A Sweden-based Gambian rights activist who has been campaigning and facilitating the return of 45 stranded Gambian women in Lebanon, has said her primary goal is to ensure the group of women are safely repatriated back in The Gambia.

Ms Lovette Jallow’s reactions come days after the Gambia Government through its Ministry of Foreign Affairs denied working with her in bringing the group of the stranded Gambian women home from Lebanon, where they have been in limbo due to administrative bottlenecks. 

Ms Lovette Jallow told Gambiana via email: “I keep my eye on the end goal and that is to repatriate our sisters and their children. Nothing else and no statement anyone makes matters to me until they are safe back in the Gambia.

“Right now, the women and children are set to return tomorrow so I have nothing more to add to the matter.”

Reporting by Adama Makasuba