Political tensions have erupted in Senegal following the decision of the director general of Elections not to admit the National and Substitute lists of Candidates filed by the opposition group Yewwi Askan Wii and the Benno Bokk Yakaar coalition respectively, ahead of the July 31st, 2022 Parliamentary election. The Constitutional […]
16th June 2022. Press Statement Today the 16th day of June 2022 marks International Day of the African Child (DAC). According to the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, the day is commemorated mainly “to recall the 1976 uprisings in Soweto when high-school students […]
PRESS RELEASE: Dated: 15th June, 2022. Re: The Gambia Government Reduces Fertilizer Price from D2,500 to D2000 Following general anxiety and vexing public outcry over this summer’s published fertilizer price, President Adama Barrow has further subsidized the official price of fertilizer, bringing it down to D2000.00. In fact, no sooner […]
The Community Policing Unit of Gambia Police Force (GPF) in collaboration with GIZ, have on 6th June 2022, commenced training for 15 community policing coordinators in the city of Banjul. The coordinators are drawn from police stations in the three local government areas of North, South, and Central Banjul. These […]