The public statement issued by the Edward Francis Small Centre for Rights and Justice (EFSCRJ) alleging that ministers reaction to commentaries and posting by the centre and anti-government propaganda proxies and opposition parties are attempts to discredit the auditor and the audit reports are completely false and lacks merit. The government sought and obtained authorisation…
By Coalition of Civil Society Advocates on PURA Data Price Floor, 10th October 2025 It has been more than six weeks since President Adama Barrow’s government established a committee to look into the D50 per 1GB data price floor introduced by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) on 20th August 2025. We the People’s Coalition…
The Judiciary of The Gambia wishes to inform the media and the general public that, following an application by the Office of the Attorney General and Ministry of Justice under the Coroners Act, His Lordship Chief Justice Hassan B. Jallow has today ordered the holding of a coroner’s inquest into the death of Omar Badjie,…
Banjul, The Gambia – 15 September 2025 Public-Private Integrity, a civil society organization registered in The Gambia and committed to promoting transparency, accountability, and systemic reform, welcomes and strongly supports the recent call by the Finance and Public Accounts Committee (FPAC) for the establishment of an Office of the Special Prosecutor to address corruption in…
Edward Francis Small Centre for Rights and Justice (EFSCRJ) has received with shock the damning investigative report by Malagen about the allocation of pieces of land within the Tanji Bird Reserve to various businesspeople and politicians (Tanji Bird Reserve Carved Up? Inside Deals to Turn Protected Land into Profit). These beneficiaries are reported to include…
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has endorsed a groundbreaking training policy aimed at transforming its Standby Force into a fully operational mechanism for peace support operations and regional security. This milestone was achieved during a two-day high-level Governmental Experts’ Validation Meeting held from 16 to 17 July 2025 in Abuja, Nigeria. Organised…
The Gambia Press Union (GPU) has learnt with shock an attempt by the leadership of the Media Council of The Gambia (MCG) and the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to get The Republic to issue a statement that seeks to exonerate former justice minister Abubacarr Tambadou of any alleged wrongdoing in a story published by…
EFSCRJ Welcomes a Coroner’s Inquest into the Death in Custody of Jungler Bora Colley We have noticed the public statement from the Gambia Armed Forces published on their Facebook page on March 10 of the death of Brigadier General Bora Colley, a former military officer and a member of the notorious Jungler death squad of…
Message from the UN Resident Coordinator in The Gambia to Commemorate International Women’s Day 2025 On International Women’s Day 2025, I join you all in celebrating women and girls worldwide, particularly in The Gambia. As we commemorate International Women’s Day, it is essential to remind ourselves that women’s rights are, without question, human rights. From…
Official Response to the Ministry of Transport, Works, and Infrastructure of The Gambia Regarding the Banjul Port Concession Agreement The United Democratic Party acknowledges the press release issued by the Ministry of Transport, Works, and Infrastructure on March 5, 2025, concerning the concession agreement with Albayrak Group. While we appreciate the Ministry’s efforts to clarify…
