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UNICEF The Gambia calls for stronger measures to protect children from violence, abuse and…
UNICEF The Gambia calls for stronger measures to protect children from violence, abuse and exploitation
Banjul, 03 February 2020 – Recognizable progress has been registered in The Gambia, but…
Gambia Democratic Congress Calls on Goverment to withdraw charges against protesters
PRESS RELEASE
31st January, 2020
Gambia Democratic Congress
The GDC is shocked by the recent contentions between the “3 Years Jotna” and the Barrow administration despite all the mediation efforts undertaken by the Party responded to by…
Cabinet holds emergency session following protests
Cabinet Holds Emergency Session Following Protests
State House, Banjul, January 30, 2020 – His Excellency, President Adama Barrow has presided over an emergency cabinet session on Thursday, January 30, 2020, to discuss matters relating to…
GAP PRESS STATEMENT ON THE THREE YEARS JOTNA CONUNDRUM
The Gambia Action Party condemns, in the strongest possible terms, the inhumane and undemocratic manner in which they handled the three Years Jotna call that abruptly ended in violence. The…
Gambia: Mass arrests risk fuelling tensions
In response to the arrest of 137 protesters following clashes with security forces in Gambia yesterday, Amnesty International’s Acting Deputy Regional Director for West and Central, Marta Colomer, said:
“Yesterday’s crackdown on…
‘Clarifications concerning certain provisions in draft constitution’
Following the publication by the CRC of the Draft Constitution, a large number of the Gambian population (including other stakeholders) have been actively engaged in various discussions concerning its provisions. The CRC welcomes the…
President Barrow bids farewell to outgoing Turkish ambassador
State House, Banjul, 11th December 2019 - President Adama Barrow on Wednesday bade farewell to the Turkish Ambassador to The Gambia, Mr. Ismail Sefa Yuceer. After serving his government in The Gambia for the past three years, Ambassador…
Gambia embarks on developing a National Financial Inclusion Strategy
Banjul, The Gambia –December 10, 2019: Financial inclusion is a critical enabler to reducing poverty and boosting shared prosperity. The World Bank, working in conjunction with the Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI), and the United…
Despite significant increase in birth registration, about half of Gambian children remain…
Proportion of registered births increased almost five per cent over past decade, yet tens of thousands of children under-five have never been officially recorded
Banjul, 11 December 2019 – The number of children whose births are…
Gambia: Commission uncovers ex-dictator’s alleged crimes
Yahya Jammeh accused of murder, torture, rape
(The Hague, December 4, 2019) – The Truth Commission has heard testimony that former president Yahya Jammeh was responsible for numerous grave crimes during his 22 years in office, Human…