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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…
Prince Charles salutes Gambia’s return to Commonwealth
Prince Charles congratulated Gambia on Thursday for turning its back on “autocratic” rule at home and returning to the Commonwealth fold as he began a nine-day Africa tour.
Gambia rejoined the Commonwealth in February, five years after…
GPU introduces 21 journalists to digital economy
The Gambia Press Union has on Thursday started a two-day training for twenty-one Gambian journalists on digital economy at Football Hotel in Old Yumdum.
The Digital Economy sometimes call the internet economy refers to an economy that is…
British Royals visit Fajara War Cemetery
British Royals who are on a three-day tour to the country have visited the Fajara War Cemetery along Kairaba Avenue on Thursday.
The well-pared graveyard for war veterans from Second World War, which was initially in Banjul around the…
‘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…
Prince Charles in Gambia for first leg of Africa trip
Prince Charles of Britain and his wife, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, arrived in Gambia on Wednesday to begin a three-day visit.
President Adama Barrow and first lady Fatoumata Barrow greeted the royal couple at the foot of the aircraft…
Turkish ambassador hails ‘fruitful partnership’ with Gambia
The Turkish ambassador to Gambia, İsmail Sefa Yuceer, said his country enjoys ‘fruitful’ ‘equal partnership’ with Gambia, a relation that remains one of Turkey’s “key priorities”.
At a reception at the Ocean Bay during the celebration of…
GMC expels former administrative secretary
The Gambia Moral Congress has expelled its former administrative secretary Alagie A.F. Jallow, the party said in a press release on Monday.
Jallow was a member of the National Executive of the party until he was expelled on Monday.…
‘Principles in African Charter must be realized’—VP Darboe
The vice president of The Gambia, Ousainou Darboe, has called on political leaders and key stakeholders to ensure that the principles contained in Africa’s chief human rights protection mechanism are “fully realized”.
The trained lawyer…
‘Gambia gets two surveillance vessels to fight illegal fishing’
Gambian authorities have secured two surveillance vessels to fight illegal fishing in the country’s territorial waters, James Gomez, Minister for Fisheries, Water Resources and National Assembly Matters told journalists on Tuesday.…