In December 2009, Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara published his autobiography ‘Kairaba’. In Chapter 21 – ‘Forging ahead to greater things,’ Sir Dawda hinted that indeed the Gambia was not independent on 18 February 1965, rather, as he acknowledges, “while we had a democratically elected parliament and government since independence (1965), […]
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Migration Management and Governance in The Gambia
Aligned with the vision and the overall goal of the National Development Plan of The Gambia (2018-2021 which has been extended to 2022) in restoring good governance, respect for human rights, and rule of law, a National Coordination Mechanism on Migration (NCM) was established on 6 November 2019 under the […]
Is the Securiport System at Banjul Int’l Airport a security, economic threat to Gambia?
Serious concerns have been raised among many Gambians recently about the Securiport System owned by the US Government, which was sometime in 2020 installed at the Banjul International Airport located in Yundum, West Coast Region. One of the latest public concerns came following the sacking of Mr. Ebrima L. Dampha, […]