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 […]
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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 […]
Gambia police arrest 6 murder suspects
Following the armed robbery and subsequent death of a 20-year-old Senegalese national (Amat Touray) along the Palma Rima Beach on the 27/03/2022, rigorous investigation efforts by Kotu Police Station detectives uncovered evidence connecting a gang of six young men from Wellingara and Sinchu Baliya area. This followed an earlier report […]
President Barrow Assembled Most Male-Dominated Government In Decades
Fatoumatta: President Adama Barrow’s new Cabinet Ministers appointments have shaped up to have a smaller percentage of women Cabinet Ministers representation in this administration compared to his first Cabinet in first Ministerial appointments in the last administration, which is sharply contrasting with that of his predecessor’s Cabinet Ministers appointments for […]