAME... ANY ATTEMPT TO POLITICALLY ‘DOCTOR’ THE [2020] DRAFT CONSTITUTION IN THE NAME OF SO-CALLED ‘CONSENSUS BUILDING’ SHOULD NOT BE ENTERTAINED December 13, 2020 ANY ATTEMPT TO POLITICALLY ‘DOCTOR’ THE [2020] DRAFT CONSTITUTION IN THE NAME OF SO-CALLED ‘CONSENSUS BUILDING’ SHOULD NOT BE ENTERTAINED Sorrow continues to shake my heart and certainly the hearts of many Gambians whenever the name “Draft Constitution” is mentioned. It reminds one on a faithful Tuesday of...