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‘FJC did not ask me not to cooperate with TRRC’
Alagie Kanyi, a witness in the ongoing trial of tampering with a Truth Commission witness, has told the High Court that Fatoumatta Jahumpa Ceesay did not ask him not to cooperate with the Commission.
Ceesay, a former speaker of the…
Activists urge Gov’t to drop charges against ‘3 years Jotna’ protesters
A coalition of civil society organizations have petitioned Gambia Government officials to drop charges against 15 young people arrested in connection to ‘3 years Jotna’ protest.
The young people were arrested at Senegambia area couple of…
Interior Minister and IGP must be held accountable for Kanilai shooting
At the outset I demand that the Minister of Interior, the Inspector General of Police and the responsible officers at Kanilai checkpoint to resign or be sacked for the shooting of Ismaila Tamba. The act of shooting an unarmed citizen…
GPU trains 20 Gambian journalists on investigative journalism
Training for 20 Gambian journalists on investigative journalism has began at Senegambia on Monday. The training was conducted by the Gambia Press Union in partnership with German NGO Konrad Adenauer Stiftung.
This is the second batch of…
‘Military police investigating the Kanilai shooting’
The military police are investigating a soldier who was reported to have shot one Ismaila Tamba, a native of Kanilai on Sunday.
Tamba who is now recovering from his gunshot wound at the Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital (EFSTH) was…
TDA saga: GT Board responds to media report on exoneration of EJ Investments
The Managing Director of Gambia Tourism Board has told journalists on Friday at the institution’s head office that they have not exonerated EJ Investments as part of estate companies that are selling lands in the Tourism Development Area.…
Gambia to take Rohingya issue to ICJ— FM Tangara
During an official visit to Bangladesh on Friday, Gambia’s Foreign Minister Dr Mamadou Tangara said they are committed to taking the Rohingya issue to the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
The Gambian Foreign Minister said this when…
“Witness tampering” case: Kanyi reveal details of phone call with Touray
Alagie Kanyi, a former soldier who have confessed to participating in 11 killings, has told the High Court on Thursday that Yankuba Touray has called him to inquire if he had told the Truth Commission anything relating to the death of…
PPP leadership division: Factions face each other in court
A faction of the leadership of the People’s Progressive Party has initiated a court action seeking to nullify the election of Papa Njie as the Secretary General of the party.
The case began on Thursday at High Court.
The PPP held a…
Parliamentarians for Global Action meet in Banjul
A two-day Regional Parliamentary Workshop on the Role of Women Parliamentarians in the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction began yesterday at the National Assembly auditorium in Banjul.
The workshop organised by Parliamentarians…