HURIDAC Press Release: 2/11/17 HURIDAC’s Chair Appointed as an Advisor in The Gambia The Gambian government has appointed Ndey Tapha Sosseh as an Advisor to Ministry of Information and Communication Infrastructure. Ndey Tapha Sosseh serves as the Co-Chair of the Leadership Council of Human Rights Advancement, Development and Advocacy Centre […]
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ECOMIG Reacts To Fracas Incident
The Spokesman of the ECOWAS Mission in the Gambia (ECOMIG) has responded to an incident involving a journalists and ECOMIG on Wednesday at Kololi. Read below Commander Andy La-Anyane’s full response to the incident. ECOMIG has read an account of an incident that happened at the seat of the President […]
Journalist Explains Fracas With ECOMIG
Gambian journalist has explained how he got involved in a Fracas with peacekeepers of the ECOWAS Mission in the Gambia (ECOMIG). Below is an account of Fabakary Ceesay’s account of an incident that resulted to exchange of blows at the Kairaba Beach Hotel where 61st Ordinary Session of the African […]
Barrow Freed Over 300 Prisoners
Since his inauguration, President Adama Barrow has freed more than 300 prisoners. This is contained in President Barrow’s speech at the 61st Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights in Banjul. On behalf of the Government and People of The Gambia, and on my own behalf, […]
Gambia: 6 Judges Take Oath
President Adama Barrow swore in six new Gambian judges at his office in Fajara today. The President said that appointments of qualified legal experts would ensure that in future, the entire Gambian judicial system would be efficiently and professionally managed by qualified Gambians. The President called on the judges to […]
EU Will Remain Gambia’s Steadfast Partner
The European Union Special Representative for Human Rights Stavros Lambrinidis has reassured President Adamaambian Barrow that the block will remain a “steadfast partner of the Gambia government.” Read below a statement issued by President Barrow’s office after Gambian leader had received EU officials at State House in Fajara. The Gambia […]
Mau Mau — Who’s Dedan Kimathi?
By Sainey Faye On this date OCTOBER 20, 1952 Mau Mau of Kenya declared WAR!!! The Mau Mau uprising, call it nationwide rebellion; began in Kenya.This uprising set in motion the fire,fury, and carnage that was to follow.Britain as colonial master would never be the same again, at least not […]
Adama Barrow: Gambian Prodigy
Dear Editor Kindly allow me to use your reputable media to congratulate Gambians and their meritorious President. I wish to register my profound congratulations to the Gambian sensation, President Adama Barrow and the people of the Gambia for their meritorious choice. The emergence of this progeny, Adama Barrow, on Gambia’s […]
Unmasking Mbenga’s Hidden Agenda
By Natta Mass When you know a person, you can be a good judge of his or her character through your interactions and observations from up close. If a person is a stranger to you, his utterances and actions determine how you perceive him or her. Tothose who know Ousainou […]
Of APRC And Electricity Sabotage
President Yahya Jammeh’s former ruling Alliance for Patriotic, Re-orientation and Construction (APRC) party last weekend made its first political comeback at the Buffer Zone. Like any Gambian, the party whose government left behind unimaginable pains — human rights, psychological and financial — on Gambian taxpayer, is now given permit to […]
Re: Mbenga Switching Label Again
Mr. Editor, Please allow me space to respond to Mr Ousainou Mbenga’s ongoing crusade against United Democratic Party in his latest article titled “Gambia: No Agenda Can Remain Hidden Forever. United Democratic Party Hegemony Declared!”. Mr Mbenga’s ongoing systematic insinuating comments to nefariously attach tribal hegemony or so-called “hidden agenda” […]
Gambia Government Lied About
The Gambia government has reacted to news in circulation that it had recognised Catalonia as a independent nation. Catalonia is a region of Spain whose Parliament voted overwhelmingly in favour of independence, forcing Madrid officials to take full control over the autonomous region on the pretext that the constitution does […]