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‘Our Sub-region Still Faces Threats’

President Adama Barrow told regional heads of state TV that “amid the COVID-19 pandemic, our sub-region still faces political and security threats, including electoral issues and their negative impact on efforts to sustain an enabling environment for development.  This calls for urgent attention and engagement with our partners to find […]

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NA Urged To Combat COVID-19

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   Gambia: Citizens escalate matters to National Assembly Members- to reconvene and show urgent action and leadership in combating COVID-19   Gambia citizens and home and abroad escalate request to National Assembly representatives, after a deadline by President Barrow to appear in public and address the nation […]

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US Moves To Seize Jammeh’s Potomac House

Department of Justice Seeks Recovery of Approximately $3.5 Million in Corruption Proceeds Linked to Ex-President of The Gambia The Department of Justice filed a civil forfeiture complaint seeking the forfeiture of a Maryland property acquired with approximately $3,500,000 in corruption proceeds by the ex-president of The Gambia, Yahya Jammeh, through […]

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APRC Denies Coalition Talks

The party of The Gambia’s ousted President Yahya Jammeh has denied forging a coalition agreement with any political party. The Alliance for Patriotic Re-orientation and Construction (APRC) issued the denial after “information misinterpreted by some people that the APRC Party is discussing with The National People’s Party (NPP) for a […]

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The Gambia’s Continued Progress in Advancing Fiscal Transparency

On June 15, 2020, the United States Department of State released the 2020 Fiscal Transparency Report, which assessed that The Gambia made significant progress in its continuing efforts at government fiscal reform.  The Department’s fiscal transparency review process assesses whether governments meet minimum requirements of fiscal transparency.  For the purpose […]

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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 […]

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An Uncomfortable Conversation

By Ebrima Conteh  It is important for people to understand and frame the current unrest in the United States as a struggle by moral people. This long historic struggle for justice for the descendants of people who endured slavery for 250 years, who then endured 100 years of legal apartheid […]