During our difficult times, ‘we knew we had friends,’ says Gambian President Barrow
Sep 20, 2017, at 05:48 pm
New York, Sept 20(Just Earth News): Noting that the recent political crisis in Gambia had been a lesson that his compatriots will not easily forget, the Adama Barrow, the country’s President underscored that Gambians made an irreversible choice to close a “dark chapter†in their history and embarked on a national agenda of reform and transformation.
Jan 23, 2017, at 05:45 am
New York, Jan 23 (Just Earth News): The United Nations, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the African Union (AU) have commended the “goodwill and the statesmanship†of the former President of The Gambia, Yahya Jammeh, who decided to facilitate an immediate and orderly transition process and transfer of power to President Adama Barrow.
Gambia: Security Council backs regional efforts to ensure peaceful transfer of power to Barrow
Jan 20, 2017, at 01:21 pm
New York, Jan 20 (Just Earth News): Urging all Gambian parties to respect the outcome of the 1 December election recognizing Adama Barrow as the country’s President-elect, the United Nations Security Council on Thursday expressed its support for the commitment of West African States to “ensure, by political means first, respect of the will of the people.â€
Gambia: UN chief congratulates President-elect Adam Barrow
Dec 30, 2016, at 01:57 pm
New York, Dec 30 (Just Earth News): Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday called Adam Barrow, the President-elect of Gambia, to congratulate him on his electoral victory and to reiterate the commitment of the United Nations to support a peaceful, timely, and orderly transfer of power.
UN chief commends peaceful polls in Gambia, congratulates President-elect Adama Barrow
Dec 03, 2016, at 02:02 pm
New York, Dec 3 (Just Earth News): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday commended the people of Gambia for the peaceful and orderly manner in which yesterday's presidential election was held and congratulated President-elect Adama Barrow.
UN rights office expresses concern over death of member of opposition party in Gambia
Aug 24, 2016, at 02:10 pm
New York, Aug 24 (Just Earth News): The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has deplored the death in custody of Ebrima Solo Kurumah, a member of the opposition United Democratic Party (UDP), last Saturday, a spokesperson for the Office said.
UN rights chief criticizes legal amendment in Gambia targeting homosexuals
Nov 21, 2014, at 04:10 pm
New York, Nov 21 (IBNS): The top United Nations human rights official on Thursday criticized a recent amendment to the criminal code of The Gambia that creates a broad and vague offence of “aggravated homosexuality†punishable by life imprisonment, and expressed alarm at reports of a wave of arbitrary arrests and detention of individuals perceived to be homosexual in the country.
Gambia: UN experts prevented from completing probe into torture, killings
Nov 08, 2014, at 03:12 pm
New York, Nov 8 (IBNS): Two United Nations human rights experts were forced to suspend an integral part of their visit to The Gambia this week when they were denied access to parts of a prison and prevented from completing a torture and killing investigation during the first trip ever to the country by such an independent fact-finding team, according to a press release from the UN rights office.