By Amie T. Camara

Afrinity Production draw attention to the rights groups and members of civil society in raising concerns over the continued incarceration of a Muslim lawyer in Sri Lanka, adding that his prolonged detention “had a chilling effect on anyone involved in peaceful dissent and advocacy”.

According to Aljazeera, Hejaaz Hizbullah, is a prominent human rights lawyer, and was arrested on “terrorism” charges in April and has remained in detention without charges, with rights groups saying he has been denied due process rights.

Sri Lankan authorities said he had been detained for links to the perpetrators of the 2019 Easter Bombings, which left more than 250 people dead and injured more than 500 – the Indian Ocean island nation’s worst attack since the end of civil war in 2009.

Meenakshi Ganguly, South Asia director at Human Rights Watch, said the police had not presented “any credible evidence” against Hizbullah, adding that he was denied his due process rights and kept in custody despite calls from UN experts “that prison populations must be reduced to prevent the spread of COVID-19”.

The president’s spokesperson Mohan Samaranayake did not respond to Al Jazeera’s request for comment.

Source_____Aljazeera

By Amie T. Camara

Afrinity Production discloses the statement made by Idris Elba and his wife, Sabrina Dhowre Elba, saying individuals can make a difference in tackling climate change.

The couple were speaking to Liz Bonnin for BBC Radio 5 Live’s new podcast ‘What Planet Are We On?’

Actor, producer and DJ, Idris said: “There is definitely something that we can all do. You are doing it now listening to this. There is hope.”

Sabrina, who is a model and actress, added: “There is a method, there are steps.

“It isn’t just throw your hands in the air and go ‘the world is on fire’.

“There are solutions and it’s figuring out what those solutions are and how we can each play a part because we do know that every person can make a difference.

“It is so easy to feel hopeless when you do hear all of that scaremongering but people can make a change. Each individual person.”

Source____BBC

By Amie T. Camara

Afrinity Production make known of Thailand’s issuing of an emergency decree banning protests as it clamps down on largely peaceful pro-democracy rallies that have also targeted the monarchy.

In a televised announcement the government said urgent measures were needed to “maintain peace and order”.

BBC said it justified the orders partly on the grounds of some protesters disturbing a royal motorcade during a mass march in Bangkok on Wednesday.

More than 20 people have been arrested including three protest leaders.

The emergency measures came into effect at 04:00 local time on Thursday (21:00 GMT on Wednesday).

Thailand’s student-led democracy movement has been calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha. The former army chief had seized power in a 2014 coup before he was appointed as premier after controversial elections last year. The protests have widened in recent months to call for curbs on the king’s powers.

Source___BBC

Afrinity Production draw cognizance to BABUCARR NJIE commonly known as Babah Njie, a 28 year old England based Gambian Rapper, Singer, Song writer and Music Director. He is a Graduate of Nusrat senior Secondary school, Studied Foundation In Accounting (FIA) in MDI, and Work as a Sales Representative for ELAC Gambia before joining his Family in UK in 2014.

Babah’s story is one of the most inspiring in music right now. His Albulm is really trending and am sure if it was a concert, he will have received a standing ovation before even playing a note, creating a moment that Gambian music scene will never forget: “Tears will be falling down people’s faces.”

He have been singing and dancing since he was a kid and also writing songs, stories, poems and love articles since junior school. He recorded his first single in 2012 and have been in the music industry ever since. He finds composing music incredibly liberating and anything’s possible to be related as he note down his lyrics. It’s exciting and always captivating for him.

From growing up in Talinding to being driven into music by his self-made passion, there is something below that everyone can relate to.

The Young Gambian singer Officially released An Album consisting of 15 tracks and all produce by himself Under the Alias THE BOY ON THE LONE MUSIC, which is his own production company and being the Main Artist as well as featuring few other artist.

Babah have worked with ALTAM ACE who is also a UK base Gambian Artist, STYLZZ the producer one of the award winning producers in Gambia and BUNGA BAD a Spainish Gambian Artist.

“I love music from a young age, singing and street dancing as a teenager and before studying and having a Certificate in music from Sandwell college I have always been going to studio recording and writing songs
Since 2012. So music is generally a part of me,” he said.

Adding to his intrigue, his real life inspiration has always been Michael Jackson and Tupac. Growing up, he love to sing and dance like Michael Jackson and he would watch every music video and every documentary about him. His passion for music, love and dedication to heal the world has been his biggest inspiration. However, Tupac has been the greatest inspiration he had since he started rapping, listening to him is the reason that everything he write comes from a real place. Music gives him confidence and it helps him express himself significantly.

Babah recently Realised his very first Album, Dedicated to his country The Gambia.
The Album is called “GAMBIA’S OWN CHILD” and is now available on every major platform worldwide.

Is a 15 track Album Inspired by the love he have for his country. This Album is an expression of The Gambian Culture, Religion, History, Peace and Unity and the love and fun Gambia has to offer.

“I am happy, proud and so grateful for all the love and praises I received since releasing the Album, The love is unquestionable. My sales and streams online keep going up daily and couldn’t be more proud. I am glad that I feel blessed with the opportunity to make my people happy when they listen to my songs, This is just the beginning but I am forever grateful,” he happily said.

Babah wants to be as good and consistent in music as his Star Chris Brown.

His professional goal is to make sure his songs can inspire Gambians so much, so that they can change the world together. That is to become the best Gambian Artist of All time.

By Amie T. Camara

By Amie T. Camara

Afrinity Production draw attention to the setting up of Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) by Inspector-General of Police in Nigeria, Mohammed Adamu, to replace the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Unit (SARS).

Force Spokesperson, Frank Mba, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday.

According to the statement, prospective members of the new team are expected to undergo a psychological and medical examination to ascertain their fitness and eligibility for the new assignment.

Reliably, the latest development comes 48 hours after the IGP dissolved SARS following nationwide protests.

According to our source, the IGP in Nigeria has also ordered all personnel of the disbanded SARS to report to the Force headquarters in Abuja for debriefing, psychological and medical examination.

While a time-frame for the medical evaluation has not been disclosed, the IGP was quoted to have said that the officers are expected to undergo the process as a prelude to further training and reorientation before being redeployed into mainstream policing duties.

Source___Channels TV

By Amie T. Camara

Afrinity Production unveil the death of at least 12 people in incidents of wall and house collapses amid record rains in southern India, officials and media reports said.

Indian media reports said the dead included a two-month-old infant.

Aljazeera said, three more people, an old couple and their grandson, were killed when their house collapsed during the downpour in a nearby village also on Tuesday night, local media reported.

Daily life has been thrown out of gear across parts of Hyderabad as roads are flooded and vehicles washed away in several neighbourhoods.

Source___Aljazeera

By Amie T. Camara

Afrinity Production discloses the suspension made by Twitter to a number of fake accounts purporting to be owned by black supporters of US President Donald Trump.

The social media giant said the accounts broke its rules on spam and platform manipulation.

According to BBC, many of the accounts used identical language, including the phrase: “YES IM BLACK AND IM VOTING FOR TRUMP!!!”

Twitter has not specified the number of accounts suspended so far or the source of them.

It said it was continuing to investigate the activity and may suspend additional accounts if they were found to be violating its policies.

The investigation was first reported by the Washington Post newspaper.

Darren Linvill, a social media disinformation researcher at Clemson University, found more than two dozen such accounts, which had generated some 265,000 retweets or Twitter mentions.

Source___BBC

Afrinity Production draw attention to one of the self made young stars, the recently awardee of the most influential youth in Africa, Basiru Jaye, a 24 year old young Gambian who was studying at the Islamic University of Technology in the domain of Computer Science and Engineering in Bangladesh. He is also a third year Student at the University of The Gambia Majoring Computer Science and Minor in French. He is a young diplomat who has been representing the Gambia in higher platform Like United Nations and Organization of Islamic Cooperation(OIC) and The Gambia Scout Association(TGSA) both national and international levels. He is a motivational speaker and the Founder of the renowned BJ Academy.

Equally, Basiru Jaye is an athlete and is currently at the national team of the Gambia Cricket.

He was born and brought up in Banjul and he was a French student with no background of English, he entered English education at grade 7 and nailed all his exams. He can speak both English and French fluently.

Basiru received alot of certificates for his overwhelming support for humanity, which includes;
Certificate in Child Rights, Care & Protection Department of Social Welfare and UNICEF in (2012),Certificate in Campaign Planning, Communication, Motivation Skills and Facilitating Idea, Generation (Actionaid and Activista) in 2012,Scholastic Aptitude Test
College Board from the United States of America (October 2016),A distinction in “CompTIA A+” course(Infosoft Valley Training Institute, Bangladesh)(November 2019), Certificate of Achievement in Cisco Certified Network Associate(Infosoft Valley Training
Institute, Bangladesh) (November 2019) and more.

He represented the Gambia in Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, Dubai, Sharjah and Bangladesh and came back home with lots of laurels. He also visited countries like Qatar, Morocco and Turkey.

The young man was privileged to become the French translator to the King of Sharjah Sheikh Sultan Bin Qasimi in the international Youth gathering (Sharjah for All; All for Sharjah) which gathered 94 countries in Sharjah, UAE.

Basiru have been volunteering for 11 years now. To his own perspective everyone is an activist in his/her own way because as humans we are always confronted with problems and those problems are meant to be solved. So solving those problems at first place you as an activism.

However, being an activist for him is not easy as people think because it has come with the notion of balancing sentiments with the realities of life. “You must be truthfully anchored and bold by having the soul to balance between conflicting needs and priorities.”

“Moreover, as an activist you have to be consistent and specialized in one or two things. You can’t be everywhere as we are seeing now. You have to believe and be truthful in what you are fighting for not for people to praise you. As it is said by Brian Tracy “when you love your job it interests you, fascinates you and and attracts you”.

“Finally, it not easy to be an activist because you are fighting with the opposing side who are called perpetrators to emancipate the oppressed ones. So one should expect all punches and blow figuratively”,he said.

Basiru is indeed a multitasking and multi-talented young man who somehow self employed and works on small contracts.

Jaye worked with Global Education Centre in 2016 to 2017, he worked with different institutions on partly contracts like national Youth Council. He also worked with the Banjul City Council on different Projects. Now, he is studying. Recently, he got a 3 years job mission in South Korea because of his bilingual but he turned it down to complete his current BSc first.

Basiru is much more into humanitarian fighting for the oppressed but what he hate most about it is those you are fighting for at times put you in a funny situation. “For instance the oppressed receiving bribes from the perpetrators etc. I respect humanity to the extent of even account myself for my actions.
At times also, you will want to help someone in need but if I can’t it usually pains me a lot because I am so empathetic,” he briefly said.

The Young man look up to his uncle Sheikh Tijan Bah Deputy Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Environment, his mom the lord Mayor of Banjul Rohey Malick Lowe and his big sister Fatou Jeng who is a very vibrant Youth In the Gambia and equally in the international medium

His professional goal is to have a PhD in Public Policy and Management.

Jaye cannot do without Education and Helping people.

By Amie T. Camara

By Amie T. Camara

Afrinity Production reliably disclose to you the action taken by the Inspector-General of Police in Nigeria, Mohammed Adamu, in dissolving the infamous subunit of the force, the Special Anti-robbery Squad (SARS).

“The Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Nigerian Police, otherwise known as SARS, is hereby dissolved across all formations, the 36 state police command and the Federal Capital Territory where they currently exist,” the IGP said on Sunday.

“All officers and men currently serving in the unit are to be redeployed with immediate effect.”

According to channel TV, the police authorities will be announcing new policing arrangements to address the offences of armed robbery and other violent crimes that fall within the mandate of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad later.

Adamu’s announcement followed days of widespread protests by Nigerians demanding scrapping of the unit which had gained notoriety for brutality and human rights violations.

Source___Channels TV

By Amie T. Camara

Afrinity Production disclose to you the statement by the Authorities in China’s Qingdao on Monday in their preparation to test the city’s entire population of more than nine million people for COVID-19 during the next five days, after new cases appeared linked to a hospital treating people who had been confirmed with the disease after returning from overseas.

The coastal city, nearly 700km (435 miles) southeast of Beijing, reported six new COVID-19 cases and six asymptomatic cases as of late October 11 with most of the cases linked to the Qingdao Chest Hospital.

The coastal city will test all nine million residents during the next five days with some areas locked down.

Source___Aljazeera