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Jammeh’s 22 years: 15 media houses arbitrarily closed, over 140 journalists arrested
About two journalists, Deyda Hydara and Omar Barrow, were also killed while journalist Chief Ebrima Manneh disappeared. For these crimes, no one was brought to book and there were no conclusive, credible state investigations into the…
Three years after the July 15th coup attempt in Turkey, the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO)…
On the 15th of July we are marking the third anniversary of the hideous coup attempt by the Fethullah Terrorist Organisation (FETO), staged in Turkey three years ago on 15 July, 2016. As is known, this bloody attempt was thwarted by the…
Gambia Press Union condemns attack on two journalists by APRC
Tuesday, 9 July 2019, Fajara: The Gambia Press Union condemned the attack on the cameraman of Fatu Network and reporter for Radio France International (RFI) at the High Court in Banjul Monday afternoon by supporters of the former ruling…
UDP donates D300, 000 to victims of windstorm
The United Democratic Party (UDP) has donated three hundred thousand dalasis to victims of windstorm in Central and Upper River Regions.
The windstorm which occurred last month has destroyed hundreds of compounds, rendering many people…
Jammeh suppresses media to keep people uninformed—Says GPU SG
The Gambia Press Union was one institution that was widely praised for standing up to dictatorship during Yahya Jammeh's 22 years.
The secretary general of the Gambia Press Union, Saikou Jammeh, has told the Truth Commission on Monday…
Yankuba Touray to face 10 additional murder charges
The state prosecutors in the murder trial of former state minister Yunkuba Touray have requested adequate time to amend his indictments to add at least 10 additional murder charges.
Touray currently faces single count of murder for his…
NAGBV stats shows scary trend of rape in Gambia
Statistics collected by the Network Against Gender-Based Violence has recorded close to 2000 cases of gender-based violence, almost half of which are rape cases within the past 5 years.
The stats were collected in only 8 state…
Cabinet approves transformation of GTTI into University of Science, Engineering, Technology
State House, Banjul: July 05, 2019 – In its sixth Session presided over by His Excellency, President Adama Barrow, Cabinet has approved the proposal by Ministry of Higher Education to transform the country's tertiary technical institute…
APRC accuses Justice Minister of deliberate campaign against their party
The APRC leader said they could not challenge the forfeiture of the assets of their leader Yahya Jammeh because of financial difficulty facing the party. “We would have sought a court injunction against the forfeiture,” said Fabakary…
Gambian activists show support to former President’s allege rape victim
Gambians activists have on Thursday held a peaceful procession to express solidarity with former beauty queen, Fatou Jallow, who claimed she was raped by former President Yahya Jammeh.
Jallow came public with her story for the first time…