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People who were captured by witch hunters backed by former Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh were reportedly taken to Kanilai to confess that they were witches and wizards.   The Truth Commission on Tuesday had its second day of hearing in…

The human rights commission of the Gambia has urged Gambian authorities to investigate physical attacks on three journalists on the presidential tour which happened last week. In a statement signed by the chairman of the National Human…

The United Democratic Party has notified the National Assembly over the expulsion from their party of 8 serving lawmakers, the speaker Mariam Jack Denton informed the lawmakers on Monday. The expelled lawmakers are Fatoumatta Jawara,…

2019 theme: “Orange the world: Generation Equality Stands Against Rape” The TRRC stands with women and girls all around the world to commemorate the international day for the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women. The…

Press release from State House Basse, Upper River Region, 25th November 2019 - The Basse annex of The Gambia College that President Barrow commissioned last year is near completion and will begin operations in January 2020. Local…

On Monday, the Truth Commission begins its hearing in Sibanor, a settlement in Foni about 29 minutes drive from Kanilai, the village of the former President Yahya Jammeh.   At least 13 people have died in Foni Sintet following the…

Press release On the evening of Thursday, November 21, the last day of the TRRC’s public hearings on the witch hunt in Jambur, some Commissioners and staff of the Commission paid an impromptu visit to a nearby bridge where the charred…

The Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission has begun to hold hearings outside Gambia’s capital city. It is touring villages where hundreds of citizens were victims in 2009 of mysterious witch hunters. Forced to drink a strange…

Fajara, 21st November 2019: The Gambia Press Union has been informed of a disturbing news from journalists covering the ongoing Meet the People’s Tour of President Adama Barrow. The Union has been informed that Sally Jobe of Kerr Fatou,…

According to Reuters news agency, Aung San Suu Kyi will appear before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to contest a case filed by Gambia accusing Myanmar of genocide against its Rohingya Muslim minority. More than 730,000…