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Contrary to the notion that migrants are simply a country’s most impoverished citizens, youth and education are far more strongly correlated with interest in emigration than poverty, according to the report. A research conducted by…

The 34th witness of the Truth Commission investigating the human rights violations of the former ruler, Yahya Jammeh, said Sgt Fafa Nyang was shot from behind as he ran for his life. Momodou Lamin Bah said Nyang's hands were tied from…

The 34th witness of Gambia’s Truth Commission said the plans of the soldiers was to execute officers and loot the Central Bank and fled the country had the 1994 coup failed.  On July 22, 1994, Gambia has witnessed its first successful…

State House, Banjul, 25th March, 2019 – President Barrow has once again reiterated that the empowerment and development of young people occupies a special attention in the development blueprint of his government. The President made the…

The Gambian police said on Monday that the Gach security company’s importation of the guns were done with the parameters of legality. The police said on Monday that the Gach Security Company, a company that is being investigated for…

In the morning of July 22, 1994, as rumours of soldiers heading for Banjul grew clearer, country’s former vice president Saikou Sabally reportedly told the Americans that former President Dawda Kairaba Jawara has made a request to be on…

It is said that a person, in writing about himself or herself, writes about his or her age, its trials and tribulations, triumphs and glories, and wishes and aspirations for the future. The book ‘A Date with Destiny’ is therefore not only…

Alagie Kanyi told the Kanifing Magistrate Court on Friday that Yankuba Touray and Fatoumatta Jahumpa Ceesay have called him to discourage him not to appear before the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparation Commission (TRRC). Kanyi first made…

With mounting interest I follow the debate on whether there is authorisation under the 1997 Constitution of the Republic of The Gambia (“the Constitution”) for His Excellency, Adama Barrow, President of the Republic of The Gambia, to fire…

Gambian soldier, jailed and tortured by colleagues, narrates the scary atmosphere in Yundum Barracks on the day close to two dozen soldiers were executed in 1994.    Lt Colonel Babucarr Sanyang, a native of Kombo Busra who lives in…