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GPU to train 20 journalists on investigative reporting
The Gambia Press Union with funding from the United Nations Democracy Fund will on Monday, 19th August 2019 begin a ten-day training on investigative journalism for twenty journalists.
The participants, drawn from both print and…
New Yundum “dissatisfied” with “community’s land” given to lawmakers
The community of New Yundum is reportedly “displeased” over Government’s decision to allocate their land to lawmakers for residential purposes.
The village development committee (VDC) of the Kombo North settlement said it is holding a…
Gambian ambassador presents letters of credence to Malian president
Gambian ambassador resident in Senegal overseeing Mali on Thursday presented his Letters of Credence to Malian president Ibrahim Boubacar KEITA at Koulouba, the Malian Presidential Palace.
According to press statement from the foreign…
Gambians Are Sending Big Money Home: Changing Lives and Government
$1.4 billion in transfers to the country between 2009 and 2018
$245 million in remittances received by households in 2018 (15% of GDP)
122, 310 households are receiving remittances on a monthly basis
More than $100,000 in funding…
Four Junglers released from state custody
Barely 24 hours after Justice Minister Abubacarr Tambadou met the victims at the Victims Centre, four Junglers have been released from state custody.
The army spokesperson Major Lamin Sanyang told Kerr Fatou that Malick Jatta, Omar…
Justice Minister meet victims over release of Junglers
Justice Minister Abubacarr Tambadou has met with dozen of victims of human rights violations of former President Yahya Jammeh amidst controversy over his planned release of Junglers.
The three Junglers, Omar Jallow, Malick Jatta and…
There is a third option: Charge the Junglers
By Muhammad Sosseh,
Maryland, USA
In the Attorney General’s attempt to rationalize the recommendation to release confessed killers to the society, he gave the victims and Gambians a false choice between on the one hand releasing the…
Truck carrying timber refuses to stop at ECOMIG checkpoint, injuring soldiers on guard
A truck carrying logs has overran a military checkpoint at Bwiam causing injury to ECOMIG soldiers on guard, the police said on Friday. The Inspector General of Police Mamour Jobe said he has noted with deep concern that “some drivers are…
Gunjur demand gov’t intervention in land dispute with Berending
Youth leaders of Gunjur and a representative of the village’s Alkalo Gikke Darboe have met governor of West Coast Region on Wednesday.
Natives of Gunjur are demanding action from central government over the land dispute the town has…
Veteran Gambian journalist Pap Saine named 2019 Percy Qoboza Foreign Journalist of the Year
A veteran Gambian journalist and colleague of killed journalist Deyda Hydara, Pap Saine, has been named 2019 Percy Qoboza Foreign Journalist of the Year by the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) in America.
The award was…