The Government of President Diomaye Faye and the Opposition dominated Parliament are currently threatening to dissolve each other with the President set to dissolve Parliament tomorrow, 12th September 2024.

The Gambia's National Assembly will convene its Third Ordinary Session of the year 2024 from 9th to 28th September 2024 which will see the tabling of a number of international agreements, the third reading of the Criminal Offences Bill and much more.

Gambian National Assembly members voted to reject the Bill to repeal the ban on Female Genital Mutilation / Circumcision on 15th July 2024 after going through the consideration stage.

A Coalition of Civil Society Organisations held a press conference a day before Parliamentarians are set to consider the Bill to repeal the ban on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting to urge Parliamentarians not to repeal the ban.

International Freedom of Expression Institute, Article 19, flew into The Gambia last week to meet stakeholders and warn about the dangers of the Cyber Crime Bill currently in Parliament.

The Gambia’s National Assembly is scheduled to start their Second Ordinary Session of the year 2024 on 24th June and conclude on 24th July 2024 which will see the return of the Women's Amendment Bill, the controversial Vetting Bill and President Adama Barrow’s 2024 State of the Nation Address.

Parliamentarians approved the 2024 Appropriation Bill on Tuesday 12th December 2023 which included cuts and reallocations to the budget lines of various government institutions.

During the Finance Minister’s 2024 Budget Speech he highlighted that Inflation reached a record high 18.5% in September 2023 and noted some of the steps the government took bring down the cost of fuel and food in particular in an attempt to curb inflation and price increases.

The Gambia’s Minister for Justice, Hon. Dawda A. Jallow is set to table “The Constitution of the Republic of The Gambia” on Monday 14^th September 2020 before the National Assembly for the first reading. According to the National Assembly’s Agenda for the “third ordinary session of the National Assembly in the 2020 Legislative Year”.