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Since 2018, several Gambians including a former legal adviser for the State Intelligence Services, Boubacarr AMO Badjie, have expressed concerns that the renovation works at SIS could destroy certain evidences. Activists have called for the…

Thousands of Muslims across The Gambia and beyond are expected to gather in Salikenni on Saturday 2nd March for the village’s annual ‘Gaamo’. Salikenni is the second largest settlement in Baddibu after Farafenni. The annual Gaamo led by…

The awarding of the contract to Gai Enterprise has been approved by cabinet in January 2019. President Adama Barrow considered the project a fulfillment of his promises made during a tour of Banjul in the summer of last year. Gambian…

Gambian-Israeli partnership started years before The Gambia’s independence. The two countries’ relations were boosted dramatically by the meeting of Gambian President, H. E. Adama Barrow with Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu,…

By Madi Jobarteh Finally, the Gambia has joined the group of nations that have realised the importance of human rights and the value of their citizens by creating a National Human Rights Commission. The effort to create this Commission…

Captain Momodou Kassama broke into tears before the Truth Commission on Thursday as he explained how his colleagues, “good soldiers”, lost their lives after the coup. “We should be categorical,… we should not even sanitize it. Some very…

Gambia host African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights headquarters for over thirty years and thus has the task to serve as a role model in the promotion and protection of human rights in Africa, said Gambian leader as he sworn-in five…

Ousman Sonko, former Gambian interior minister under autocratic ruler Yahya Jammeh, claims he is only given one hour of fresh air daily, according to Swissinfo.ch. The human rights violations of the Jammeh regime is currently being…

Former Captain Momodou Kassama said he has found an American ambassador in the office of vice president Saikou Sabally and the VP told him that they are monitoring the situation. He said Jawara was not aware of the presence of Americans in…

A Commission witness on Wednesday described an emotional moment when soldiers have asked a woman who was on menstrual cycle to undress and when she hesitated, Kawsu Camara alias Bambardeh kicked her at her private part. Camara was with…