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Gambian leader Adama Barrow has promised his Government will table a bill before the National Assembly establishing an anti-corruption by December 2019. The President promised to enact the law since 2018. In President’s address to the…

  State House, Banjul, 18 September 2019 - The Secretary General and Head of the Civil Service, Mr. Muhammed Jallow Wednesday afternoon presided over the signing ceremony of a $2million project between the government of The Gambia and the…

Dr Mariatou Jallow, a former chief executive officer of the Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital who was part of the alternative treatment programme of former president Yahya Jammeh said the exercise was a “hoax”. In 2007, Jammeh…

A father of a 3-year old Musa Semben killed during the April 10 and 11 student protest in 2000 told the Truth Commission that he has stopped watching the national television since the incident. Ousman Semben dropped his 3-year old kid…

Oumie Jagne, a victim of April 10 and 11 student protest in 2000, said the Government has failed to provide them with air tickets to Turkey after they have been given a visa and offer of free treatment in Turkey. Oumie Jagne, a young…

Stakeholders in The Gambia on Saturday wrapped up a two-day technical review of the Draft Freedom of Information Bill, 2019. The event gathered about two dozen experts from government, civil society, media and the African Commission on…

It is high time someone put it to both the Minister of Information Ebrima Sillah and the Justice Minister Abubacarr Tambadou that indeed they are being hugely rewarded for serving as ministers. It is therefore untrue, dishonest and…

Gambia’s apex bank assures commercial banks will not be harmed by the implementation of Janneh Commission recommendation. The Gambian authorities have placed a temporary restriction on assets of private banks including Guaranty Trust…

The 8th session of the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparation Commission began on Monday with continuation of hearing of the student protest in April 2000. The session ends in October. Gambia’s Truth Commission has collected over 100…

TRRC Media Advisory Select staff of the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) and some close protection officers of The Gambia Police Force have benefitted from a two-week intensive Witness Protection training for…