Gambia: African Descendants in Gambia Raise Concern Over Non-Inclusion in New Constitution

23 September 2020

African Descendant residents in The Gambia that have repatriated permanently have raised concerns about their non-inclusion in the new 2020 draft constitution recently rejected by lawmakers.

Despite the recent report drafted by the Constitutional Review Commission including S188 that relates to an Exception Clause for African Descendants of the Enslaved. S188 suggests a reduction in the current 15 years wait for Citizenship by way of Naturalisation to 2-4 years.

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