Press Statement

GAMBIA: Coalition of Progressive Gambians Challenges Anti-Corruption Commission to Demonstrate Action

The Coalition of Progressive Gambians (CoPG) has called on The Gambia’s Anti-Corruption Commission to clarify its position on critical reforms and to demonstrate concrete...

GAMBIA; EFSCRJ Receives Response from NAWEC on the Death of Contract Workers

EFSCRJ announces to the public that we have received a response from the National Water and Electricity Company (NAWEC) on Monday, 28 July 2025,...

GAMBIA: EFSCRJ Frowns at the Failed Constitution Building Process and Calls for Action

Edward Francis Small Centre for Rights and Justice notes without surprise the failure of the 2024 Draft Constitution on the floor of the National...

GAMBIA: Reinstate the People’s Demands: CoPG Urges Restoration of Key Provisions From the 2020 Draft Constitution

The Coalition of Progressive Gambians (CoPG) hereby expresses its profound concern regarding the substantial omissions and regressive alterations evident in the 2024 Draft Constitution,...

GAMBIA: EFSCRJ Submits Request for Information about the Gambia’s Oil and Mineral Resource Activities

Today, June 13 EFSCRJ in partnership with a concerned Gambian accounting expert Nuha Ceesay have jointly submitted a request for information to the Ministry...

GAMBIA: EFSCRJ Reminds NAMs that The Nation’s Destiny Lies in their Hands

On May 15, 2025, the National Assembly established the ‘Special select committee to inquire into the sale and disposal of the assets identified by the...

GAMBIA: Emergency Cabinet Meeting on Jammeh Assets

EFSCJ has just learnt that the President Barrow has convened an 'emergency' cabinet meeting today, May 13 on the sale of the Jammeh assets. The...

GAMBIA: APP- Sobeyaa Responds to Threats by The Minister of Agriculture

The All People’s Party-Sobeyaa (APP-Sobeyaa) stands in resolute defiance against the reckless and authoritarian threats issued yesterday by the Minister of Agriculture to arrest...

GAMBIA: Rebuttal to Mr. Bubacarr Bob Keita’s False and Misleading Allegations

Statement By Yankuba Darboe, Director General Gambia Revenue Authority To the Gambian Public and all Concerned   The recent social media post by Mr. Bubacarr Bob...

GAMBIA: APRC Calls for an Impartial Investigation into Jammeh’s Assets and Sales

The National Executive Committee of the Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC), under the leadership of Hon. Fabakary Tombong Jatta, expresses its full...

GAMBIA: GPU Condemns MCG, NHRC Leaders for Pressuring Journalist to Exonerate Tambadou

The Gambia Press Union (GPU) has learnt with shock an attempt by the leadership of the Media Council of The Gambia (MCG) and the...

GAMBIA: EFSCRJ Calls for the Immediate Resignation of Emmanuel Joof, Bai Emil Touray and Baboucarr Cham

It is with deep shock and grieve that we noticed a statement by the Gambia Press Union entitled, ‘GPU Condemns MCG, NHRC Leaders for...

GAMBAI: International Alert: Illegal Arrest of Protesters in Banjul

The Edward Francis Small Centre for Rights and Justice hereby informs the international community of an ongoing crackdown on peaceful protesters in the capital,...

GAMBIA: GAF Levels Accusations Against Essa Faal and Samsudeen Sarr

UNETHICAL COMMENTARY AND MISREPRESENTATION OF THE GAMBIA ARMED FORCES BY CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS 1. The Gambia Armed Forces (GAF) has noted with serious concern a growing...

GAMBIA: EFSCRJ Requests the Ministry of Justice to Disclose the Sale of Jammeh Assets

Today, May 5, we have submitted a request for information to the Attorney General’s Chambers and Ministry of Justice on the sale of assets...

GAMBIA: Where are the Reports and Revenue Realized on the Sales of Jammeh’s Assets?

It is overdue after the Commission of Enquiry or the so called Janneh Commission completed its findings and gave its recommendations. But what Gambians...