Human rights

Banjul – Following the sinking of a vessel carrying an estimated 150 migrants off the coast of Nouadhibou, Mauritania, on Wednesday (4/12), the International Organization for Migration (IOM) is working to provide immediate assistance to…

The European Union representative in the Gambia has expressed concern over recent attacks on the Truth Commission from political figures and individuals in the country. In a statement issued on Friday, EU said threatening remarks against…

At least 63 people involved in a boat wreck off the coast of Mauritania have now been confirmed dead while 47 are still missing. Gambian authorities said they are in contact with officials of the Gambian Embassy in Nouakchott who are…

Fifty-two Gambians have lost their lives in a Mauritania boat wreck that killed at least 58 people on Wednesday, a statement from the Presidency said. “It is with great sadness that we learn of the tragic boat accident off the coast of…

At least 195 migrants majority of whom are believed to be Gambians were reportedly onboard a boat that capsized off the coast off Mauritania on Wednesday. At least 77 Gambians are now known to have survived the Wednesday boat accident…

Issues in summary: On media and freedom of expression rights, the zero draft records many firsts in the constitutional building process in the country A number of limitations, however, are not justifiable in a democratic state and…

Kerr Fatou has learned that the national security council has convened a meeting over the accident this morning. There are unconfirm reports that some dead migrants whose remains started to decompose were buried. Gambian authorities…

Survivors said the boat, with women and children on board, had reportedly left Gambia on Nov. 27. At least 58 people are dead after a boat carrying dozens of migrants capsized in the Atlantic Ocean off Mauritania, the UN migration agency…

Since the release of the draft constitution two weeks ago a growing struggle over the soul of the nation has been brewing up over a single word, ‘secularity’. The fact that the CRC did not mention the word at all yet in their draft they…

On November 11th 2019, The Gambia filed a lawsuit at The Hague demanding accountability on the systematic violations of the rights of minority Rohinyga Muslims by the Government of Myanmar. Following Gambia’s filing of the Rohingya case…