A senior figure in the Gambia’s main opposition party has vowed that the United Democratic Party (UDP) will be compelled to go down the legal route with the Gambia government if the State-sanctioned overseas issuance of national ID cards does not cease. He explained that the UDP has been involved[Read More…]
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Possible Gambian ID Card List Emerges From Mauritania
JollofNews has obtained what appears to be a list of individuals reportedly issued Gambian national ID cards in Mauritania. The documents are said to have been distributed by a delegation sent to the West African country by Gambian authorities. The list does not include the addresses or phone numbers of[Read More…]
Gambia Can’t Register Diaspora Voters But Can Send Immigration Teams Abroad?
In a move that starkly highlights the Gambia Government’s misplaced priorities, authorities have recently dispatched an Immigration Team to Mauritania “to issue national ID cards to Gambian citizens”. On the surface, this appears as a routine bureaucratic gesture — a state reaching out to its citizens abroad. But the deeper[Read More…]

