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…
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Edrissa Jallow
Edrissa Jallow is a journalist with over three years of experience working for two online media platforms. Mr Jallow joined Gainako News during the Nomination process for the December 2021 Presidential Elections. Since joining Gainako, Mr Jallow has published over 50 stories in less than a year. He is currently a final year student at the Media Academy for Journalism and Communications (MAJaC), a leading journalism training institution in The Gambia. Mr Jallow is currently the Project Manager of The Gambia Parliamentary Newsletter and reports extensively on Parliamentary proceedings.
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…
By Edrissa Jallow, @EdrissaJallow10 Amnesty International Kanifing Municipality (KM) group issued a press release on Monday 3rd April 2023 condemning a recent case of child abuse that occurred in Sukuta, West Coast Region. It all started making the media rounds on Sunday 3rd April 2023 when a photo of a young innocent girl went viral on social media picturing a young innocent teenager horribly tied to a tree as a form of punishment by an alleged uncle. “We strongly condemn any form of child abuse and torture, and we stand in solidarity with the victim during this difficult time,” Amnesty…
By Edrissa Jallow, @EdrissaJallow10 The Ambassador of the European Union (EU) to The Gambia, Corrado Pampaloni has informed the Press that the EU has a strong commitment to supporting the government with other partners in establishing an international court for the trial of former President Yahya Jammeh. Ambassador Pampaloni made this revelation on Wednesday 5th April 2023, during a press conference at the EU delegation to The Gambia headquarters. The presser aims to update the media after the European Union Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee’s engagement with the government and CSOs during its three-day working visit to The Gambia. During the…
By Edrissa Jallow, @EdrissaJallow10 Gambian Lawmakers passed the Prevention and Prohibition of Torture Bill and the Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Bill during the First Ordinary Session of the 2023 Legal Year. The Prevention and Prohibition of Torture Bill 2023 was passed on 27th March 2023 while the Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Bill 2023 was passed the following day 28th March 2023. Speaking to the National Assembly’s Communications Officer Mr Ebrima Bah earlier this week he confirmed to our reporter that “the Prevention and Prohibition of Torture Bill, 2023 was also passed after the third reading…[and] the…