WASHINGTON – A Nigerian man in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Enforcement (ICE) at the Worcester County Jail in Snow Hill, Maryland, passed away Saturday morning at the facility. Anthony Oluseye Akinyemi, 56, was pronounced dead at 5:23 a.m. local time December 21, 2019, after he was found unresponsive […]
Freedom
Former Minister Regrets Defending Jammeh’s Internet Laws
By Abdoulie John The frmer Information Minister has expressed regret for his role in helping ousted Gambian dictator to come up with draconian internet laws destined for crushing dissent in the cyberspace. Nana Grey-Johnson described the move as the ‘lowest point’ in his life. Mr. Grey-Johnson’s comments come on the […]
Media Council of Gambia Application
Media Council of The Gambia Call for application Position: Executive Secretary Salary: Attractive/Negotiable Reporting to: Chairperson of the Governing Council Deadline: 4:00pm on Monday June 10th, 2019 The Media Council of the Gambia invites applications from suitably qualified candidates for the position of EXECUTIVE SECRETARY. What we are looking for: […]
The Gambia: Towards A One-stop Media Regulator
The Point was not on point. Two girls, raped and sexually molested, were in the pages of the newspaper. This breach was gross – ethically and legally. The country was shocked. The doubting Thomases of the new-found press freedom shout from mountain tops: untrained and uneducated bunch they are but […]
Sheriff Bojang Elected GPU President
Multimedia Gambian journalist who works for several international media organisations has been elected the President of Gambia Press Union. Sheriff Bojang Jr, a native of Brikama was among several dozens of Gambians journalists exiled by the ousted dictator Yahya Jammeh. Sheriff won the free and fair contest after outperforming Modou […]
No Longer Forbidden
By Foday Samateh I once reviewed a book on media persecution in The Gambia and titled the piece “Freedom of Expression is Forbidden Here.” With the fall of the despotic rule a year ago, what was once a fight for idealism has become a reality. A glance at the media […]
Boy Djinné Case Soiling Gambia-Senegal Crisis Talks
By Abdoulie John Officials of the Gambia and Senegal are gearing up for a second round of talks to resolve their unresolved issues. The talks, scheduled to take place in July 2016, will chart a way forward for the two neighbouring countries that have been designed to get get along. […]
Al-Shabaab Journalist Executed By Firing Squad
By NAIROBI NEWS REPORTER Somalia military on Monday morning executed an Al-Shabaab journalist by firing squad. Hassan Hanafi, who was tried and sentenced to death for aiding the terror group to kill five other journalists, was on Monday tied to the firing post and executed. According to Enca, several journalists […]
We Remember you Dr King!
Stand up for something and go all the way to achieve just that. Tyranny shall be history in the Gambia soon, that is our dream.
Doggone Erdogan: Putin’s X-Mas Turkey?
Today, 16 Dec 2015, US VP Joe Bidden released a statement asking Turkey to pull troops out of Iraq. Those Turkish troops in Iraq have just been bombed, today, by ISIS – with Turkish supplied weapons! Or was it Turkey requesting ISIS to bomb Turkish troops in Iraq? That would […]
Freedom In The Air; Kartong Case Dismissed
All roads lead to Brikama this morning where thousands of people converge to witness the case of the Kartong 33. And to their utter dismay, everything moves fast like a wind. The state prosecutor E. Sarr cracks the nut when he files an application even before the remanded environmental […]
In The Middle Of The Storm
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