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GAMBIA: Government Suspends the Salaries of over 3,000 “Ghost Workers” and Conducts a Staff Audit.
More than 3,000 people who were identified as "ghost workers" had their paychecks suspended as a result of a recent staff audit that was...
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GAMBIA: EFSCRJ Welcomes Gambia’s Election in the Human Rights Council
The Edward Francis Small Centre for Rights and Justice hereby informs the general public that the Gambia has been duly elected to the United...
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GAMBIA: A constitutional Review Committee is Crucial, According to Hon. Halifa Sallah.
The People's Democratic Organization for Independence and Socialism (PDOIS) head, Hon. Halifa Sallah, has emphasized the significance of setting up a constitutional review committee....
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GAMBIA: EFSCRJ Mourns the Death of KEI Staff Members and Calls for Accountability
The Edward Francis Small Centre for Rights and Justice joins the families, colleagues and indeed all Gambians to mourn the untimely death of seven...
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GAMBIA: The Voice Newspaper’s Editor- in-chief and the Deputy Editor, Entered not Guilty Pleas
Musa S. Sheriff, the Voice Newspaper's Editor-in-Chief, and Muhammad J. Darboe, the Deputy Editor, entered not guilty pleas on Tuesday in front of Magistrate...
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GAMBIA: EF Small Centre for Rights and Justice Condemns Charges of Sedition and False Publication against Citizens
We are deeply concerned that the offense of sedition and false publication and broadcasting still remain in the laws of the Gambia seven years...
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GAMBIA: The Medicines Control Agency Issues Warning Regarding Two Degraded Drugs
The Medicines Control Agency recalled two medications (Plasmodial tablets and Salbutamol Oral Solution) from the Gambian market on Saturday, October 4, 2024.The Agency discovered...
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GAMBIA: Your Recent Programme on: ‘How to Change Attitudes for National Development’
Dear Mr Njie,Your recent programme on changing attitudes for development was incredibly insightful, addressing social, economic, and cultural aspects of our society. I was...
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GAMBIA: The Worrying State of Democracy in Africa
The situation of democratic governance in Africa is concerning. While several countries have been trumpeted as democratic because they have presidential term limits, conduct...
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GAMBIA: In the 2024 WAEC Exams, girls did better than boys
Female students have outperformed male students in the most recent WAEC exams (2024), scoring 51.9% with an aggregate score of 42 or lower, compared...
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GAMBIA: Sit-Down Strike by USET Staff over Financial Issues
The staff welfare organization of the University of Applied Science, Engineering, and Technology (USET) held a press conference Wednesday to draw attention to "the...
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GAMBIA: The Roots of Gambia’s Fisheries Sector Problems
It does not take an expert’s eye to recognize that the fisheries sector in The Gambia is in serious trouble. There is significant depletion of fish stock in...
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GAMBIA: The COOPG Condemns The IGP’s Move to Arrest the Journalists of The Voice Newspaper.
It is with great concern that the Coalition of Progressive Gambians condemns the IGP'S move to call for questioning and detention of journalists of...
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GAMBIA: Boat Sinks off Mediterranean Sea, 3 Gambians Die and 11 Survive.
Following the fatal shipwreck that occurred weeks earlier, the West African nation of the Gambia is in grief after a pirogue sank off the...
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GAMBIA: Cars for President Barrow’s Annual Leave Requested by Government Vehicle Controller
In order to facilitate President Adama Barrow's impending yearly vacation in Mankamang Kunda, the Controller of Government Vehicles has formally requested vehicles from the...
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GAMBIA: There should be accountability for the army checkpoint shooting
Today is exactly one month and a week since the shooting incident that happened around the Sir Dawda Kairaba international conference centre in which...
