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FactSheet: Almost Half of Gambia’s Population Live in the West Coast

This FactSheet focuses on the 2024 Population Census and highlights some of the changes in population demographics from the 2013 Census. It highlights that almost half of the population resides in Brikama (WCR) and that Banjul is the only region with a declining population.

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GAF Shooting Victim Raises Concerns to Appear Before Military Panel

The GAF has summoned the witnesses to the shooting which occurred on 26th August 2024 in an attempt to launch an investigation into the incident which left one Stanislas Gomez with a bullet still lodged in his thigh. Meanwhile, the GAF has refused to cooperate with the NHRC to allow them to interview members of the State Guard Battalion involved in the shooting incident.

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Explainer: Why The Gambia Gov’t Rejected Only One Amnesty Application Recommended by the TRRC?

This publication reviews the government's decision made after it received recommendations for Amnesty from the TRRC resulting in the granting of four Amnesty Applications and rejection of one.

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MoJ: Victims Commission to be Established in First Quarter of 2024

Back in December 2023 the Justice Minister revealed to Parliamentarians that his Ministry would establish a Victims Commission in the first quarter of 2024. However, now that the third quarter is almost complete the question remains if a Victims Commission will be established in 2024 at all.

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Shooting Incident Passengers Refute Army’s Car Chase Claims

Passengers in a recent shooting incident refute allegations from the Gambia Armed Forces of a car chase, being under the influence and being arrested. This story gives the perspective of the passengers involved in a car shooting incident in the early morning of Monday 26th August 2024 at Bijilo where a Soldier fired a single shot that's still lodged into the thigh of one of the passengers.

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