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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…
To honour and celebrate Dawda Kairaba Jawara is to uphold and live by his principles in practice!
“It is only when people are at peace with themselves that they can share it with their neighbours. One can certainly not give what one doesn’t have. One has to have peace to be able to give peace. One has to have a democratic spirit in…
Sir Dawda’s passing: Pres. Barrow declares 3 days of national mourning
Gambian leader Adama Barrow has declared three days of national mourning on Wednesday as the country remembers its founder president who passed away on Tuesday.
Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara died on Tuesday afternoon after a brief illness. He…
Courts remands popular artist Killa Ace, 36 others in custody
A popular Gambian musician and activist, Killa Ace, has been remanded in custody by the Kanifing Magistrate Court in connection to July protest. Protest erupt in Serrekunda in July over the death of a Sierra Leonean national Ousman Darboe…
Mourning Sir Dawda: Gambia lowers flags at public institutions to half mast
Flags at public institutions in the Gambia are to be lowered to half-mast to mourn the death of country’s first president Dawda Kairaba Jawara, President Adama Barrow has ordered. Jawara passed away on Tuesday peacefully at his home in…
Gambia’s first president Dawda Kairaba Jawara dies, age 95
The first president of the Gambia, Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara, has died on Tuesday, his family sources confirmed to Kerr Fatou. Jawara, country’s founder leader, led the Gambia to independence in 1965 and became the first President on April…
Anger flares at the release of Gambia’s confessed killers
Late July a few former members of the Junglers, a group of hitmen under the military regime, testified before the Truth, reconciliation and reparations Commission in Gambia. They confessed to many killings. Within days, their release from…
Revisiting the wrong decision to release the Junglers
Dr. Ousman Gajigo
The more one thinks about the release of the Junglers, the more it becomes clear what a truly bad decision it was. The reasonings provided by our Justice Minister, Mr. Abubacarr Tambedou, demonstrates that he has…
Germany: Deportation puts Gambian migrants in fear—Refugee Council tells Pres. Barrow
The acceleration of deportations in recent months has led many Gambians in Germany to live in fear, according to the Refugee Council of Baden-Württemberg.
The Council wrote to Gambian leader Adama Barrow on August 26 urging him to engage…
Victims of Junglers protest against their release
Nine direct victims of the activities of Junglers, hitmen who were allegedly operating on the orders of former President Yahya Jammeh, have protested against the release of the 6 who had testified before the Truth Commission.
The justice…