Justice Ministry, GK Partners Promoting Diaspora Voting and Representation
GK Partners has issued the following press release in its advocacy for Diaspora voting and representation:
Ministry of Justice and GK Partners in collaboration with...
Census Enumerators Decry Tax Deduction On Their Income
By Lamin Fatty
Enumerators for this year’s population and housing census have informed this medium that the tax deduction about to be made on their...
BAC’s Acting Deputy License Manager Admits Misusing Petty Cash
By Makutu Manneh
Lamin S. Jatta, acting deputy license manager at the Brikama Area Council, has informed members of the Local Government Commission of Inquiry...
The Gambia Files Reply Brief on Myanmar to the ICJ
Photo of Attorney General
State House, Banjul, 23 May 2024: H.E. President Adama Barrow, President of the Republic of The Gambia and Chair of the...
Gambia Gets D13.8 Billion in Remittances
By Kebba AF Touray
Buah Saidy, the Governor of the Central Bank of the Gambia (CBG) said the money transferred into the Gambia (Private Remittances)...
Cyber Crime: Police Arrest 7 Nigerians
By Nelson Manneh
Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police, Modou Musa Sisawo, the spokesperson of the Gambia Police Force, said the Anti-Crime Unit of the force Saturday, during...
FGM survivors reveal their Ordeals to lawmakers
By Momodou Jarju
Scores of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) survivors from across the country Tuesday thronged the National Assembly to give unsettling testimonies of the...
UDP Members File 5 Cases against Regional Governors
By Kemeseng Sanneh
Bundung High Court presided over by Justice Aisatou Jallow-Sey has commenced hearing five (5) cases filed by 5 members of the United...
Rent: Business Tycoon Abdoulaye Thiam Dragged to Court
By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx)
Golden Beach Hotel represented by Sheriff Marong has instituted a civil case against Senegalese business tycoon Abdoulaye Thiam and his Immo...
Gambian Authorities Bust Major Drug Trafficking Ring
Nelson Manneh
The Drug Law Enforcement Agency in The Gambia (DLEAG), in collaboration with the Sensitive Investigation Unit and the Seaport Command, executed a meticulously...
DLEA-G Nabs 21 with Suspected Kush, Other Prohibited Drugs
By Nelson Manneh
The Spokesperson of the Drug Law Enforcement Agency – The Gambia (DLEAG) Mr Ousman Saidybah has recently informed this medium that his...
Revenue Collector Admits Suppressing Council’s Revenue
By Makutu Manneh
Gibbi Fatty, a revenue collector at the Brikama Area Council (BAC) has admitted before members of the Local Government Commission of Inquiry...
Ferry Services Refutes Agreement between Government, Turkish Private Company on Secondhand...
By Sariba Manneh
Abdoulie Tambedou, the general manager of the Gambia Ferry Services Company, has said there is no Public Private Partnership (PPP) agreement between...
Rights Commission Recommends Gov’t to Refrain from Stifling Freedom of Speech
By Assan Bah
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has advised the government of the Gambia to refrain from stifling freedom of speech and the...
Syncytial Virus (RSV) Causes Respiratory Illness in Infants, Says MRC
The Medical Research Council Unit-The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (MRCG), in a press statement, said Respiratory Syncytial Virus...
NHRC Advises GPF to Train Officers on Arrest, Detention Procedures
By Assan Bah
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in its 2023 State of Human Rights Report recommends the training of Police Officers on arrest...
Commission Urges Government to Investigate, Suspend, Prosecute State Agents Accused of...
By Assan Bah
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has called on the government to investigate, suspend and prosecute state agents found wanting for maltreating...
NHRC chairperson details govt’s long silence over attempts to repeal anti-FGM...
By Momodou Jarju
The chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Emmanuel Daniel Joof has detailed The Gambia Government’s long silence over attempts to...
Anti-FGM campaigners say parents can decide for their children, but not...
By Momodou Jarju
Amid growing debate on the proposed women’s amendment bill, opponents of female genital mutilation (FGM) have informed the national assembly joint committee...
FGM Survivor Challenges Colleagues To Speak Out
By Momodou Jarju
A survivor of female genital mutilation (FGM) Isatou Dea Sawaneh has recently challenged fellow survivors to speak out while participating at the...
