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By Mustapha K Darboe It has been his routine. Each day Suntu comes to people but he stays alone. He has become accustomed to being alone perhaps. Most times, he would sit at a quiet corner at the Press House, murmuring to himself.…

Masirending Bojang was over 80 years when she was captured in a village call Jambur, a settlement located some 52 minutes drive from Banjul. On Wednesday, the Truth Commission had before it, for the first time, a witness who is over 90…

By State House Kaur, Central River Region, 20th November 2019 - Farafenni and other communities in North Bank within a 50 miles radius will soon benefit from an uninterrupted 24-hour electricity supply, President Barrow told supporters…

Niumi, North Bank Region, 19th November 2019 - President Adama Barrow has unveiled to the people of Niumi in the North Bank Region that the Hakalong road – the only highway that connects most of Upper Niumi to the rest of the region— will…

On Tuesday, three women who are natives of Ganloya, a village in the West Coast region, have told the Truth Commission that they were humiliated by the Green Boys during the 2009 witch hunting. The Truth Commission is in its second day of…

As the Truth Commission began its hearing in Jambur, two leaders of the village, Imam Omar Bojang and Dembo Mamu Bojang, explained what they suffered when they were arrested by so-call witch hunters in 2009. Dembo and Omar were given…

Yet again the Government of Adama Barrow has proposed yet another piece of law which can only be described as unnecessary but clearly intended to limit the space for the media and consequently silence citizens in the way they engage on…

On Monday, Gambia’s finance minister Mamburay Njie will be presenting before lawmakers the budget estimates for 2020 fiscal year. The estimate seen by Kerr Fatou is 24, 472, 615, 000, about eight hundred million dalasis less than the 2019…

The Ministry of Justice has removed a provision in the amended Criminal Offences Bill that is to be tabled before lawmakers in December. The particular provision that the Ministry amended seeks to criminalise the parental insults of the…

The United Democratic Party has expelled 8 National Assembly members who are accused of loyalty to President Adama Barrow against the interest of their party. They are Fatoumatta Jawara, Alagie Jawara, Billay Tunkara, Abdoulie Ceesay,…