TRIBUTE TO DR. BORO SUSO- A SORAH
Saturday 30th August 8.15 pm my cell phone rang. I picked the call. I heard a familiar voice say “Caius how are you doing?” It was Boro...
FRAMEWORK FOR ADDRESSING ELECTORAL REFORM REACHED BY GAMBIAN PARTIES AND CIVIL SOCIETY ACTIVIST
A common framework for addressing electoral reform has been reached by leaders of two major Gambian political parties and civil society groups ahead of The Gambia’s 2016...
Statement by National Security Advisor Susan E. Rice on LGBT Rights
Tomorrow, the international community will mark the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia. This day and every day, the United States stands in solidarity with members of...
President Barrow launches the National Security Council
Fajara, 21 August 2017
President Adama Barrow today launched a 7 member National Security Council (NSC) at a ceremony held at his office.
President Barrow urged the Council members...
President Barrow made Friendly visit to Brazaville, Republic of Congo
PRESS RELEASE, OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
His Excellency President Adama Barrow, accompanied by some senior government officials, made a
two day friendly visit to the Republic of Congo to...
GCC rejects amnesty as ridiculous; calls for release of all prisoners and more
On July 23rd, 2015, Gambia’s Yahya Jammeh began releasing prisoners from some of the worst prisons in Africa. On the same day, President Barack Obama left Washington,...
THE GAMBIA: Leadership Award For Tourism Development – Our Position
African Leadership Magazine has from inception positioned itself as a Pan-African medium, dedicated to telling the African story through the lenses of Africans. The magazine’s philosophy is...
Coalition Media, Returnees Taskforce Committees present reports to President Barrow
The Coalition Media Committee responsible for media matters and the Returnees Task force Committee that was responsible for the Returnees who fled the country during the political...
Press Release: Gambia Center For Victims Of Human Rights Violation on the Special Prosecutor...
Banjul, The Gambia (July 18, 2017)
Gambia Center for Victims of Human Rights Violations has been made aware of a leaked tape, between one of the Special prosecutors,...
Scandinavian Investors Call on Gambian President, H.E. Adama Barrow
Press Release, Office of The President
A delegation of Gambians living in Norway and their Norwegian and Bulgarian partners interested in
investing in the Gambia, called on His Excellency...
DUGA Elects New Executive
PRESS RELEASE
The Democratic Union of Gambian Activists (DUGA) wishes to inform the general public that it has, in accordance with its bylaws, elected a new executive to...
Botswana takes African lead to declare ‘no longer recognises Jammeh’
PRESS RELEASE: 19th January 2017: Following Mr. Yahya Jammeh’s refusal to hand over power to the President-elect Adama Barrow, in accordance with the expressed will of the...
UN experts urge The Gambia to address past rights violations to avoid recurrence
PRESS RELEASE
BANJUL / GENEVA (19 June 2017) – The Gambia is witnessing encouraging signs in moves to shed light on past human rights violations, including enforced disappearances,...
WHY THE GAMBIA BAR ASSOCIATION CHOSE TO BOYCOTT CERTAIN COURTS
PRESS RELEASE
The Gambia Bar Association has among its primary aims and objectives the following key purposes:
To maintain the standards, integrity, honour and independence of the Bar,...
Gambia issues arrest warrants for suspects in Deyda Hydara murder
Press Statement By CPJ
New York, May 17, 2017--A magistrate's court in Banjul today issued arrest warrants for two people suspected of murdering Gambian editor Deyda Hydara in...
Sonko case: voices of the victims
PRESS RELEASE, TRIAL INTERNATIONAL
The Attorney General of Switzerland has heard two victims in the investigation against Ousman Sonko. The former Gambian Minister of Interior is suspected of...
IGP Issues No Permit To APRC To Celebrate July 22nd 1994 Coup
PRESS RELEASE
The government of The Gambia wishes to inform the general
public that a front page story on the Standard newspaper of
Thursday July 13thquoting Honourable Musa Amul Nyassi,
Member...
President Barrow Travels to Sierra Leone, Liberia and Ghana
The Office of The President wishes to inform the general public that His Excellency, Mr. Adama
Barrow, President of the Republic of The Gambia will travel on an...
Youth led organization meets President Barrow
21 August 2017, Fajara -
Pro – Gambia is a newly established youth led association committed to end all forms of violence in The Gambia.
Speaking to journalists after...
Amnesty: Gambia: Arrests, media closures as deadline nears
PRESS RELEASE: 05 January, 2017: The government of President Yahya Jammeh, defeated in Gambia’s December presidential election, has arbitrarily arrested opposition sympathizers and closed three independent radio...