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Netally chi lameng nyi borom – Wolof proverb By Cherno M. Njie What do we make of a country whose leader digs a hole and buries a live ram to avert an attempted coup? An odd question to be sure, but that is how strange recent history…

One year into operations, the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparation Commission's executive secretary faces media. Below is the statement made by Dr Baba Galleh Jallow. Finally, the TRRC hearings are close to clocking one year and our…

By Sally Jobe The Westminster Foundation for Democracy has on Friday organized an advocacy seminar on Political Inclusion for Members of the National Assembly at the NaNa conference center in Kanifing. The seminar seeks to highlight the…

Following the resignation of Alagie Saidy-Barrow, his former deputy Abdou A. Manneh has been promoted to the position of Director of Research and Investigations for the TRRC. Mr. Manneh is a police superintendent who has been on…

European Union Budget Support and Technical Assistance contribute to macro-economic stability, economic governance and support the implementation of the National Development Plan. It also support the ongoing political and legislative…

Gambia’s independence day has been recognized on February 18. However, as part of his submission, Jobarteh argued that the day to be recognized as Gambia’s independence day should be April 24. A leading Gambian rights activist, Madi…

The Constitutional Review Commission (CRC) wishes to thank all those persons who have demonstrated keen interest in the Draft Constitution of the Republic of The Gambia by either attending and participating in the CRC’s direct…

The Supreme Islamic Council of the Gambia has asked for the Constitutional Review Commission to omit secularity from the country’s draft constitution. At a press conference on Tuesday, the Council “demands that Secularism/Secularity/…

The Jotna Movement staged their protest on December 16 in peace and calm and in total obedience to the requirements of the police permit. Not a single report of violence or hate speech was reported. Yet before the protest, The Gambia…

By Essa Jallow A group of Women from Sintet, Janjanbureh and Basse respectively on Monday 16th December, 2019 presented a report on Women’s Experiences of Dictatorship in the Gambia to the TRRC. The report would form part of the records…