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Meet the ‘dictator hunter’ after former ruler Yahya Jammeh
Gambia's former ruler Yahya Jammeh has ruled the small nation with an iron fist. In 22 years of his rule, anyone who dared him endured the wrath of his entire security apparatus.
However, on December 1 he was defeated by President Adama…
Gambia gets ‘partly free’ score on Freedom House Internet Freedom Index
Internet freedom in The Gambia has improved remarkably in the past year as internet users experienced less restrictions under President Adama Barrow, according to the 2018 Freedom House Index.
The index which was released recently said…
TRRC requests urgent medical board for victims
Acting in accordance with Section 15 (1a) and (4) of the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission Act, 2017, the TRRC has delivered an urgent request to the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare to set up a Medical Board to review…
APRC condemns ‘attack’ on Gambian timber trader by ‘Senegalese soldier’
The allege attack on the Gambian national was not by ECOMIG but Senegalese soldiers who often time operate on the Gambian side of the border based of the two countries’ March 2018 defense agreement, Kerr Fatou has learned.
The leader of…
Gambian journalist Musa Sheriff explains ordeal at NIA
The proprietor of The Voice newspaper and reporter for Pana Press has explained how he was tortured by country's feared National Intelligence Agency following his arrest in 2006.
Musa Sheriff was suspected to have been working for Freedom…
GPU urges government to punish crimes against journalists
On the occasion of the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, the Gambia Press Union (GPU) urges the Government of The Gambia to thoroughly investigate crimes against journalists.
In 2013, the UN General Assembly…
‘Gambians expect past rights violations to be prosecuted’, study shows
Majority of Gambians who spoke to Afrobarometer said they expect people who violated the rights of citizens for the past 22 year to be prosecuted in a court of law.
Gambians have varying expectations of the Truth, Reconciliation and…
‘I propose the creation of ‘Emergency Victim Relief Fund’
The pains, trauma, psychological, physical and mental abuses of Jammeh’s victims are too deep.
Some cases cannot wait for TRRC recommendations and compensations. I will urge Honourable members of Parliament to discuss the possibility of…
Banjul Mayoress Lowe donates over D50, 000 to Nogoi Njie
Nogoi Njie was visited by the First Lady who promised to help her through this struggling times
The Mayoress of Banjul, Rohey Malick Lowe, has donated D56, 000 to Nogoi Njie, a United Democratic Party supporter who has been struggling…