After failing to issue national documents for most of 2024, the Gambia Immigration Department (GID) held a press conference at their headquarters in Banjul on 27th December 2024, announcing the resumption of issuance of national documents.
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During the opining ceremony of a two days training for Police Officers on the Prevention of Torture organized by the National Human Rights Commission, Police Supt Colley informed his colleagues that the shocking TRRC revelations should serve as a turning point for the Police. More in this detailed publication.

The Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Mr. Emmanuel Daniel Joof, urged security officers to embrace their role as "frontline defenders" of the rule of law, emphasizing the critical responsibility they hold in maintaining justice, human rights, and public order. More in the report.

The Gambia Police Force (GPF) has promoted fifteen female police officers out of twenty after undergoing a one-year Gender Promotion Initiative (GPI) program funded by the European Union and implemented by the Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance (DCAF).

A report issued in 2024 highlights that over 2.8 million children have been impacted in 2024 after over 14,000 schools were closed. This number increased from 2.5 million children impacted in 2023 when some 13,000 schools were closed. More in this report.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) launched a 36-month Security Sector Reform Project worth $3,000,000 approximately (D210,000,000) for the Security Sector of The Gambia on the first week of October 2024 at Bakadaji Hotel, Kololi.

Following a two-day preparatory workshop for Border Officials on the Integrated Border Management (IBM) concept, a full-scale simulation exercise was conducted at the Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara International Conference Centre.

The Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance (DCAF) in collaboration with the Office of National Security (ONS) has launched a five-day workshop to develop a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for the recently developed National Security Sector Coordination Model (NSSCM).

This is the statement by the GAF on the shooting incident on August 26th which left one victim with a bullet in his thigh. In this press release they made numerous allegations against the occupants of the vehicle which was fired upon by soldiers from the State Guard Batallion.

The Gambia’s NHRC and the Ministry of Justice conducted a three days training of security personnel on Thursday 16th May 2024 as recommended by the now defunct TRRC’.