Six countries – Benin , Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Madagascar and Niger –reported instances of ritual infanticide. Eleven countries – Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Ghana, Liberia, Madagascar, Rwanda and Zimbabwe – reported ritual attacks against children with disabilities. Five countries – Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Madagascar, […]

Amnesty International has petitioned Gambian President Adama Barrow over his public comments on civil society activist leader Madi Jobarteh. In a petition published below, AI’s New Media Manager for West and Central Africa described President Barrow’s remarks about Mr. Jobarteh as “alarming. His Excellency President Barrow, I am writing to […]

By Gordon Jonathan Lewis, UNICEF The Gambia Representative The Ministry of Health is launching the fourth national vaccination campaign against Covid-19 on 9th May, and this represents an excellent opportunity for the country to rapidly increase vaccination coverage. Currently, less than 21 per cent of the total eligible population (over […]

Gambian President Adama on Wednesday announced naming of a new cabinet. The announcement comes after a cabinet reshuffle  which sees the replacement of Vice President Dr. Isatou Touray and six other ministers. Read below the new cabinet line up announced by the government Spokesman Ebrima Sankareh: 1- VICE PRESIDENT IS […]

Investigation into a “case of alleged D155 Million Mutilated Bank Notes and D11.1 Million Bribe Scandal” On Thursday 17th February, 2022, the Police Force through its Fraud Investigation Unit opened a swift probe into alleged D155 million mutilated Banki notes cash deposited at the Central Bank with further allegation of […]

STATEMENT ON THE DEMISE OF COLLEAGUES The Association of Public and Environmental Health Officers of The Gambia (APEHOG) mourn the death of a veteran Public Health officer Mr. Kawsu Bayo and journalist Pa Modou Faal and Musa Ndow. The three persons died in a car crash along the Trans-Gambia highway […]

“We are encouraged by the presence of oil in potential reservoirs and look forward to completing the well in the coming weeks,” says MD. FAR Ltd has made strong progress in advancing drilling operations at the Bambo-1 exploration well offshore in The Gambia. To date, the company has drilled 3,216 metres […]

WHO Press Release More malaria cases and deaths in 2020 linked to COVID-19 disruptions Worst-case scenario averted, but urgent action needed to meet global malaria targets Geneva, 6 December 2021 – New data from the World Health Organization reveal that the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted malaria services, leading to a […]

Gambian President Adama Barrow has won re-election, the Gambia’s Independent Electoral Commission announced on Sunday.   President Barrow — often dubbed the History Maker and Record Breaker — secured 457, 519 votes which represents 53% of the votes. The candidate of opposition United Democratic Party Lawyer Ousainou Darboe came second, […]

Dear Gambians, having completed the voting exercise of the 2021 Presidential Election without breakdown of law and order, we have yet again collectively demonstrated to the whole world our civility and peacefulness. This is not the making of the Police or any other security establishment of the country, but all […]

Government should initiate procedures to investigate Yahya Jammeh and associates The Gambian truth commission’s call for the prosecution of former officials who committed the worst human rights abuses during the 1994-2017 rule of former president Yahya Jammeh should be followed by a process of criminal accountability, 11 Gambian and international groups said today. On November 25, 2021, the Gambia Truth, Reconciliation, and Reparations Commission […]