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In 2015, Gambia has offered to resettle Rohingyas fleeing persecution from Myanmar. The small nation leads the discussion in world’s second biggest global body, Organisation of Islamic Cooperation. An inter-ministerial committee of the…

The United Democratic Party is holding a congress for its women wing starting February 15 this year, barely one week after its youth congresses in Gunjur. This is the first women congress to be organized by a political party in the…

On 1 October 2018, the government through the Finance Ministry imposed temporary travel restrictions on all government-funded trips except for essential statutory meetings. The Government of The Gambia has lifted the temporary travel…

By Sarjo Barrow As I sat in Detroit Metropolitan Airport patiently waiting for my connection to Madison, I decided to catch up on Gambian news. Of course, I started with my two sisters’ network—the F’s. Then I moved onto WOG to appease…

State House, Banjul, 7th February 2019 - The Public is hereby informed that the Office of the Secretary and Head of the Civil Service, Office of the President, will organize a high-level government retreat for Permanent Secretaries and…

The Gambian navy plays a crucial role in monitoring Gambian waters for foreign vessels engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. The navy has arrested at least three vessels for IUU in the country’s waters in 2018.  …

An Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Ad-Hoc Inter-Ministerial Committee on Accountability for Human Rights Violations against the Rohingya was established in May 2018, at the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers meeting in Dhaka, Bangladesh.…

The Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) in Gambia keeps following its own singular path. Through high-profile and widely watched public hearings it seems to be running its investigations live instead of after the mass…

Dutch-Gambian film in competition for Best Short Narrative at PAFF 2019 The short film Gifts from Babylon has been selected in competition for Best Short Narrative at the upcoming Pan African Film Festival (PAFF), the largest black film…

The Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction, the party of Gambia’s former dictator, has called for the resignation of the country’s Independent Electoral Commission chairman. The leader of the party, Fabakary Tombong Jatta,…