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Mother Had To Withdraw Kids From School After Losing Livelihood For Opposing Jammeh
By Kebba Jeffang
A fifty-six-year-old mother, Kumba Kora, has withdrawn all her three school-going children because she couldn’t afford their education.
Hailing from Tambasangsang in the Upper River Region,…
EU Stands ready to take action to protect human rights defenders
By Arfang M.S. Camara
European Union in the Gambia has announced the beginning of a campaign # Breakthesilence# to protect human right defenders in the country.
The diplomatic unit of the EU bloc made this controversial pledge on…
Switzerland: Another ‘Jammeh associate’ in legal trouble
The timber case is the second high-profile case the Trial International has brought against a former ally of ex-president Yahya Jammeh in less than 3 years. In January 2017, the international rights watchdog lodged a criminal complaint…
Victim Center advises IG to deny APRC permit to protest
The Center for Victims of Human Rights Violations has written to the Inspector General of police urging him not to grant Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction party a permit to protest for return of Yahya Jammeh.
There…
Vatican II revisited: On the equality and unity of faiths
By Baba Galleh Jallow
A day before Christmas 2019, Reuters quoted Pope Francis as saying to the world’s estimated 1.3 billion Catholics, and by extension the entire world community that “God continues to love us all, even the worst of…
‘Clarifications concerning certain provisions in draft constitution’
Following the publication by the CRC of the Draft Constitution, a large number of the Gambian population (including other stakeholders) have been actively engaged in various discussions concerning its provisions. The CRC welcomes the…
Lawmakers reject Pres. Barrow’s pick for ombudsman
The lawmakers have on Friday rejected the appointment of Babucarr A. Suwareh, President Adama Barrow’s choice for the position of the office of the ombudsman.
Suwareh was appointed by President Barrow in consultation with the public…
Secularism debate heightens tension
By former information minister Demba A. Jawo
The trend that the raging debate on secularism is taking seems to have plunged this country into quite an unnecessary heightened tension between the secularists and the religious extremists.…
Gambia must not allow extremism to take roots
In his annual Christmas Message delivered to the nation today, President Adama Barrow has warned Gambians about “grave distortions” of religious teachings.
Such distortions can be used as excuses for extremism, leading to evil, social…
GPU mourns demise of doyen journalist Sarjo Barrow
23 December, 2019: Fajara: The Gambia Press Union (GPU) is deeply shocked and saddened to hear the news of the death of veteran journalist Sarjo Barrow.
The renowned broadcaster spent almost all his productive career with the Gambia…