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“’Bukarabou’ Music Was Ongoing In Jammeh’s Residence, While Migrants Are Been…
By Buba Gagigo
Warrant Officer Class 2, Lamin Sillah also a member of former President Jammeh’s hit squad told the Truth Commission that "Bukarabou" music was ongoing at the residence of former president Yahya Jammeh in Kanilai,…
Arrival of Gambian Players Delays; GFF Attributes It To Chattered Flight
By Buba Gagigo
The Gambia Football Federation said in a statement that due to technical reasons, the chaterred flight that supposed to bring the Scorpions players to Banjul on yesterday couldn't leave Brussels as scheduled; but…
IEC Announces New Date For Voter Registration
The Independent Electoral Commission has announced that it will conduct the long-awaited voter registration exercise from 29th May to July 11th 2021.
The exercise will run from 8am to 5pm daily during the period, according to a…
Dr. Ceesay Says Gambia Lacks Strategies To Fight Corruption
By: Landing Ceesay
The leader of opposition Citizens’ Alliance (CA) party Dr. Ismaila Ceesay, said the Gambia since independence lacks strategies to fight corruption.
“It is not about who is corrupt and who is not corrupt. What…
Statement by the Chair, Dr. Lamin J Sise, at the opening of the Twenty- Second Session of the TRRC’s…
22 March, 2021
Today Monday, 22 March, 2021 the TRRC will begin its 22nd session of public hearings. As at the end of the 21st session, the Commission had heard testimonies from a total of 358 witnesses. Of these, 285 were…
Madi Jobarteh: Government must Take Responsibility for the Violence in Sanyang
The Gambia Police Force must be advised that the issue in Sanyang cannot be addressed by mere arrests, detentions and prosecutions. This is because the issue in Sanyang, just like in similar communities, is first and foremost a political…
Gambia’s Covid-19 Tally Surges By 63 Cases
The Gambia’s coronavirus tally has increased by 63 cases, but the death toll remains at 160, according to the 282nd COVID-19 national situation report published on 19th March 2021.
Fondly referred to as the smiling coast…
Journalists, CSOs Hope To Find Fact Checking Skill Taught To Them Useful In Their Work
By Mustapha Ceesay
Gambian journalists and members of the Civil Society Organisations who benefitted from the training on combating the spread of fake news using fact checking hope to find the skill useful in their work.
The…
Magistrate Joof Orders Murder Suspect Sey Be Remanded At Mile 2
Presiding Magistrate Sainey Joof of the Brikama Magistrates’ Court has recently ordered for Gana Sey, a Senegalese, suspected of killing Gibril Ceesay in Sanyang be remanded at Mile 2 prison, awaiting his next court attendance,…
The Digital Age, Fake News and the Gambian Journalist
By Famara Fofana
In this day of breathtaking transformations in the digital media landscape, journalism appears to bea less hard job. Despite being blessed with the internet and the many conveniences it has brought to humankind,…