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Ex-minister urges Pres. Barrow to rescind decision to de-reserve a portion of Salagi Forest
A former minister of environment, Bai Mass Taal, and four former top Government officials have written an open letter to President Adama Barrow urging him to rescind the decision to de-reserve a portion of Salagi Forest.
Below is the…
Police freed Killa Ace on bail
A popular Gambian artist who has been arrested on Saturday for his alleged involvement in a protest in Serrakunda has been released on a police bail on Monday.
The rapper’s colleagues and activists have said he was denied visitor since…
The continuation of Jammeh-Style corruption: The GPA edition
Dr Ousman Gajigo
The surfacing of a bank transfer request last week demonstrated that the Barrow government has no intention of changing the corrupt practices that were prevalent under the Jammeh dictatorship. The transfer notice shows…
GPU begins training on investigative reporting for 20 journalists
The Gambia Press Union with funding from the United Nations Democracy Fund on Monday, 19th August 2019, kicked off a ten-day training on investigative journalism.
The training provides in-depth reporting skills on corruption and…
Popular rapper Killa Ace denied police bail
By Sally Jobe
A popular Gambian rapper and activist, Killa Ace, has been denied a police bail on Monday, his lawyer told journalists at a press conference in Banjul.
The artist was also held incommunicado, said his colleagues, a…
GPA and Gambia Police Force should be investigated
By Madi Jobarteh
Fatu Network. Kerr Fatou. Harona. EyeAfrica TV. The Trumpet. The Chronicle. Foroyaa. The Point. Standard. The Voice. GRTS. Gambia Daily. West Coast Radio. Star FM. DHK. Paradise FM. Hot FM. QTV. Gainako. All Radio and TV…
Reprisal is dictatorship: Free Killa Ace and the youths
Arson, vandalism and stone throwing are not part of freedom of assembly and those who engage in such must be apprehended to face the law. What happened to Notorious Officer Gorgui Mboob’s House and the ransacking of Police stations in…
Mankamang Kunda police station saga: Ports claims procedures were followed
The Gambia Ports Authority has claimed it has followed all due procedures in the financing of the building of a police station in Mankamang Kunda.
The Authority said in a press release on Sunday that the request for the building of the…
Activist Killa Ace, others charged in connection to July Serrakunda protest
A popular Gambian rapper and activist, Ali Cham commonly known as Killa Ace, has been arrested by police with dozen other youths in connection to a protest in July against the death of a Sierra Leonean national Ousman Darboe.
Darboe, a…
‘Leaked letter’ suggests GPA to sponsor building a police station in Mankamang Kunda
Gambia Ports Authority is to finance the building of a police station at Mankamang Kunda, the native village of President Adama Barrow.
A leaked letter purportedly from GPA shows a request from Ports to Trust Bank Limited to transfer…