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Survivors of Jammeh’s ‘fake’ HIV treatment sue ex-dictator
Survivors of Bogus HIV and AIDS “Cure” Seek Compensation, Recognition of Human Rights Abuses in Gambian Courts
Three survivors of Yahya Jammeh’s fraudulent and destructive HIV and AIDS “treatment programme” have today filed a legal…
Activist Dr Janneh charged to court over removal of Golden Lead pipes
Dr Scattred Janneh who is currently in U.S. was charged in absentia on Wednesday at the Brikama Magistrate Court.
The state has charged 6 natives of Gunjur with willful damages of private property and conspiracy to commit crime for…
Faraba to seek a court injunction against a mining company
Tense calm: Dozens paramilitary forces guard the property of Julakay Group in Faraba as villagers contemplate court injunction against sand mining group.
The community said the Julakay Group and the Government have told them that they…
Veteran lawmaker advocates using local languages as medium of instruction
Seedia Jatta said Gambia “should revert to using local languages as means of instruction” in official businesses now that the country is “not under the British colonial rule”.
By Mustapha Darboe
A veteran Gambian lawmaker, Seedia…
Westminster Foundation appoints Activist Jobarteh as country director
Until his appointment, Madi Jobarteh was the deputy executive director of Tango, an association of Gambia Non-governmental organisations
An outspoken Gambian activist, Madi Jobarteh, has been appointed as the country director for…
Barrow government committed to Banjul Port development
The Port of Antwerp, Belgium, has announced plans to set up training for the dock workers locally in The Gambia in collaboration with Antwerp Maritime Training Centre (APEC).
The port of Antwerp has already trained around130 port…
Nko: An African alphabet rising from decades of subjugation
Nko is an alphabet developed in Guinea Conakry seventy years ago under the shadows of foreign scripts but the suppressed alphabet is recently gaining popularity in West Africa.
By Mustapha K Darboe
When a Guinean scholar Sulayman Kanteh…
Ghanaian president orders study of Yahya Jammeh’s extradition request
The request which was made by a campaign group Human Rights Watch and Trial International is led by an American lawyer, Reed Broody, Ghanaian media reported.
The government of Ghana has on Sunday directed its Ministry of Foreign Affairs…
Pres. Barrow donates 10% of his salary to national devt. Program
Activist said the Gambian president should also unveil his salary as it is shrouded in secrecy.
President Adama Barrow of The Gambia has pledged 10% of his salary to the country’s National Development Plan (NDP), the presidency…
VP Jallow says ‘no strings attached’ to €1.45 bln donor pledge
The Vice President acknowledged the need for the new government to chase grants instead of loans as a means of sustainable socioeconomic development.
Gambia’s Vice President, Fatoumatta Jallow-Tambajang has moved to allay widespread…