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NYC Begins Regional Reflection Session On Issues Affecting Children

The National Youth Council (NYC) has begun a 7-day reflection session with members of the Children National Assembly of The Gambia and the decentralised structures on issues affecting children within the country. The session started in Basse, Upper River Region wherein participants from Local Government Authorities/Councillors, members of the Village […]

News, Security

GPF Begins Nationwide Training On Community Policing, Gender & Child Responsive Policing

The Gambia Police Force, with support from UNICEF, is currently rolling out training programmes centered on community policing, gender, and child responsive policing across the country. The training will expose officers to topics relating to gender issues, child protection, and community policing in order to enhance safety and security for […]

News, Opinion

Gambia Needs a Professional Foreign Service, Not Politically Appointed Diplomats, Alagi Yoro Jallow writes

The Gambia’s Foreign Service Recruits’ Quality falling: And Whom Are The Gambia Government Sending As Our Country’s Ambassadors and Diplomatic Corps Abroad? Fatoumatta: Take for granted that there is anything imperial leftover from the colonial past in the Gambia. It is the recruitment method and appointment of foreign service officers […]