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Petroleum Ministry has on Tuesday finalised a contract signed with British oil giant BP about 3 months ago to explore oil and gas offshore Gambia. “…This is just the beginning of a long and sometimes difficult journey in the…

Omar Jallow, an ex-member of former President Yahya Jammeh’s hit-squad has painted a gruesome picture of the nature of the death of Haruna Jammeh. Haruna Jammeh was a cousin of former president who was reportedly killed by his hit men on…

Banjul – July 23: The Gambia Press Union (GPU) has learnt with mixed feelings of shock and relief about the killers of journalist Deyda Hydara, a founder and former president of the GPU. On Monday July 22, 2019, Malick Jatta, a military…

The Gambia Police Force must be informed that they have no authority to deny citizens from holding public institutions and public officials accountable. Brikama Area Council is a public institution and the Governor, Chairperson,…

The Special Criminal Court Division of High Court has on Tuesday dismissed the contempt of court charges against former state minister Yankuba Touray. Touray was charged to court about a month for refusing to testify before the country’s…

A Gambian soldiers working for a hit squad operating on the orders of former President Yahya Jammeh has admitted to participating in the execution of 50 West African migrants in Gambia in 2005. On July 22, 2005, Gambian police forces…

Today is exactly 25 years after former president Yahya Jammeh ascended to power. An ex-member of former President Yahya Jammeh’s hit squad has confirmed to the Truth Commission on Monday that journalist Deyda Hydara was killed on the…

Gambian police have investigated 3 claims of abduction cases that were found to be untrue, said the Inspector General Mamour Jobe in a statement on Monday. The police chief said they are equally concerned about information on social…

A Gambian investigative journalist who has been documenting cases of human rights violations in the country has claimed seeing disappeared journalist Chief Ebrima Manneh in state custody in 2007. The TRRC on Monday concludes its session on…

Alieu Badara Sowe, a former reporter of The Point and later The Daily Observer, told the Truth Commission on Monday that he was arrested 5 times between 1995 to 1999. The Commission is on the third week of its institutional hearing on the…