The Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (IHRDA) and the West Africa Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) are organizing a two-day human rights training workshop for the National Assembly of The Gambia. The workshop runs from 7-8 March 2018 and brings together 60 Members[Read More…]
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Gambia: Jungler Explains Death Of 45 Ghanaians, Others
(JollofNews) – Exactly one month ago, the former head of the Gambia Armed Forces, Col Baboucar Jatta, declined to tell this newspaper about the vexed circumstances surrounding the death and disappearance of at least 52 migrants, mainly Ghanaians, in The Gambia in July 2005. Reacting to charges that agents of[Read More…]
President Barrow Promises To Restore True Democracy In Gambia
President Adama Barrow of the Gambia has Thursday renewed the commitment of his government to restore full democracy, human rights and the pursuit of justice for all. Speaking at the swearing-in ceremony of Baba Galleh Jallow as executive secretary of the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparation Commission (TTRC), which is mandated[Read More…]