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The Gambia Grapples with Migration Crisis Amidst Repatriations and Economic Challenges

Patience Mama Loum December 20, 2024

Gambiaj.com – (BANJUL, The Gambia) – Between June and August 2024, over 500 Gambians were repatriated from Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia, shedding light on the country’s ongoing migration crisis. Despite these returns, thousands of Gambians, including young people, women, and children, continue to embark on dangerous journeys via irregular routes.

African States Can Tip the Balance for a Treaty on Crimes Against Humanity

Elise Elise Keppler November 8, 2024

Most states support negotiations for a treaty. But the Sixth Committee usually makes decisions based on consensus. It is thus crucial to have as many states as possible publicly support formal treaty negotiations to help dissuade the small minority of opponents from blocking forward movement.

Commentary – Preserving The Gambia’s FGM Law Is Only the Start

Frederic Tendeng August 22, 2024

While efforts to end the practice over the last few decades have led to major successes—including banning the practice in dozens of countries and reducing the likeliness of at-risk girls from being cut by 33 percent—the recent attempt in The Gambia to reverse such laws is indicative of the persistence of harmful attitudes that perpetuate FGM.

ANALYSIS: Lack of Constitutional Reform Stalls The Gambia’s Democratic Transition

Sampson Kwarkye, Paulin Maurice Toupane May 22, 2024

Gambiaj.com – (BANJUL) – The Gambia’s ambitious transition to democracy started when President Adama Barrow was elected in 2016, ending Yahya Jammeh’s 22-year rule. But socio-political disagreements are preventing the country from fully breaking away from its autocratic past.

Analysis – Disappointment as New Senegalese Government Fill Key Positions Without Open Applications

Frederic Tendeng April 25, 2024

Gambiaj.com – (DAKAR) – In a departure from its governance manifesto titled “Project,” the political party Pastef had pledged to utilize calls for applications for certain positions in the senior civil service and the parapublic sector. However, the first appointments of Directors General of public companies under the Diomaye-Sonko era were made yesterday, Wednesday, April 24, at the conclusion of the cabinet meeting. This move has sparked surprise and disappointment among the Senegalese populace.

Senegal’s 2024 Earthquake Presidential Election Outcome: A Preliminary Analysis

Professor Abdoulaye Saine March 26, 2024

The 2024 Presidential election outcome in Senegal, similar to Gambia’s 2016 Presidential election, is monumental- perhaps of earthquake proportions. Outgoing President

Analysis – Why South Africa’s Lawsuit Against Israel for Genocide Matters

Frederic Tendeng January 6, 2024

The International Court of Justice will soon issue a ruling on precautionary measures calling for stopping Israel’s fighting in Gaza. Israel,

Mayor Lowe and the UDP… No Longer at Ease?

Demba A. Jawo November 29, 2023

The recent visit of Mayor Rohey Malick Lowe to President Adama Barrow in his native village of Mankamang Kunda, to ‘present’ to him two awards that she had won, and which ceremony was given unprecedented prominence by GRTS, has quite a lot of political significance.

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