Author: Edrissa Jallow

By Edrissa Jallow reporting from Kerr Mot Ali, Senegal Dozens of Gambians who were “deported” from their homeland in 2009 during former President Jammeh’s regime are still seeking refuge at Kerr Mot Ali in Senegal. The community of “deported” Gambians from Kerr Mot Ali in Gambia are urging the current government to facilitate their safe return from across the border to continue farming in their homeland. Currently, their homes and farmlands are occupied by people who they claim are “non-Gambians”. Our reporter is currently engaging the community of victims at Kerr Mot Ali in Senegal facilitated by the Women’s Association…

By Edrissa Jallow The Gambia Government represented by the Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, Hon Seedy Keita signed an agreement with the European Union to provide €40 Million EUR in Budget Support over three years on Monday 20th November 2023. The signing ceremony took place at the Ministry of Agriculture meeting room, in Banjul. During his submission, Minister Keita told delegates that the signing ceremony is “an important step in the initiation of the State and Resilience Building Contract [SRBCs] between the European Union and The Gambia”. “Within our agreement, which we fully recognized and endorsed are the General…

By Edrissa Jallow, @EdrissaJallow10. The Chairperson of Parliament’s Finance and Public Accounts Committee (FPAC), Hon Alhagie S. Darboe announced that his committee will instruct the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to investigate the Ministry of Health (MoH) for failing to account for D1.6 Million in missing vouchers as captured in Parliament’s 14th September 2023 resolution. During the Third Ordinary Session of the 2023 Legislative Year, Parliament passed a resolution giving various institutions 10 days to respond by paying all outstanding sums of money or accounting for them. Failure of which Parliament would instruct the IGP to commence an investigation on the…

By Edrissa Jallow, @EdrissaJallow10 United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Representative, Mandisa Mashologu on Tuesday 31st October 2023 unveiled action plans for a nine million euros (€9 Million) project dubbed “The Gambia’s Responsive & Accountable Transition Project, known as the “GREAT” Project”. The unveiling occurred at Coco Ocean Hotel in Bijilo where government officials, the Media, and CSOs converged. It can be recalled that on Friday 12th May 2023, the project was announced by EU Ambassador Pampaloni during the National Stakeholder Conference centring on the implementation plan of the TRRC recommendation, which took place at the Sir Dawda Jawara International…

By Edrissa Jallow, @EdrissaJallow10 The Permanent Secretary at the Ministry for Gender, Children and Social Welfare, Mr. Saikou K Sanyang revealed that the implementation date for the Persons with Disability Act 2021 has been forwarded to the Attorney General and Ministry of Justice for Gazetting after the short title of the act was signed off by the Minster for Gender, Children and Social Welfare, Hon Fatou Kinteh. The announcement was made during the opening ceremony of the two-day National Forum on Disability Rights in The Gambia which took place on Wednesday 25th October 2023 at the Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara Intentional…

By Edrissa Jallow, @EdrissaJallow10 The Solicitor General of The Gambia, Lawyer Hussein Thomasi Esq has confirmed that the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has finalized the Banning of Public Office TRRC Bill which will be tabled alongside the Reparations Bill in an Extra-Ordinary Session before the end of 2023. The confirmation came during his submission at the opening ceremony of the National Human Rights Commission’s (NHRC) periodic interface with victims and victim-led organizations on Wednesday 30th August 2023 at Metzy Hotel. “The Ministry of Justice has since finalized the banning from office TRRC Bill. This legislation is meant to introduce the…

By Edrissa Jallow and Edward Francis Dalliah The Executive Director of Beakanyang, Mr Nfamara Jawneh has renewed calls for justice for late Marie O Mendy who was brutally killed at her home in Busumbala in April 2021. Cut short at the young age of 21, the late Ms Mendy was a final-year student at Saint Peters Technical School located in Lamin. Reports say a man identified as Zilson Mendy allegedly raped and killed Marie Mendy and killed himself shortly after. The two bodies were retrieved from Marie’s home with police saying their initial investigations into the unfortunate death of Marie…

By Edrissa Jallow, @EdrissaJallow10 The President of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court of Justice, Edward Amoako Asante highlighted that six member states have yet to appoint competent authorities to enforce the court decisions. ECOWAS Court of Justice was in The Gambia on Monday 22nd May 2023 discussing solutions for smoother operations of the community court and the sub-region. During the closing ceremony of the meeting which took place on Thursday 25th May 2023, President Amoako informed diplomats that the absence of the six member states providing authorities is a grave concern to the court. “It is of…

By Edrissa Jallow, @EdrissaJallow10 The President of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court of Justice, Hon Justice Edward Amoako Asante has confirmed that Guinea Conakry, Mali, and Burkina Faso have been suspended by the member states for unconstitutional change of government. President Asante made these remarks during his submission at the opening ceremony of the 2023 International Conference of the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice. The event which commenced on Monday 22nd May at Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara International Conference Center converged Chief Justices, High Court Judges, and Lawyers within the Community. The four-day event is expected…

By Edrissa Jallow, @EdrissaJallow10 The Chairperson of Parliament’s Public Enterprises Committee (PEC), Hon Lamin J Sanneh has revealed to Gambia Parliamentary Newsletter (GPN) that two Committees will collaborate to investigate the alleged “fraud and theft” of millions of dalasis by Gambia Ports Authority (GPA) staff. However, Parliament has announced that Parliamentary Committee meetings due to take place in May 2023 will be suspended which will further delay the start of the investigation. It all started back in June 2022 when a petition letter filed at the Office of the Clerk by Tijan Bah and Muhammed L Darboe, alleging that earlier…