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At a ceremony held on the sidelines of the Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank Group on Wednesday, 12 June, the president of Gambia, Adama Barrow, was awarded the Great Builder Super Prize – The Africa Road Builders Babacar…

In a press release issued on Thursday, the embassy of the United States said America supports the efforts of the Gambia in recovering monies looted by the former President Yahya Jammeh during his 22-year rule. An independent inquiry into…

Yankuba Touray is one of the people adversely mentioned before the Truth Commission for his involvement in several atrocities including the alleged killing of Ousman Koro Ceesay and close to a dozen soldiers on November 11, 1994.   Omar…

Justice Minister Abubacarr Tambadou has warned that any attempt to undermine TRRC, a national healing process, “in any manner will bear serious consequences”. The State has dropped charges against former Local Government Minister…

The Government of the Gambia has announced a decision to take over all assets and companies belonging to former President Yahya Jammeh and his associate Muhammed Bazzi. The assets belonging to the former ruler have already been frozen by…

By Madi Jobarteh, Gambian rights activist It is indeed very worrying that given the history and experience of the Gambia in terms of freedom of assembly that the Gambia Government could not think of anything better other than importing…

Banjul, The Gambia – June 11, 2019: The Gambia is set to establish a social protection system that will effectively deliver measures to safeguard the lives of the poor and vulnerable in the country. Today the Government of The Gambia and…

The torture of Amadou Sanneh at National Intelligence Agency has left the lower end of his spinal cord ‘displaced’ A former Gambian finance and trade minister who allegedly endured severe torture at the notorious National Intelligence…

The former finance and trade minister of the Gambia and one-time accountant general from 1994 to 1996, Amadou Sanneh, said the early dealing of the soldiers after coming to power showed they have no respect for rules and procedures.…

Gambia’s Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission has resumed its public hearings on June 10. Since January the TRRC has heard 57 witnesses in sessions that were particularly eventful and truth-revealing. It has become a major TV…