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Analysis: The prevalence of government demolitions of illegal structures, alongside the legal counterclaims by citizens regarding their properties and public properties, highlights issues of heavy-handed law enforcement

Part I Alagi Yorro Jallow Fatoumatta: Property rights are constitutionally safeguarded in The Gambia. The Constitution of the Republic of The Gambia, 1997, in Chapter IV concerning the protection of fundamental rights and freedoms, explicitly provides for the Protection from Deprivation of Property in Section 22. This section guarantees that […]

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PRESS RELEASE: Eid-ul Adha Public Holiday

Following the Supreme Islamic Council’s confirmation that Friday is Arafat day and Saturday 9th July as Eid Al-Adha, the Office of the President informs the general public that His Excellency President Adama Barrow has declared Monday, 11th July 2022, a Public Holiday throughout the country, in observance of the Muslim […]