Human rights

Gambia’s Ministry of Justice said in a statement on Tuesday that they have “learnt with great appreciation” the decision by the United States to place an entry ban on former president Yahya Jammeh, wife and his two kids. The US announced…

The son and the daughter of the former Gambian president were both born in U.S. The U.S. State Department said former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh and members of his immediate family are now ineligible for entry into the United States.…

The Point was not on point. Two girls, raped and sexually molested, were in the pages of the newspaper. This breach was gross - ethically and legally. The country was shocked. The doubting Thomases of the new-found press freedom shout…

By Baba Galleh Jallow, executive secretary of the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparation Commission Finally we have a date: The TRRC will hold its first public hearing on Monday January 7, 2019. The decision was finalized at a meeting of…

The Faraba report which recommended prosecution of five police officers did state that the police were “outnumbered” and “overpowered”, reinforcing views that they may have acted in self-defense The commissioner of the Faraba…

By Satang Nabaneh The ongoing public consultations on the constitutional review process spearheaded by the Constitutional Review Commission (CRC) highlights a polarising debate on citizenship which reflects the difficulty of consensus…

Today, there is an audible silence in the literary world. A giant of African Journalism has fallen. Swaebou Conateh was a son of Africa, a child of The Gambia who owed his being to the fertile River of The Gambia and the highlands of Mali.…

The Government of the Gambia has completed the payment of D4, 964, 400 (US$100, 000) compensation to the family of Chief Ebrima Manneh, a journalists believed to have been killed by state agents in 2006. The sister of the killed…

Vice president Ousainou Darboe said Gambia must have policies in place to protect its women folks since there are adequate laws to tackle gender base violence.   From 2014 to 2017, the Gambia has recorded 1,576 cases of gender base…

The Government said the families of those who were killed and those who sustained injuries or lost their properties will be compensated by the state. Though it is not clear how much is involved but Minister Abubacarr Tambadou said a…