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Gambia has no plans to decriminalize same-sex, Government said in its submission to the 34th session of the United National Human Rights Council Working Group. The Universal Periodic Review is a mechanism of the UN Human Rights Council…

I learn with great dismay reports that the leader of the United Democratic Party, Lawyer Ousainou Darboe has reneged on his principled position of support for the five-year constitutional mandate of President Adama Barrow. Just as it is…

After three days of internal discussion within their executive, the United Democratic Party has urged President Adama Barrow to resign after 3 years as entailed in the Coalition 2016 agreement. President Barrow came to power on the…

Unique Solutions & Unique Energy under the Unique Group of Companies announced the receipt of a co-funding grant award of $282,902.00 from the ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency-ECREEE during its third annual…

Press release A Special Cabinet Meeting convened on Tuesday 5th November 2019 discussed and approved the 2020 budget estimates as well as the government’s development plans and priorities, including a National Health Insurance Scheme…

The Gambia Import and Export Promotion Agency has failed its reporting obligations to the National Assembly oversight body, Public Enterprise Committee. By the Gambian law, the institution is supposed to submit its audited account and…

On Monday, the lawyer representing Yankuba Touray has asked the High Court to order the arrest of Dr Baba Galleh Jallow, the executive secretary of the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission. Abdoulie Sisoho said the court…

Press release The Truth, Reconciliation and reparations Commission is currently wrapping up its ninth session which focussed on Sexual and Gender Based Violence and gearing up to the tenth session of hearings. The upcoming tenth…

The Social Security and Housing Finance Corporation (SSHFC) has failed its obligations to submit it audited financial statement and activity report to the National Assembly oversight body. The public institution is supposed to submit its…

By Baba Galleh Jallow In addition to competing narratives, another interesting conundrum the TRRC is constantly faced with is a series of interrelated demands made by some segments of Gambian society. All too often, demands like truth…