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President Adama Barrow has commissioned with immediate effect an independent inquiry into the circumstances that led to the death of civilians in Faraba Bantang. The commission is tasked to investigate the death of three protesters…

Acting on the powers vested in him by the Gambian Constitution, H. E. Adama Barrow has appointed veteran Gambian journalist and publisher of the American-based online journal, The Gambia Echo newspaper, Mr. Ebrima G. Sankareh as…

President Adama Barrow has promised application of full force of the law for the police who shot the protesters. A young man who has also sustained a gunshot wound in a conflict between natives of Faraba and police has died on Wednesday…

A statement from the Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International said the   arrest of the police officers who open fire at protesters killing two in Faraba is a positive first step. The Gambian authorities should thoroughly investigate…

Experts said the refusal placed Julakay in contempt with the lawmaking body’s environmental committee whose powers are equivalent to that of the high court. The National Assembly committee on environment has said the company whose mining…

Since the incident that killed 2 people in Faraba, both the country's interior minister Ebrima Mballow and police chief Landing Kinteh have said they did not authorise the use of fire arms. The Gambian police have announced an arrest of…

The members of Charter Seventy (C70) learnt with utmost outrage, of the killing by personnel of the Police Intervention Unit (PIU), of two unarmed demonstrators, Bakary Kujabi and Ebrima Bah, in the village of Faraba in the West Coast…

Barrow has promised the Government will take care of the medical bill of the wounded Faraba protesters President Adama Barrow has promised swift action from his government in ensuring justice for the victims of “police brutality” in…

The Gambia Press Union said in a statement that it is deeply concerned by the trend of attack on journalists on duty in recent times. The Gambia Press Union (GPU) hereby condemns in the strongest terms the assault on journalist Pa Modou…

The State House said the president has issued a directive suspending all mining activities until further notice. The President is deeply saddened by reports of clashes in Faraba which led to loss of lives. Out of extreme concern and…