Press Release

GAMBIA: EFSCRJ Urges Pres. Barrow Not To Seek a Third Term

The Edward Francis Small Centre wishes to state its position that no President of the Republic of the Gambia should serve for more than...

GAMBIA: EFSCRJ: We Call for Accountable Leadership and Good Governance

EFSCRJ Marks January 19 Today, January 19 marks the 8th anniversary of the swearing-in of Pres. Adama Barrow at the Gambian embassy in Dakar in 2017....

GAMBIA: EFSCRJ Condemns Encroachment on Fajara Golf Course

10 Jan 2025: The Edward Francis Small Centre is hereby deeply concerned and aggrieved by the decision of the Ministry of Lands to allocate...

GAMBIA: EFSCRJ Visits Kafuta Accident Victims at Ndemban Clinic

This afternoon a team from the Edward Francis Small Centre for Rights and Justice visited the Ndemban Clinic in Bakau to see the victims...

GAMBIA: GPF Investigates Statement With National Security Implications

The Gambia Police Force confirms that Mr. Mbemba Drammeh is currently assisting with investigations regarding statements he made on Wednesday, December 25, 2024. The remarks,...

GAMBIA: NPP Condemns Mbemba Drammeh’s False Allegations In The Strongest Possible Terms

The National People’s Party (NPP) expresses profound shock and dismay over the baseless and defamatory allegations made by one Mbemba Drammeh, who claims to...

GAMBIA: Survey Finds 77% of Gambians Believe the Country is Going in the Wrong Direction. 

According to a recent survey by the Pan-African, nonpartisan research network Afrobarometer, 77% of Gambians think the nation is going in the "wrong direction."...

GAMBIA: EFSCRJ Congratulates Gambia Police Force 

The Edward Francis Small Centre for Rights and Justice wishes to congratulate the Inspector General of Police Seedy Muctarr Touray and all the men and women...

GAMBIA: Challenging the Constitutionality of the 2025 Budget Estimates

I am pleased to inform the public that today I have joined fellow citizens, Sait Matty Jaw, Pa Samba Jow and Baboucarr Nyang in...

NIGERIA: ECOWAS Heads of State and Government hold Sixty-Sixth Ordinary Summit in Abuja

The Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) held its sixty-sixth ordinary session today, December...

GAMBIA: Appreciation of the ECOWAS Approval to set up a Special Tribunal in The Gambia

The Gambia Center for Victims of Human Rights Violations On 15th December 2024, the Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government at its 66th Ordinary Session currently on-going in Abuja, Nigeria approval has been granted for the...

GAMBIA: Concern over Police Action against University Students

On Monday December 2nd, students at the University of the Gambia staged a demonstration within the premises of the Law Faculty to express their grievances...

GAMBIA: December 1. The Day Gambians Decided to End Dictatorship and Embrace Democracy.

Eight years ago, Gambians under the auspices of the 2016 Grand Coalition of oppositionparties voted out the autocratic regime of Yaya Jammeh in the...

GAMBIA: In Solidarity with Girls And Women- EFCRJ

The Edward Francis Centre for Rights and Justice joins the rest of the world in 16 Days of Activism which kicks off today November...

GAMBIA: Appointments and Redeployments Within The Gambia Civil Service

Press Release Dated: 20th November, 2024 Banjul – The Gambia. In consultation with the Public Service Commission and consistent with The Gambia Government’s policy of...

GAMBIA: President Barrow Appoints New Cabinet Members.

State House, Banjul, 18th November 2024: The general public is hereby informed that His Excellency the President, acting under Section 71(1) of the Constitution,...