Seven electricians tragically lost their lives on October 9th in Kerr Galo, near Essau, when an old electric pole fell onto live wires during maintenance work, prompting an investigation and widespread community mourning, with President Adama Barrow expressing deep sadness.
The EF Small Centre for Rights and Justice expresses deep concern over the continued enforcement of sedition and false publication laws in The Gambia, calling for the immediate dropping of charges against citizens and urging the government to decriminalize media offenses, in line with democratic principles and international law.
The One-Stop Shop Entrepreneurship and Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Support Center in Farafenni, The Gambia, has been established through collaboration between ITC and UNFPA to provide comprehensive economic, social, health, and legal services to GBV survivors, while also supporting women entrepreneurs and cross-border traders.
A joint proposal from several West African nations to lift the commercial whaling ban, citing food insecurity, faced criticism at the IWC meeting in Peru, with conservationists arguing these countries have no history of whaling, leading to the proposal’s retraction.
