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Statement by Chairman Dr Lamin J Sise at the opening of the Eighteenth session of the TRRC’s public…
7 December, 2020
Today, Monday 7 December, 2020, the TRRC will begin its 18th session of public hearings. As at the end of the 17th session, the Commission had heard testimonies from 300 witnesses. Of these, 231 were male and 69…
UNDP 2020 annual review & 2021 planning meeting
Banjul, Dec 3, 2020
2020 marks the fourth year of implementation of the UNDP Gambia Country Programme Document (2017-2021) (CPD). For the 2 days from 3 – 4 December, UNDP; together with its partners are undertaking a…
OICGAMBIA CONGRATULATES NEW OIC SECRETARY GENERAL
Petroleum House, Brusubi, 2nd December 2020
The Gambia OIC Secretariat, under the leadership of the Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Yankuba Dibba wishes to extend warm felicitations and best wishes to…
UNICEF calls for a ‘Six Point Plan to Protect our Children’
Banjul, 02 December 2020
Ahead of the United Nations Special Session of the General Assembly on COVID-19, on 3 and 4 December 2020, UNICEF and other child rights organizations are calling for urgent action to protect our…
Foreign Minister Dr. Tangara receives Ecowas Commission President
Banjul: 30th November 2020:
The Hon. Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Gambians Abroad, Dr. Mamadou Tangara, on Monday morning received the President of Ecowas Commission, His Excellency Jean – Claude…
India Diplomat Hails Electrification project in Gambia
By Sanna Camara
KIANG ELECTRIFICATION: brings LIGHT, smiles to faces of people
His Excellency, GV Srinivas, Ambassador of India to Senegaland High Commissioner Designate to The Gambia has said that the…
GAMBIA JUSTICE MINISTER: MYANMAR-ROHINGYA ICJ CASE REPRESENTS ‘VOICE OF THE ISLAMIC UMMAH’, CALLS…
Niamey, Niger, 29th November 2020 - Reporting on the state of the human rights case filed at the International Court of Justice in The Hague against Myanmar for acts of genocide perpetrated against the Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, the…
President Adama Barrow’s Statement at the inauguration of the Electricity expansion project in Kiang…
28TH NOVEMBER, 2020
Honourable Cabinet Members,
Honourable Members of the National Assembly,
Members of the Diplomatic and Consular Corps,
Service Chiefs,
Senior Government Officials,
Governor, Lower River Region,
District…
Purohit & Moore’s decision: seventeen years of nothingness
By Simon Sabally
It took two mental health advocates to raise the sorry situation of mentally-ill persons in The Gambia at the continental and global stages. Ms. H. Purohit and Mr. P. Moore filed a Communication at the African…
TRRC to submit final report in early July 2021
(25 November 2020)
The Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission recently undertook a comprehensive review of the remaining themes in its work programme covering public hearings and investigations. These themes include the…