By Sarjo Bayang, UK Who is responsible in the order to shoot and kill? On Monday 18 June 2018, the community of Faraba Banta in Kombo East, Western Region was stormed by Gambian government riot police who fired live bullets on peaceful environmental protest crowd. Two died on the spot […]

Broadcast Statement on the violent incident at Faraba Fellow Gambians, I learnt with deep regret about the clashes between some members of the Police Intervention Unit – PIU and some members of the community of Faraba in Kombo East.  We are a mourning nation today, and my sincere condolences go […]

We can’t point fingers to the past to explain today’s incident. This incident happened under Barrow’s watch. The Faraba mining standoff was in the news for weeks before the fatal shootings. Therefore, it is Barrow’s own failure not to have seen the writings on the wall. The institutions on the […]

I wish to extend my heartfelt condolences and prayers to the victims and the families of Faraba Banta peaceful protesters who were cowardly killed and injured by the rogue elements of Police Intervention Unit otherwise known as paramilitary force. People of Faraba have constitutional right to express grievances against environmental […]

Karamo N.M. Sonko, Ph.D Heeno Occasional Postings, No.22, June 15, 2018 On Tuesday, May 22nd, 2018, I was fortunate to witness The Gambia’s historic achievement in Brussels, Belgium, where an International Conference for The Gambia, organized by the European Union (EU), amassed €1.45 billion (US$1.7 billion) in support of the […]

Open Letter to President Barrow JUSTICE FOR THE FARABA VICTIMS NOW! Dear Mr. President, When you appointed me Executive Secretary of the TRRC back in late January 2018, my understanding was that your government was fully and genuinely invested in addressing past human rights violations and preventing the recurrence of […]

The recent donor conference in Belgium is reported to have raised 1.45 billion euros for the tiny Gambia all due to the new path we have decided to follow as a collective and out of sympathy for the maladministration we endured for 22 years under Jallow Kanilai. The hard truth […]

By Alhassan Darboe, GunjurNewsonline University of The Gambia made history today by producing its first ever PhD graduate in collaboration with University of Gaston Berger. The degree is in Mathematics bagged by John T. Mendy, a student of University of The Gambia. Speaking at the convocation ceremony, Vice Chancellor, Professor […]

It is the inexorable law of nature that every creature will succumb. Stated differently, human life is transient. In a limited sense, and in our geographic circumstances, what permanence there is belongs to the physical entity called Gambia and its betterment must therefore constitute our collective preoccupation. It is incontestable […]

Dear Lawyer Mandela Darboe, I use your earned honorific title “Lawyer Mandela Darboe” most respectfully – and I believe I was the first to use it on Kairo News and JollofNews when Bandit Yahya Jammeh murdered Solo and arrested you and your colleagues. I write this first letter to you […]

Reports seen by The Manual have revealed that then Foreign Affairs Minister and now president of Ghana Nana Akufo-Addo nearly fought with his Gambian counterpart, Bala Gaye in Banjul when he led a delegation to Gambia following the murder of 44 Ghanaians. Read more: https://www.modernghana.com/news/858617/ghanaians-killed-in-gambia-akufo-addo-nearly-fought-my-for.html

Ibrahim Sourie Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 June 2018: Just two weeks ago, I finished reading one of the most fascinating books called “Why Nations Fail”. After reading the book, I appreciate how far Sierra Leone has failed to impress on the world stage, since gaining independence in 1961. Read […]