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Government, UNDP sign $2Million Environmental Project
State House, Banjul, 18 September 2019 - The Secretary General and Head of the Civil Service, Mr. Muhammed Jallow Wednesday afternoon presided over the signing ceremony of a $2million project between the government of The Gambia and the…
Civil society, rights activists review draft FOI bill
Stakeholders in The Gambia on Saturday wrapped up a two-day technical review of the Draft Freedom of Information Bill, 2019. The event gathered about two dozen experts from government, civil society, media and the African Commission on…
ICC trains TRRC staff, police officers on witness protection
TRRC Media Advisory
Select staff of the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) and some close protection officers of The Gambia Police Force have benefitted from a two-week intensive Witness Protection training for…
Nation-building requires collective participation of all citizens – President Barrow tells Gambians…
State House, Banjul, 15th September 2019 - His Excellency, President Adama Barrow wrapped up his three-day State Visit in Qatar meeting with a large cross-section of the Gambian community, where he reiterated the need for the collective…
U.S pledges to help Gambia recover stolen state resources
America has pledged to help the Gambia Government recover state resources stolen by former President Yahya Jammeh, the U.S embassy said on Friday.
The U.S government said it applauds the release of the full report of the Commission of…
On the repeal of sedition and libel in Sierra Leone : GPU calls on Gambia to follow suit
The Gambia Press Union (GPU) welcomes the scrapping of repressive media and freedom of expression rights laws in Sierra Leone, and calls on The Gambia to follow suit.
On Wednesday September 11, the Parliament of Sierra Leone voted to…
Gambia, Qatar sign four new bilateral agreements
State House, Banjul, 11th September 2019 – President Adama Barrow and the Emir of the State of Qatar, His Highness Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani presided over the signing of four new Memoranda of Understanding and bilateral agreements…
Gambia Gov’t to publish the Janneh Commission report on Friday
The highlight of the press conference will be the D100 million accrued from the proceeds of Yaya Jammeh’s cattle and domestic articles as well as the D1 billion from his forfeited landed properties
The Gambia Government will published…
Pres. Barrow impressed by Qatar’s 2022 World Cup preparedness
State House, Banjul, 11th September 2019 - Following a conducted tour of facilities being built ahead of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Doha, President Adama Barrow has expressed his admiration for the country’s state of preparedness for the…
Gov’t “makes significant progress” in diplomatic passport investigations
The spokesperson of the Government, Ebrima Sankareh, has claimed that the Gambia Government has made significant progress probing into the diplomatic passport saga.
In a press release on Monday, Sankareh said already the police have…