Human Rights

Editorial, Human Rights, Opinion, Women & Children's Affairs

Supreme Islamic Council represents one symptom of a Gambian disease. Islamic Salafist populism has failed to find its footing within our democracy

Fatoumatta: History will remember President Yahya Jammeh, among others, for enacting significant legislation banning the harmful cultural and traditional practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and ensuring quality and fair representation of women in positions of political leadership within the executive, judiciary, and legislature branches during his rule. I will […]

Editorial, Human Rights, News, Women & Children's Affairs

Opinion on the FGM saga in The Gambia – part 1

By a concerned Gambian anti-FGM/C advocate Sharing why anti-FGM/C advocates like myself maintains the position that FGM/C remains un-Islamic in light of the current events, all of which failed to bring a single authentic evidence from both the Qur’an and Hadith and by extension from any Islamic literature to indicate […]

Editorial, Human Rights, News, Security

An Open Letter to Seedy M. Touray – Director General Gambia Immigration Department 

Mr Director General, I am writing this open letter to bring to your attention the urgent matter of delays in the issuance of national passports and identity cards at the Gambia Immigration Department under your leadership. As a concerned citizen, I am deeply troubled by the significant delays that many […]