Tag: US

Human Rights, News

Gambia Ranks at Tier 2 In State Department’s Trafficking In Persons Report 2022

Press Release – US Embassy Banjul. Banjul, The Gambia – On July 19, 2022, the U.S. State Department released the 22nd Annual Trafficking In Persons (TIP) Report assessing anti-trafficking efforts of 188 governments, including The Gambia. The report ranks the Gambia to Second Tier after assessing the country as not […]

News, Politics, World News

US Senate Passes Durbin, Risch Bipartisan Resolution Recognizing Gambia For Democratic And Peaceful Elections

For Immediate Release May 12, 2022 Resolution urges Gambian Government to act on recent recommendations of the Gambian Truth Commission. WASHINGTON – The U.S Senate unanimously passed a bipartisan resolution introduced by U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-ID), Ranking Member of the Senate […]

News, Security

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, […]