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2016 impasse: Soldier asked to explode GNPC stations confessed
Bubacarr Bah is the 15th witness before the Truth Commission and the first to have confessed of torture. He tortured veteran Gambian politician Omar Jallow alias OJ.
A Gambian soldier specialized in explosives and ammunitions was asked…
Soldier who “tortured” OJ apologizes before the TRRC
Veteran politician Omar Jallow, the 13th Commission witness, has testified how he was tortured by then sergeant Bubacarr Bah and Almamo Manneh.OJ said Bah was the one who broke his eyes.
Captain Bubacarr Bah, the soldier who has been…
MC Cham narrates nightmare in military detention
The veteran politician, arrested multiple times by the Junta, said his woes started when he gave a newspaper interview defending the achievements of the People’s Progressive Party.
A veteran Gambian politician, Mamadou Cham alias MC…
AU selects First Lady Barrow to lead campaign against pollution in Africa
State House, Banjul, 11th February 2019 - Her Excellency, First Lady Fatoumata Bah-Barrow has been selected by the AU Commission as the Regional Chair for West Africa to lead the continent-wide efforts of ensuring a pollution-free Africa.…
Unnecessary to ‘litigate’ issues mention before TRRC in media- Sise
The chairman of the Truth Commission probing the human rights violations of the former dictator, Yahya Jammeh, has described as unnecessary, the actions of people who are contradicting the stories before the Commission in the public…
Gambia leads international efforts to protect Rohingya Muslims
In 2015, Gambia has offered to resettle Rohingyas fleeing persecution from Myanmar. The small nation leads the discussion in world’s second biggest global body, Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.
An inter-ministerial committee of the…
UDP women wing goes to congress in February
The United Democratic Party is holding a congress for its women wing starting February 15 this year, barely one week after its youth congresses in Gunjur.
This is the first women congress to be organized by a political party in the…
Gov’t lifts temporary travel ban on public officials
On 1 October 2018, the government through the Finance Ministry imposed temporary travel restrictions on all government-funded trips except for essential statutory meetings.
The Government of The Gambia has lifted the temporary travel…
‘My response to Dr Ceesay on deportation of migrants’
By Sarjo Barrow
As I sat in Detroit Metropolitan Airport patiently waiting for my connection to Madison, I decided to catch up on Gambian news. Of course, I started with my two sisters’ network—the F’s. Then I moved onto WOG to appease…
Secretary General to convene retreat with gov’t officials in Tendaba
State House, Banjul, 7th February 2019 - The Public is hereby informed that the Office of the Secretary and Head of the Civil Service, Office of the President, will organize a high-level government retreat for Permanent Secretaries and…