Amid the growing debate over FGM/C, the Gambia Supreme Islamic Council Renewed Its Support And Issued A Declaration On The Ruling On Female Circumcision In Islam. Below reads the full release….
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Release | open letter calling for bold action on existential threats
Release Over 100 leading figures led by members of The Elders and the Future of Life Institute, have issued an open letter calling on world leaders to take a bold…
GPU Urges Police to Drop Charges Against Madi Jobarteh
The Gambia Press Union (GPU) is calling on the Gambia Police Force (GPF) to drop all charges against Madi Jobarteh, one of the country’s leading human rights activists. Madi is charged…
Release | UDP CONDEMNS GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SMEAR CAMPAIGN
Release The United Democratic Party condemns in strongest possible terms the outrageous allegations that the Government Spokesman made during his interview with ‘Coffee Time with Peter Gomez’ on 14th…
Release| ECOWAS Court of Justice Rules in Favor of Victim of Enforced Disappearance against The Gambian Government
PRESS RELEASE The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court of Justice 5 July 2023, issued a landmark decision in the case of the enforced disappearance of Saul Ndow during…
Release| Transport Fares To Increase Friday
Omar Ceesay, Transport Union President By Sheriff Saidykhan The Gambia Transport Union (GTU) has said in its recent press release that the transport fares will be increase from…
Release| ECOWAS Condemns Foiled Coup in The Gambia
ECOWAS CONDEMNS COUP PLOT IN THE GAMBIA The Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS Commission) has received with utter dismay and shock the news of an attempted…
Release| The Gambian Environmentalist And Executive Director Of GANB Fired
Modou Sowe The Gambian environmentalist and Executive Director of the Gambia Association for Nature and Biodiversity Modou Sowe has been fired 10 days after he left for COP 15 Part 2 in…
Release| Migration Activist Decries the Inhumane Treatment of Migrants, Reminds African Leaders to Emulate Ghana’s President
Yahya Sonko OUR AFRICAN HEAD OF STATES SHOULD START TO BLAME EUROPEAN UNION INSTEAD OF THEIR CITIZENS WHO ARE TAKING IRREGULAR MIGRATION TO LOOK FOR BASIC HUMAN NEEDS. Reports from survivors…
Release| GPU Statement On Crimes Against Journalists and Impunity
International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists Fajara, Gambia, November 2, 2022: Today, as we mark the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes committed against Journalists. The Gambia…