The Gambia’s Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission is set to hear from victims of former President Yahya Jammeh’s 2009 witch-hunting exercise. In a statement published below, the Commission intends for the first time, to conduct witch-hunting hearings outside Dunes Headquarters. The Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission is currently wrapping up […]
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Gambia Refuses Deported Asylum Seeker
The Gambia immigration officers at the Banjul International Airport on Monday refused to accept an undocumented failed asylum seeker deported from Sweden’s Malmo city. After having reportedly exhausted the asylum process, Swedish police escorted the man they believed to be a Gambian for deportation to the West African country. However, […]
Comfort Assures High Security Plates
By Abdoulie John The Operations Manager of Comfort Quality Services Ltd, Ousman Njai, Monday reassured the public that his company will provide them with high security number plates that would respond to emerging technologies. “It is a very sophisticated system, designed purposely to make our roads safe,” Ousman Njai […]
CJ Tells New Lawyers To Be Honest
By Abdoulie John The Gambia’s Chief Justice has urged the newly enrolled legal practitioners to always keep in mind that honesty and integrity are cardinal virtues that should guide them in the exercise of their duty. “Act at all times with honesty and with integrity,” Justice Hassan Bubacarr Jallow on […]
What Politicians Mean By System Change
By Suntou Bolonba Touray People must not confuse the politicians’ definition of system change. There is a meaning behind politicians’ talk about system change. What must be borne in mind is that no two political parties or leaders have the same system in mind. Hence, so long as an individual […]
Gambia Grapples With Int’l Standards Challenges
Local products have to be Tested in neighbouring Countries before being exported to the International Markets By Madi S. Njie The European Union Delegate’s reminders of The Gambia international standards obligations, underpin by the disturbing aflatoxin – groundnut infection – causing liver cancer, among related diseases caused by infected groundnuts- […]
Award-Winning Gambian Writer Tours Africa
By Madi Njie The Gambia’s award-winning writer is set to complete his Africa tour in the Nigerian capital Abuja. Modou Lamin Sowe — one of Gambia’s finest young writers and the founder of […]
“It Was Necessary”: Gambian Beauty Queen Returns Home to Testify About Rape By Former Dictator
In Gambia, a former beauty queen who says the president raped her when she was 18 years old has testified before a public truth and reconciliation commission that is investigating the atrocities of former president Yahya Jammeh. Read more: https://www.democracynow.org/2019/11/1/fatou_toufah_jallow_gambia_testimony
The CRC On Track To Deliver A Draft Constitution
The Constitutional Review Commission (CRC) today announced that it is on track to deliver a draft Constitution. “Consistent with its terms of reference, the CRC is well poised to deliver to Gambians at home and abroad a draft Constitution that will engender public debate and comments before finalisation”, said […]
Journalists Are Targets Of Violent Crimes
Today marks International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists. November 2nd is a United Nations recognised day observed globally, to draw attention to the issue of impunity for crimes against journalists. Journalists are targets of violent crimes for speaking truth to power and giving voice to the voiceless. […]
Journalists Soon Enjoy Open Society
By Abdoulie John Gambian journalists on Wednesday started the process of getting more closer to guaranteeing a more open society. The start the validation workshop on the draft Access to Information Bill 2019 (ATI Bill 2019), first in the history of the country, will allow government records to be accessible […]
The Aftermath Of Gambia’s Worst Gas Explosion
Listening to eye witness accounts of sequence of events, it was clear that a disaster had been in the making in Kanifing Industrial Estate. There are more questions than answers on how and why this major industrial disaster happened. We may or may not know the exact cause of the […]