A supporter of Gambia President Adama Barrow wave ECOWAS flag during his swearing-in ceremony and the Gambia’s Independence day at Independence Stadium, in Bakau, Gambia February 18, 2017. REUTERS/Thierry Gouegnon – RC1D29499DF0 As the Gambia goes to the polls on December 4, 2021, the MFWA’s Senior Programme Officer for Freedom […]
Press Freedom
Attack On Journalists: GPU Scolds APRC
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 party. The two journalists were allegedly attacked by the sympathisers of the Alliance for Patriotic, Reorientation […]
Editor Tells TRRC ‘Journalists Were The Most Targeted’
By Abdoulie John The Editor-in-chief of The Standard newspaper, Lamin Cham, said Monday that journalists were the leading targets of Yahya Jammeh’s two-decade long dictatorship. In his testimony before the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC), Mr. Cham said Yahya Jammeh never missed the opportunity to lambast journalist. Cham gave […]
Public Order Still A Pain For Journalists
By Abdoulie John Gambia Press Union (GPU) President, Sheriff Bojang Jr, has called on public officials to be more open to media practitioners as the country’s Public Service Standing Orders continue to restrict access to information. “Unless journalists are given access to information that is crucial to the country, rumours, […]
The Gambia: IFJ backs call for journalists to boycott selection process
The IFJ-affiliated Gambia Press Union (GPU) has called on journalists not to comply with new rules imposed on journalists seeking to cover events in the Presidency. The GPU confirmed that the Office of the Director of Press and Public Relations (DPPR) is requiring journalists to go through a selection process […]
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 […]
GPU Mourns Doyen Journalist’s Death
Press Release Gambia Press Union Mourns the Death of a Doyen Journalist Suwaebou Conateh November 29, 2018: Fajara: The Gambia Press Union (GPU) has learnt with deep sadness and great shock the sudden death of Mr Swaebou Conateh, a veteran Gambian Journalist and publisher of the Gambia News and Report […]
Gambia’s MOST IMPORTANT NEWS OUTLET SHOULD SURELY HAVE DONE MUCH BETTER!
When GDC [Gambia Democratic Congress] and Pa Mbai picked GIRIGA Njie [Dawda] for KMC, I wrote that the Old Man (like myself) should have RETIRED GRACEFULLY! “Pa Mbai, please REFUND Papa Njie Girigara of Gambia Democratic Congress (GDC)” Dida Halake Ends
ECOWAS Court Rules Against Gambia’s Draconian Media Laws
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Regional Court today ruled that the Gambia’s draconian media laws on sedition, false news and criminal defamation violate the right to freedom of expression. In December 2015, Federation of African Journalists along with four exiled Gambian journalists filed a case against the […]
Gambia Will Be Doomed If We …
I think the allegation that the APRC loyalists are out to sabotage the new government is 100% true. We have people in the system who make it their duty to undermine the Barrow government without any reasonable justification. These government officials have their collaborators outside the system. One of […]
The SIS And The Dire Need For New National Standards In The Gambia
By Saul Saidykhan We Gambians love our one line labels. Sometimes it doesn’t even matter if there’s any substance to them. Last week, President Barrow through executive fiat, changed the name of the notorious secret State outfit from the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) to State Intelligence Service (SIS). Understandably, the […]
Deyda’s Murder: Calls For Justice Intensify
By Abdoulie John As activists and journalists commemorate the 11 anniversary of a prominent Gambian journalist’s murder, calls for justice have intensified. Deyda Hydara, the co-founder and Editor of The Point newspaper, was shot dead by unknown assailants on December 16th, 2004. His killers remain on the loose. “We still […]