I recall the days when Dawda Jallow was the head of programs at the NCCE where he had traversed the length and breadth of the country educating citizens about their civic rights and duties. Dawda was a constant face and voice on the airwaves on television and radio. I used […]
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Another Unconstitutional State of Emergency Imposed on the Country! Travesty
Once again the President has decided to abuse the Constitution by imposing a state of emergency by blatantly ignoring the National Assembly. When a state of emergency is declared which the President has the power to do so, it needs to be extended or revoked. The extension is the function […]
Language Enhances the Dynamic Spirit of Society
By Ebrima Kamara In these times of transition, no stone should be left unturned if beneath it could lie the key to our salvation. Language as an analytical perspective heightens the dynamic spirit of society while the notions of tribe and ethnicity reinforce division and construes society as static/primitive. Therefore, the […]
Departure of Gambia Attorney General
Statement by Reed Brody of Human Rights Watch on the resignation of Gambia Minister of Justice Abubacarr Tambadou to become Registrar of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals: Abubacarr Tambadou was the right man at the right time for Gambia’s democratic transition. Tambadou was the architect of Gambia’s far-reaching transitional […]
Dawda Jallow is New Minister of Justice as Tambadou Takes up UN Job
PRESS RELEASE The Office of the President of the Republic of The Gambia wishes to inform the general public that the Honourable Attorney General and Minister of Justice of the Republic of The Gambia, Mr Abubacarr Marie Tambadou, has submitted his resignation as Attorney General and Minister of Justice to […]
Covid 19: ‘a challenging period but Gambia united against it’ – Barrow tells Commonwealth
President Adama Barrow has told a virtual meeting of Commonwealth leaders on Covid 19 that the pandemic presented a challenging period for the country but the population is united against it. The Gambian president further informed the meeting that the country has registered over forty confirmed COVID-19 cases so far […]
The Gambia to Strengthen Fiscal Management for Better Public Service Delivery
Honorable Mambury Njie, Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs and Mr. Nathan Belete, the World Bank Country Director have signed today a $35 million grant to support the country’s efforts to improve effectiveness in fiscal management for better public service delivery. The Fiscal Management Development Project will support the government’s […]
No Black Man Is Immune From Police Brutality – Pasamba Jow
By Abdoulie John Barely three weeks after George Floyd drew his last breath under the knee of former Minneapolis law enforcement officer Derek Chauvin, the Vice-President of the US-based Democratic Union of Gambian Activists (DUGA), Pasamba Jow, has exposed the shocking reality Blacks are permanently confronted with in the United […]
Tabling of Persons With Disabilities Bill
PRESS RELEASE- Tabling of Persons With Disabilities Bill Press release Tabling of the draft Persons with Disabilities Bill 2020, a step in the right direction. The Gambia Federation of the Disabled and ARTICLE 19 welcome the finalisation and tabling of the draft Persons with Disabilities Bill 2020. On 18th day […]
Nullifying a Constitutional provision: why the Court of Appeal is wrong in Kharafi
If it can dance, M. A. Kharafi & Sons Limited (the Applicant) may be raucously performing the Rumba at the shockingly erroneous ruling of the Gambia Court of Appeal (GCA) in its case against the Attorney General, the formal custodian of cases against the State. In M. A. Kharafi & […]
As BLM Protests Continue, Campaigners Push For US Accountability At UN
By Abdoulie John A group of countries succeeded Wednesday in putting the spotlight on systematic racism and police brutality in the United States as a debate on the issue was held at United Nations. But they are still struggling to secure the needed support that would be translated into a […]
Oicgambia Road Committee Visits Designated Car parks, Markets ahead of Relocation
In its efforts to relocate roadside vendors and businesses with minimal disruption ahead of road constructions in the Greater Banjul Area, the Management of The Gambia O.I.C. Secretariat and members of its subcommittee facilitating the road project implementation on Tuesday 16th June 2020 conducted an inspection tour of public reserve […]