The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Welfare has commenced the regional launch of the National Gender Policy 2025-2034 at a local hotel in Bwiam, West Coast Region. This event, which commenced on 22 April 2025, marks the beginning of five regional engagements that will cover the remaining regions. The gathering brought together female councillors,…
The National Centre for Arts and Culture (NCAC) on Thursday 24 April 2025 commenced a three-day workshop in McCarthy, Janjanbureh, aimed at engaging councillors from the Central River Region (CRR) in the national inventory exercise of intangible cultural heritage (ICH). The workshop brought together elected local government representatives, including all-female councillors from both CRR North…
The Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs (MoFEA) through the Directorate of Budget recently held the Citizens’ Budget Dialogue 2025 at the Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara International Conference Center. The participants at the meeting came from the ministries, the MDAs, civil society organizations, University of the Gambia and other institutions with the primary objective of…
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team, led by Ms. Eva Jenkner, held discussions in Banjul from April 2 to April 16, 2025. A staff-level agreement was reached on the third review of the program supported under the 36-month ECF arrangement approved in January 2024 for a total access of SDR 74.64 million (about US$100.9 million)….
The Supreme Court of The Gambia has ruled that it has jurisdiction to hear a high-profile legal challenge against the country’s ban on female genital mutilation (FGM), a decision that paves the way for a constitutional battle over the controversial practice. The ruling followed a tense legal standoff between state prosecutors and lawyers representing a…
The Minister of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology, Professor Pierre Gomez, has presided over the opening ceremony of a two-day Sector Review Retreat focused on the Draft National Research Bill, the Research Regulatory Framework, and the Research Excellence Assessment Framework (REAF). The retreat, held at Tendaba Camp in the Lower River Region on Saturday…
The Gambia Environmental Alliance (GEA) has called on the government to take stiffer actions against illegal timber logging and smuggling, especially at the borders, to protect the country’s forests and wildlife. The GEA emphasizes that illegal timber trade is harmful to nature, as it destroys habitats and can lead to the extinction of various animal…
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), with support from the European Union (EU) through International IDEA, on Wednesday officially handed over 900 newly developed civic education textbooks along with their Comprehensive Teachers’ Guide Books to the Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MoBSE). The move is geared towards promoting human rights education in the basic…
Edward Francis Small Centre for Rights and Justice (EFSCRJ) is deeply concerned by the Chief of Staff and Minister for the Presidency Mod Ceesay’s statement that the Government would investigate the leaking of the letter from his office to the Ministry of Finance requesting funds for the medical trip of the President’s mother to Senegal….
Simon I. Gomez, who contested the 2022 National Assembly elections for the Foni Bintang constituency under the Gambia Democratic Congress (GDC), has officially joined the ruling National People’s Party (NPP). The announcement came following a meeting with the NPP’s Deputy Campaign Manager, Momodou Sabally, held the previous day. Mr Gomez formalized his decision during a…
