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100 Police Intervention Unit Officers Complete Public Order Training With Turkish Gendarmerie as…
By Seedy Jobe
One hundred officers from the Gambia Police Force’s Police Intervention Unit have completed a two-week intensive training program in public order management led by the Turkish Gendarmerie, officials said on…
Audit Flags D2.6 Million in Constituency Projects Lacking Clerk Approval
National Assembly Building
By Fatou Sillah
An audit of The Gambia’s National Assembly has identified irregularities in the approval process for constituency development projects totaling more than D2.6 million, raising concerns about…
No Individual Can Unilaterally Authorize Tree Cutting, Minister Says
Rohey John Manjang, The Minister Of Environment.
By Seedy Jobe
The Minister of Environment, Climate Change, and Natural Resources, Rohey John Manjang, has said that neither public officials nor private individuals have the authority…
Information Ministry’s Job Creation Claim Conflicts With Official Labor Data
Dr. Ismaila Ceesay, Information Minister
By Makutu Manneh
A recent claim by the Ministry of Information, Media, and Broadcasting Services that more than 163,000 jobs have been created in The Gambia appears to misrepresent findings…
TRRC Lead Counsel Criticizes Appointment of Foreign Prosecutor Over Gambian Lawyers
Essa Mbye Faal, APP-Sobeyaa
By Makutu Manneh
Essa Mbye Faal, lead counsel of the Truth, Reconciliation, and Reparations Commission (TRRC), has criticized the government’s decision to appoint a British lawyer as special prosecutor for…
GALA Accuses Government of Mischaracterizing Its Activists
GALA Logo
By Fatou Sillah
The advocacy group Gambians Against Looted Assets (GALA) said on Thursday that it is being unfairly portrayed by the police and government as disorderly and disrespectful, rejecting what it described…
IEC Vice Chairman Rejects Claims of Political Interference
Cherno M. Jallow, Vice Chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC)
By Makutu Manneh
Cherno M. Jallow, vice chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission, has rejected suggestions that political actors are…
GID Intercepts Dozens of Irregular Migrants Along River Gambia
By Makutu Manneh
The Gambia Immigration Department said it had intercepted more than 100 people this week attempting to migrate irregularly to Europe by way of the River Gambia, underscoring the persistence of so-called…
UTG Students Union Condemns Congress Violence and Acknowledges Procedural Failures
By Seedy Jobe
The University of The Gambia Students’ Union said on Thursday that its final Congress session descended into “chaos, disruption, and physical violence,” as it issued a formal apology to students and…
NHRC Chair: Africa’s Human Rights Crisis is Implementation, Not Law
NHRC Chairperson Emmanuel Daniel Joof
By Seedy Jobe
The chairperson of The Gambia’s National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Emmanuel Daniel Joof, has warned that poor implementation of human rights decisions remains the most…