The Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, Honourable Seedy K.M. Keita, said the government of The Gambia has vowed to complete 355 kilometers of priority roads nationwide and modernize key transport infrastructure, including seaports and the airport, under the D55.29 billion 2026 budget unveiled on Friday, December 5, 2025, at the National Assembly. The 2026…
Honourable Seedy K.M. Keita, the Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, said The Gambia has unveiled a D55.3 billion national budget for 2026, aimed at improving the well-being and quality of life of Gambians. The Finance Minister made these remarks during the budget presentation before the National Assembly on Friday, December 5, 2025. He said…
The Director of Edward Francis Small Centre for Rights and Justice (EFSCRJ), Madi Jobarteh, has said the failure of the National Assembly to sit on Tuesday, December 2, 2025, due to lack of quorum is not just disappointing, it is a direct violation of the Constitution and an insult to the Gambian people. “When the…
The Gambia Police Force (GPF) has invited Lawyer Borry S. Touray of the United Democratic Party (UDP) for questioning and detained him at the police headquarters, sources told SeniGambia. According to a statement issued today by the Police, GPF invited Borry to the Police Headquarters over a statement constituting incitement to violence. Police to the…
Alleged former member of ex-President Jammeh’s hit-squad known as the Junglers has said that he will not be talking to the court. Manjang was a picture of defiance as he maintained eye contact with the magistrate and chose his words deliberately.Facing charges of three counts of murder in 2005 and 2006, Manjang was responding to…
Member of former Gambian dictator Yahya Jammeh’s hit-squad, Junglers, Sanna Manjang, was handed over to Gambian authorities by Senegal on Tuesday, 2 December 2025. Under heavy armed security on Tuesday morning, the who has been implicated in heinous human rights violations, including torture, enforced disappearance, and killings, was arrested on Saturday, November 29, 2025 after…
Banjul, The Gambia — The Executive Director of the African Centre for Democracy and Human Rights Studies (ACDHRS), Mrs. Hannah Forster, was on Friday, 28th November 2025, honoured as the Women’s Rights Advocate of the Year at the 5th Edition of the Gambia Women Chamber of Commerce (GWCC) Women in Business Forum and Awards. The…
Photo Credit: Gambia Journal The Edward Francis Small Centre for Rights and Justice welcomes and commends the Government of The Gambia for the arrest of Junglers Sanna Manjang and Nuha Badjie. We express our profound relief that, at long last meaningful steps are being taken to bring these notorious perpetrators of serious human rights violations…
Photo Credit: Facebook Alhaji M.C. Cham Sr, 87, who was the only surviving delegate to the famous and decisive 1964 The Gambia Constitutional Talks at Marlborough House, London, has died at his Banjul residence on Friday, November 27, 2025. His demise was announced shortly after Friday prayers, following a brief illness, and he was finally…
Photo Credit: Reed Brody Hungarian-American international human rights lawyer and prosecutor, Reed Brody, has said that the arrest of Sanna Manjang is a pivotal advance for accountability following the arrest of the most talked about Jungler in Casamance, Southern Senegal. “Former Junglers have repeatedly identified him as a central actor in some of the Jammeh…
