(JollofNews) – The vice president of the Gambia, Fatoumata Tambajang, has reiterated the government’s commitment to promote an open society and democracy. She said the government of President Adama Barrow stands to create an enabling environment for everybody to participate. Ms Tambajang made these remarks Wednesday at the launching of[Read More…]
Human Rights
DUGA To Remain An Active Player In Gambian Civil Society
(JollofNews)- The head of the US-based Democratic Union of Gambian Activists (DUGA) has clarified that her organisation is not a political party but will remain an active player in the country’s civil society. Speaking at the launching ceremony of a Gambian DUGA branch on Wednesday at the auditorium of the Faculty of[Read More…]
Gov’t, Lawyers Push To End Lack Of Access To Justice In Gambia
(JollofNews) – As efforts are being made by Gambia government and some members of the BAR Association for access to justice for all to become a reality, the issue of public interest litigation took centre stage during a just concluded lawyers’ confab. Gambia’s new democratic dispensation is graduallly taking its[Read More…]