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Deyda’s Daughter: ‘I Am Still Crying’ For Murdered Gambian Journalist

  By Angela Quintal/CPJ Africa Program Coordinator At Gambia’s Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) on July 22, army officer Lieutenant Malick Jatta named former President Yahya Jammeh as the mastermind behind the murder of prominent editor Deyda Hydara on December 16 , 2004. He said Jammeh had given the direct order to assassinate Hydara, an outspoken critic […]

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Army Debunks Arrest Of Fugitive Junglers

The Gambia’s Armed Forces has debunked the arrest of fugitive senior members of former President Yahya Jammeh’s killer squad otherwise known as Junglers. In a statement published below, the Spokesperson of GAF Major Lamin Sanyang said Brigadier General Bora Colley and Lieutenant Colonel Sanna Manjang not were not arrested by […]

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What Gambia Can Learn From India

By Abdoulie John  President Adama Barrow has on Wednesday expressed the need for The Gambia to learn from India’s ability to hold peaceful elections. “India is the biggest democracy in the world with nine hundred million registered voters. The last election was conducted in a very peaceful way,” Barrow told […]

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Indian President Arrives In Banjul

By Abdoulie John The Head of State of India on Tuesday arrived in The Gambia for a two-day official visit. The Banjul stop is part of a West African tour that President Shri Ram Nath Novind started on July 28 in Benin. The Indian President is scheduled to end his […]

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Police Expert’s Take On Recent Incidents

 By Abdoulie John  Gambia’s Police expert is convinced that the successive deaths of a university student Kebba Secka and mobile phone repair service provider Ousman Darboe don’t augur well for the country’s Security Security Reform (SSR). “I know these cases are all under investigation but they don’t tell well for […]

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SSR Is Not On The Right Track

By Abdoulie John  The spokesperson of the collective Team Gom Sa Boppa, Yusuf Taylor, said Monday that the ongoing Security Sector Reform (SSR) is not on the right track, casting doubt on a gov’t initiative geared towards revamping the country’s security apparatus. “From what we are seeing, the ongoing Security […]

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Consortium Members met to Evaluate and Review PANAF Civil Society Project

The African Centre for Democracy and Human Rights Studies (ACDHRS) hosted a two-day meeting of PANAF Steering Committee in the Gambia from 25-26 July 2019, at Senegambia Beach Hotel. The project consortium comprises the International Commission of Jurists – European Institutions (ICJ-EI), ICJ – Kenya Section, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) […]

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Protesters Stole D75,000, Valuable Items

By Abdoulie John  The ‘protesters’ who on Wednesday stormed Bakoteh Police Station went away with D75,000, 4 court exhibits (mobile phones), and other valuable items, this medium can authoritatively report. “These people are not protesters, they are criminals,” a top security officer familiar with the incident told this reporter under […]

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US Welcomes TRRC Revelations On Disappearance Of American Citizens

The United States government welcomes the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) revelations on disappearances of two American citizens. Alhaji M. Ceesay and Ebrima Jobe disappeared in the Gambia in 2013. In a press release published below, the United States is committed to renewing investigation into the circumstances surrounding their […]