By World Bank World Bank provides $266.5 million to boost connectivity, promote a single digital market, increase job opportunities, and close gender gaps in digital skills, digital financial services, and entrepreneurship. WASHINGTON, November 30, 2023 – The World Bank today approved a $266.5 million (in IDA* financing) game-changing program aimed at improving internet access in The Gambia, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, and Mauritania, and to promote a single digital market in West Africa. The regional initiative will also partner with the African Union, Smart Africa, and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to strengthen institutional capacities for managing and…
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THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE GAMBIA COMMENDS GERMAN COURT DECISION ON MR BAI LOWE The Attorney General’s Chambers and Ministry of Justice of the Republic of The Gambia welcomes the decision rendered by the German court, sentencing Mr Bai Lowe, a former member of the paramilitary unit of the former President Jammeh to life imprisonment for his involvement in a death squad that assassinated opponents of former President Jammeh and former Journalist Deyda Hydara. The Ministry wishes to express profound gratitude to the German Government for its unwavering support, as well as ongoing cooperation with The…
GPU Welcomes Sentencing of Bai Lowe for Murder of Deyda Hydara (Banjul, 30 Nov., 2023) – The Gambia Press Union (GPU) welcomes today’s verdict and sentencing of Bai Lowe, a former death squad member under ex-dictator Yahya Jammeh, to life imprisonment for his role in the murder of journalist Deyda Hydara. The Higher Regional Court of Celle, a northern town in Germany, found Lowe guilty on all charges of crimes against humanity on Thursday, November 30, 2023, and sentenced him to life imprisonment for the assassination of Deyda Hydara in 2004, the murder of a former soldier in 2006, and…
This question-and-answer document has been prepared by ANEKED, ECCHR, the Gambian Center for Victims of Human Rights Violations, Human Rights Watch, the International Commission of Jurists, Reporters Without Borders, the Rose Lokissim Association, the Solo Sandeng Foundation and TRIAL International. Who is Bai L. and what are the charges against him? Bai L. is a 48-year-old Gambian citizen who is alleged to have been a member of the “Junglers” death squad, a paramilitary unit also known as the “Patrol Team” created by the former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh. According to the indictment, “the aim of [the Junglers’] operations was to intimidate the Gambian people…
Here is a publication from Human Rights Watch available in the link below. https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/11/28/germany-verdict-gambia-atrocity-case Germany: Verdict in Gambia Atrocity Case (Berlin, November 28, 2023) – A German court in the city of Celle is expected to deliver a verdict on November 30, 2023, in the first trial in Germany for crimes committed in The Gambia, Gambian and international civil society groups said today in releasing a question and answer document about the trial. The groups are: the African Network against Extrajudicial Killings and Enforced Disappearances (ANEKED), the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR), the Gambian Center for Victims…
By WANEP Dakar, Senegal, November 23, 2023 — The West African Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP), in collaboration with the Directorate of Early Warning and the Division of facilitation of mediation by the Economic Community of African States West (ECOWAS), as well as the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), is pleased to announce the launch of the regional project “Monitoring, Analysis and Mitigation of Electoral Violence” (EMAM). The day was marked by the official inaugural ceremony of the project, where the E-MAM project was revealed in its full scope. The ceremony was honoured by the distinguished…
The Gambia and the EU signed a new Budget Support programme of 2,93 billion dalasi to support key reforms and social service delivery By the European Union Delegation to The Republic of The Gambia On the 20th of November 2023, The Republic of the Gambia and the EU signed a new Financing Agreement for the implementation of the 4th State and Resilience Building Contract for The Gambia. The total funding of the European Union to the Financing Agreement is 40 Euro million, i.e. over 2,93 billion dalasi, comprised of 36 Euro million – to be disbursed during the fiscal years…
BANJUL, November 20, 2023 – The World Bank board today approved $60 million in financing from the International Development Association (IDA) to support the Government of The Gambia’s efforts to unlock its productive potential, strengthen procurement, economic governance of SOEs and domestic revenue mobilization, and strengthen climate and social resilience. “The Gambia is on a good growth trajectory despite the external shocks of recent years, but structural bottlenecks remain. To unlock its growth potential and improve the living conditions of vulnerable populations, it is essential for The Gambia to pursue and accelerate transformational reforms,” said Wilfried A. Kouame, World Bank…
By Patience Loum German Federal Prosecutors have called for the German court to slam former “Jungler” Bai Lowe with a life sentence for his alleged involvement in murders and attempted murder during the 22-year dictatorial regime of former President Yahya Jammeh. The hearing into Bai Lowe’s court case started in April 2022 and is expected to conclude in early December 2023. During the most recent hearing on 16th November 2023, German Federal Prosecutors issued the declaration for Bai Lowe’s life imprisonment at a Celle Court in Germany. The trial will follow up on the 24th of November 2023, during which the…
This is the speech read out by the Minister of Finance, Hon Seedy Keita, on 17th November 2023 at the National Assembly when laying the Audited Financial Statement of the Government of The Gambia for the Year ended 31st December 2020. Below is the statement read out in Parliament. Introduction Honourable Speaker, I am pleased to lay before this august National Assembly the audited Financial Statements of the Government of The Gambia for the Financial Year ended 31st December 2020. The Financial Statements consist of accounts that are under the control of the Accountant General’s Department and do not include full…