Truth Commission Hears Testimony Against Yahya Jammeh By Reed Brody Counsel and Spokesperson It’s been a dramatic week for Gambia. As Gambians stayed glued to their radios and TVs, three admitted henchmen of former Gambian president Yahya Jammeh implicated him before the country’s Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) in […]
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‘Dont Allow Some Individuals To Push You Forward’
By Abdoulie John The Deputy Chief of Defense Staff (CDS), Yankuba Drammeh, on Wednesday urged angry protesters not to allow some individuals to manipulate them, and use the situation as a ‘pretext to bring chaos in the country.’ Mr. Drammeh’s move came in the wake of a stand-off between protesters […]
Gambia’s Police Chief Calls For Restraint
The office of the Inspector General of Police received disturbing information about a mob of angry youth marching towards the Anti Crime Unit to protest the demise of Ousman Darboe. The Office of the IGP is calling on the youth to observe calm and restraint. Ousman Darboe’s name came up […]
‘TheTruth Is Being Told At The TRRC’
By Abdoulie John As the tiny West African nation continues to be rocked with gruesome crimes confession by Yahya Jammeh’s former hitmen, the Gambia’s Attorney General and Minister of Justice Aboubacarr Tambadou said Gambians have now known the Truth. “I think the truth is being told, and revealed. That is […]
15 Years Later, Killers Of Deyda Hydara Are Revealed
Press release The Gambia Press Union (GPU) has learnt with mixed feelings of shock and relief about the killers of journalist Deyda Hydara, a founder and former president of the GPU. On Monday July 22, 2019, Malick Jatta, a military personnel and a member of the hit-squad of then-president, Yahya […]
Kebba Secka killed By Police Officer
Kebba Secka killed by Police: The Gambia must address fundamental flaws in Security Sector immediately By Team Gom Sa Bopa Last week the Gambia Police Force published a press release stating that “25 year old Kebba Secka was stabbed with a knife” on July 7th 2019 around Palma Rima Junction […]
‘Gender Equality Is Essential For The Achievement Of Human Rights For All’
By Abdoulie John The Speaker of the National Assembly, Mariam Jack Denton, has reiterated the need for Gambia to eradicate gender disparities in all of its forms as the Constitutional Review Commission (CRC) is making giant strides in the formulation of the country’s Fundamental Law. “It is obvious that gender […]
Why Gambia Needs Moral Lessons
The discussion on morality and moral philosophy or ethical behaviour and principles regarding good and bad, right and wrong, has ever been a topical in society as the yardstick of social standards. Moral dialogue can be highly contentious in that what is morally acceptable in one quarter may appeal less […]
Police Debunks Missing Person News
PRESS RELEASE The office of the Inspector General of Police has noted with concern information going round social media platforms about missing persons including adults and minors. Although most of these reports on social media platforms were never formally filed with the police, exhaustive investigations have however, been conducted in […]
Deyda Hydara’s Killers Finally Known
After more than 14 years in the waiting, Gambians have finally known who killed Deyda Hydara, the Managing Editor and Co-proprietor of The Point Newspaper. Hydara was gunned down by unidentified assailants while driving his staff home in Kanifing on December 2004. In his testimony at the Gambia’s Truth, Reconciliation […]
Breakthrough Into The Murder Investigation Of Secka
On Tuesday 9th July 2019, between 22:00hrs and 23:00hrs, the Office of the Inspector General of Police recieved information that an incident of stabbing occurred around Palma Rima Junction in which 25 year old Kebba Secka was stabbed with a knife by an unidentified person resulting to his untimely death. […]
ABA Must NOT Hold Meeting On Gambian Soil Until…
After unsuccessfully attempting to injure the Gambia during the 2016 political impasse the African Bar Association is this time seeking to maliciously target the President of the Gambia Bar Association Salieu Taal. Mr. Tall is standing up to the African Bar Association for their dishonest position in support of Yaya […]