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The leadership of the United Democratic Party has urged the Interior Minister to swiftly investigate the death of Ousman Darboe, a Sierra Leonean national who died following a brief police detention. Press Release by UDP The leadership…

There seem to be no limit to what will be revealed before Gambia’s Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC). This week, the first three members of former president Yahya Jammeh’s infamous hit squad – the Junglers –…

It is important that Gambians remind ourselves that after all this country is 49 years old today since we gained Independent in 1970. In 2016 the Gambia Bureau of Statistics released figures to indicate that poverty increased in the…

The United States says they welcomes revelations before the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparation Commission on the disappearances of two American citizens in Gambia under former dictator Yahya Jammeh. Testimony before the Truth…

The leadership of the Gambia Democratic Congress has called for calm after a day of several violent protests in Serrekunda and Brikama. Hundreds of young people in Brikama have taken to the street demanding efficient management from…

Press Release: The Government of The Gambia, through the Gambia Bureau of Statistics (GBoS), in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, will be conducting the 2019/20 Gambia Demographic and Health Survey (GDHS…

The Gambia Government is calling for calm amidst widespread protest by hundreds of youths in Serrekunda demanding justice for Ousman Darboe, a Sierra Leonean national who reportedly died in the hands of the Police Anti-crime Unit.…

Baba Jobe, a native of Jarra, has been suffocated to death on his hospital bed by a team of killers reportedly operating on orders of former President Yahya Jammeh Omar Jallow, a member of Jammeh’s hitsquad has told the Truth Commission…

At least five people have been injured by the police, Kerr Fatou has learned. Paramilitary officers have arrested over a dozen people in connection to the protest which was staged against what organisers considered to be…

Dozens of young people have gathered at the Serrakunda Police Station to protest against the death of a Sierra Leonean national Ousman Darboe who they claimed was severely beaten by the police anti-crime unit. Darboe, a shop owner at the…