The Acting Chairperson of the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights (ACHPR) Commissioner Bahame Tom Nyanduga has urged Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO) to re-dedicate themselves to the fight against dictatorships, bad governance and other human rights challenges in Africa. Commissioner Nyanduga made the call in Banjul, The Gambia, during the ongoing Forum on the Participation of NGOs in the 46th Ordinary Session of the ACHPR which will be held in the Gambian capital on 11 - 25 November 2009. The three-day NGO-Forum which precedes the 46th Ordinary Session of the ACHPR kicked off in Banjul on 7 November 2009.

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