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Stand against abuse of power and disregard of the rule of law!
By Madi Jobarteh
It is less than three years when we ended a Dictatorship notorious for violations without accountability hence impunity. For 22 years we had a regime in which the law enforcement and justice delivery institutions were…
Tony Blair: Gambia has made ‘huge progress’ under Barrow
State House, Banjul, 3rd September 2019 - Tony Blair, Chairman of the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change (TBI) and former long-time UK Prime Minister has extolled the remarkable progress registered in The Gambia since President Barrow…
Kanifing Court transfers Killa Ace, 36 others’ case to High Court
The Kanifing Magistrate Court sends 37 youths to Mile 2 until October when the High Court resumes session. The case of Killa and 36 others are transferred to High Court because the lower court does not have the jurisdiction to try charges…
Diplomatic passport fraud: Police confirm arrest of 3 protocol officers, President’s driver
Gambian police have confirmed arresting at least nine people in connection to alleged diplomatic passport fraud involving 3 protocol officers at the Foreign Ministry and driver of President Adama Barrow’s driver.
In a statement on…
“IGP, Attorney General should withdraw charges against the 37 youths”
Statement by Madi Jobarteh at the Monday press conference of Team Gomsa Bopa on the arrest of 37 Youths
I wish to state upfront that my interest here is to ensure justice and the respect for the constitutionally guaranteed fundamental…
‘Arrest of 37 youths a typical malpractice we saw under Jammeh’
A civil society organization calling itself “Team Gomsa Bopa” has held a press conference on Monday denouncing the arrest and detention of Killa Ace and 36 others at Mile 2. The 37 are charged in connection to the July 24th protest in…
Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara, leader of peace
By Roï Rosenblit, Ambassador of Israel to The Gambia
“The idea of settling conflicts between peoples by peaceful means applies to all countries, in the Middle East as in Vietnam” said Prime Minister of the Gambia, Sir Dawda Kairaba…
VP Touray meets Japanese Prime Minister Abe
On August 31st, 2019, the Vice President of The Gambia, Dr. Isatou Touray, accompanied by Foreign Minister, Dr. Mamadou Tangara, paid a courtesy call on the Prime Minister of Japan, H.E. Shinzo Abe at his office in Tokyo.
The Vice…
TRRC’s Jallow delivers keynote address at conference on African truth commissions
TRRC Media Advisory
The Executive Secretary of the TRRC, Dr. Baba Galleh Jallow, was the keynote speaker at a conference on African truth commissions held at the campus of the University of Ghana, Legon on the 26th and 27th August, 2019.…
Gambia’s founding father Kairaba Jawara laid to rest
Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara, according to veteran politician and long-term opponent Sidia Jatta, is honest and tolerant. Jatta said people would insult Jawara at his political rallies and he would do nothing to them.
Gambia’s founding…