The athletics training group helping runners from all backgrounds get back on track
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National 400m champion Bendere Oboya considered walking away from the sport after a tumultuous 2019.
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It s a cool weekday afternoon at the Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre, with the usual assortment of runners ranging from schoolkids to professionals going through their paces.
But at one end of the track, there s a group of world-class sprinters who run with a deeper purpose than most.
It includes Ismail Dudu Kamara a Sierra Leonean refugee who s running from fear of political persecution.
There s Abdoulie Asim an easy-going refugee from Gambia who s been cast out by his family because of his religion.
Goodluck Jonathan to mediate in Gambia s constitutional review deadlock
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The East African
Friday December 18 2020
Summary
Gambia has been working to replace its 1997 constitution, which was enacted by Yahya Jammeh, the country’s former president.
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Former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday evening arrived in the Gambian capital Banjul as part of a mission to mediate a dispute over a constitutional review process.
Gambia has been working to replace its 1997 constitution, which was enacted by Yahya Jammeh, the country’s former president. He was forced out of office in 2017 after he refused to cede power following a disputed election.
Jammeh’s 21-year rule was marred by allegations violations of human rights, including extrajudicial killings of opponents.
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