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Ghanaian Groups Urge Prosecution of Yahya Jammeh A paramilitary unit controlled by then-Gambian president Yahya Jammeh summarily executed more than 50 Ghanaian, Nigerian, and other West African migrants in July 2005, Human Rights Watch…

Activists said they have garnered new evidences in the 2005 killings in The Gambia of 50 West African migrants. Prominent international human rights groups, Human Rights Watch and TRIAL International, have gathered evidences on the…

The APRC said at a press conference on Monday that the leadership of the national election body is bias against their party and cannot therefore be credible. Fabakary Tombong Jatta, the leader of the Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation…

The 12 May elections was the country’s first regional polls that gave a female candidate a lead, particularly in the country’s capital Banjul. A coalition of civil society organization has certified the May 12 chairperson and mayoral…

Ousainou Darboe has not spoken on his ambitions to lead the UDP into the next presidential elections but analysts believe the old man is likely to give way to a younger candidate by 2021 The leadership of the United Democratic Party has…

In 2016, Gambians have seen their first female presidential candidate Isatou Touray who later withdrew to support a coalition led by President Adama Barrow. The Gambia has voted in first ever mayoress in the country in the first…

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 In the last councilor elections about two months ago, only 34% of the 800, 000 eligible voters cast their ballot.   President Adama Barrow has urged Gambians to take up the responsibility of who they put in charge of their resources as…

Gambia has emerged from a dictatorship that exiled over 200 journalists within a span of 22 years, according to the Gambia Press Union. Information and Communication minister Demba Jawo has assured that the Adama Barrow administration…

Campaigns closed on Thursday and Gambians heads to polls tomorrow to elect their regional representatives, including mayors for Banjul and KM. An opinion polls conducted by students of the University of the Gambia has put the Kanifing…