The Gambia, along with Angola, Congo, Madagascar, Mali and Mauritania will not pay duties on 98 per cent of taxable products starting January 2024. Beijing has granted these six African countries zero-tariff treatment on 98 per cent of products entering the Chinese market. This forms part of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s plan to boost […]
Neneh is the first woman to kead the female lawyers association of The Gambia (FLAG) and subsequently to lead the Gambia Bar Association. She stands out for her uncompromising principles on human rights violations even under the dictatorship. Among the many names of human rights lawyers in The Gambia, the Bar could not have made a better decision of electing her to the position of President.
Aminata Toure, former Prime Minister of Senegal who also served as Minister of Justice, reacted to the high court ruling on Sonko’s eligibility on her Twitter (X) handle thus: Bravo to the Judge of the High Court of #Dakar! An excellent step towards the reconciliation of the Senegalese people with their Justice… Mr Juan Branco, […]
By Sanna Camara in Banjul Elizabeth Rebecca Gomez, a Swedes Gambian of mid-forties, 25 years of which was spent living in Sweden. Ms Rebecca Gomez was one of the thousands of bold Diaspora members to break what she called “the thatched-roof ceiling” in the clothing industry that always sees Africa as a place for buying […]
By Sanna Camara Aminata Toure, former Prime Minister of Senegal who also served as Minister of Justice, reacted to the high court ruling on Sonko’s eligibility on her Twitter (X) handle thus: Bravo to the Judge of the High Court of #Dakar! An excellent step towards the reconciliation of the Senegalese people with their Justice… […]
The 2023 global Trafficking in Persons report has indicated “no evidence of improvement” on the part of The Gambia in effectively combating trafficking, which would enable it to attain a Tier 1 ranking this year. The Gambia therefore maintains its global ranking as as last year. Over the past seven years, The Gambia’s ranking as […]
Several victims of Yahya Jammeh continue to vent their impatience over the “slow pace” of the government action on the TRRC recommendations. A representative of the Ministry of Justice over the weekend told victims that the authorities are laying foundations for swift action and working to avoid any further heart break to victims in the […]
My best part of the launch of Malagen was the interaction between the audience and panelists in the respective discussions. This provided an opportunity, the first time, for Malagen to come face-to-face with the readers, publicly and openly. The baby investigative publication has finally been christened, a little over two years since it started investigating […]
Despite preoccupation with the case of aggression by a neighbouring state against Ukraine, European Union said it remains committed to the cause of justice spearheaded by The Gambia against Myanmar, where crimes of genocide are being perpetrated by the militarily junta against the minority Muslim population of Rohingya. Amnesty International through the groups Kanifing Municipality […]
In a conversation yesterday, Sunkary Yarboe-Barrow, one of the widows of the late Basiru Barrow, maintained that she would never forgive Jammeh and the AFPRC for the cold blooded murder of their husband. Barrow was captured along with a number of soldiers, including Abdoulie “Dot” Faal on the early hours of 11th November 1994. The […]
