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Speech by H.E. Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey, at the United Nations General Assembly meeting to condemn the terrorist attacks in New Zealand, 2 April 2019, New York. Mr. President, Honourable…

John Charles Mendy was a witness to three executions of soldiers on the 10 and 11 of November 1994 but he admitted participating in only one before the Truth Commission. He is also the only witness before the Commission who spoke very…

The Truth Commission visits the one-time notorious Janjanbureh prison on Wednesday.  The Truth, Reconciliation and Reparation Commission (TRRC) investigating the human rights violations of the former Gambian ruler has its second…

Gambian tourism minister tells Anadolu Agency country's tourism sector boosting beyond their expectations Tourism is one of the most important sectors for Gambia as it contributes one fourth to the country’s total gross domestic product…

The argument that there is no shortcut to justice is valid but it has been challenged by those critics of ‘plea bargaining’ who see the practice as a form of shortcut to justice. However, the saying that ‘Justice is very expensive’ has…

State House, Banjul, 2nd April, 2019 - On the sidelines of the inauguration of the President of Senegal, Macky Sall, after his re-election, President Barrow held a series of bilateral talks with world leaders including Her Excellency…

The parliament of Gambia approves ratification of massive new $3 trillion African Continental Free Trade Area agreement on Monday. With Gambia’s ratification, a massive new African free trade zone is springing into being, said a top…

The discreet detention center is not known to even residents in the area. Babucarr Bah, the TRRC witness who confessed to torturing Omar Jallow with Almamo Manneh was detained the compound. The Truth Commission investigating the human…

John Charles Mendy is a chief security at The Gambia International Airlines (GIA). It is a crime to lie before the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparation Commission though the Justice Ministry did not say anything about Mendy's fate so far.…

A delegation of the Gambia Press Union (GPU), led by the President Sheriff Bojang Jr, Monday morning held a meeting with the Director of Press and Public Relations at the State House on the new press accreditation policy. The meeting was…