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Essa Faal urges gov’t to do more with TRRC recommendations

Essa Faal urges gov’t to do more with TRRC recommendations

Africa-Press - Gambia. Former lead counsel of The Gambia’s truth commission, Essa Faal, has urged the government do to more with the TRRC recommendations.Mr...
NHRC Recommends Separate Detention Facilities for Men, Children, Women

NHRC Recommends Separate Detention Facilities for Men, Children, Women

Africa-Press - Gambia. The 2020 activity report of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) recommended that all police stations should have separate detention facilities...
NDMA Invites Map Action As Agency Embraces Anticipatory Action in Disaster Response

NDMA Invites Map Action As Agency Embraces Anticipatory Action in Disaster Response

Africa-Press - Gambia. The National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) recently invited Map Action’s head of communications to The Gambia to help move forward the...
MoH to Embark on Mass Drug Administration Against Schistosomiasis

MoH to Embark on Mass Drug Administration Against Schistosomiasis

Africa-Press - Gambia. The Epidemiology and Disease Control Program of the Ministry of Health will embark on mass drug administration against Schistomiasis.Schistosomiasis is a...
Ousman Sonko jailed 20 years By Swiss Court For Crimes Against Humanity

Ousman Sonko jailed 20 years By Swiss Court For Crimes Against Humanity

Africa-Press - Gambia. Ousman Sonko, former interior minister of Gambia, was convicted by Switzerland’s top criminal court on Wednesday for crimes against humanity over...
Africell Drone Show

Africell Drone Show

Africa-Press - Gambia. Africell, the leading GSM operator in the Gambia celebrates its 24 years anniversary in grand style with a first ever drone...
Minister John-Manjang visits ongoing project worth over D70M

Minister John-Manjang visits ongoing project worth over D70M

Africa-Press - Gambia. As part of her quarterly trek to visit several project intervention sites, the environment ministry with a high-power delegation headed by...
79th ordinary session of ACHPR held in Gambia

79th ordinary session of ACHPR held in Gambia

Africa-Press - Gambia. The 79th ordinary session of the African Centre for Human and People’s Rights was held in The Gambia on Tuesday.The session...
Fatou Baldeh MBE received the 2024 International Women’s RightsAward at the Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy

Fatou Baldeh MBE received the 2024 International Women’s RightsAward at the Geneva Summit for...

Africa-Press - Gambia. Women in Liberation and Leadership is proud to announce that our Founder and CEO Fatou Baldeh MBE was honoured with the...
‘Gambia will not go back to human rights abuses’

‘Gambia will not go back to human rights abuses’

Africa-Press - Gambia. In statement formally opening the 79th ordinary session of the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights, Foreign Minister Mamadou Tangara...