Press Release

Gambia government has issued a statement urging the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Canada to search means to deescalate their diplomatic crisis that strained relations between the two countries. Below is the release issued on Saturday: The…

The Attorney General’s Chamber and Ministry of Justice said on Friday that they are concerned about reports circulating in the media that they have advised the suspension of the Gambia Football Federation executives. The National Sports…

The National Assembly Select Committee on Youth and Sports has denied claims made by the National Sports Council that they have recommended the suspension of executive members of the Gambia Football Federation. The lawmakers have asked…

The executive director of the National Sports Council has written to the Gambia Football Federation informing them about their decision to rescind the suspension of their three executive members. In a letter dated 9 August and signed by…

Acting in accordance with Section 24 (1) of the TRRC Act, 2017 the Executive Secretary of the TRRC has appointed Alagie Barrow as Director of Research and Investigations for the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission. Barrow…

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the Gambian authorities to not allow violence against journalists to go unpunished and, in particular, to investigate the attack on two journalists with the public radio and TV broadcaster GRTS…

The Gambia Democratic Congress has issued a press statement on Tuesday announcing that it has accepted the resignation of its former deputy party leader, Yusupha Jaiteh, and seven others. Eight members of the party have resigned couple…

Article 19 is an international human rights organization based in Dakar that fights for the protection of peoples’ rights to freedom of expression. The attention of Article 19 West Africa was drawn to the unfortunate attack on Saturday…

Gambia’s foreign minister has held discussions with the deputy prime minister of Kuwait on bilateral issues, country’s news agency, KUNA, reported. Kuwait’s deputy prime minister and foreign minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah…

It has come to the notice of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Gambians Abroad of the Republic of The Gambia that The Standard newspaper had published in its issue of Monday, 30th July 2018, an opinion piece in…