Press Release During the Truth Reconciliation and Reparation Commission’s (TRRC) hearing of July 11th, 2019, Ms Ndey Tapha Sosseh made a statement claiming that I, Mamadou Tangara, visited Mali on two occasions during which I urged Malian authorities as Special Envoy to get her extradited to The Gambia. And I […]
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In Defence of Ndey Tapha Sosseh: Mamadou Tangara must Resign and Apologise for Aiding and Abetting Tyranny in the Gambia
The rebuttal by Mamadou Tangara that he never sought the extradition of Ndey Tapha Sosseh from Mali is laden with loopholes for which Tangara cannot exonerate himself from such an immoral and unpatriotic act. After serving a dictator for so long in such a strategic capacity, Tangara cannot make me […]
Cultural & creative industries generate US$2,250 billion revenues annually, exports -over US$250 billion
Report by Madi S. Njie “The cultural and creative industries generate annual global revenues of US$2,250 billion and exports of over US$250 billion. “These sectors, which currently provide nearly 30 million jobs worldwide and employ more people aged 15−29 than any other sector, can even make up to 10% of […]
Peoples Progressive Party: Resolution of the Second Conference of Delegates
Peoples Progressive Party: Resolution of the Second Conference of Delegates held, Saturday 13th July 2019, at The Friendship Hostel, Bakau PEOPLES PROGRESSIVE PARTY RESOLUTION OF THE SECOND CONFERENCE OF DELEGATES HELD ON SATURDAY 13TH JULY 2019 The Peoples Progressive Party convened in its second special Delegates Conference at the Friendship […]
Malick Mboob Used As Scapegoat In Freedom Newspaper Hacking
By Abdoulie John Former Daily Observer editor, Malick Mboob, said Yahya Jammeh’s hitman Musa Jammeh made him a scapegoat in the investigation that followed the May 2006 vast data breach at Freedom Newspaper (www.freedomnewspaper.com), exposing the publisher’s list of subscribers. He told the Commission that the panel of investigators absolved […]
Reflecting on the Gambia’s young democracy
By: Dr Alhagi Manta Drammeh Professor of Islamic Studies and global affairs in the UK (PGCeTHE, FHE, FRSA, UK) The Gambia has come a long way from where it had been in the past 22 years of dictatorship and autocratic rule under Yahya Jammeh as rights were violated and human […]
Greenpeace calls on Belgian authorities to block a cargo of African hardwood in the port of Antwerp
July Photo Greenpeace: De lading zaaghout uit Gabon, geproduceerd door WCTS Antwerp, 13 July 2019. Belgian Customs and Federal Government services are currently blocking a cargo of sawn timber in the port of Antwerp, Belgium. This action follows a request from Greenpeace Belgium. The wood comes from the Chinese logging […]
Gambia Government Clarifies D201 Million Scandal
The Government of The Gambia wishes to bring to the attention of the public that it has absolutely nothing to do with the Two hundred and One Million Dalasis (D201 Million) scandal reported by The Daily News Newspaper in its Wednesday, 10th July, 2019 edition. The lead story, captioned: “D201 […]
‘Journalists Are Not Enemies Of The People’
The Secretary General of the Gambia Press Union (GPU), Saikou Jammeh, has Tuesday used the platform of the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) to remind Gambians that journalists are not the enemies of the people. Saikou Jammeh’s closing remarks come in the wake of the latest attack on journalists […]
What I Hate At Gambia Airport
I arrived in Gambia this early morning at 2am by Air Maroc and after picking my luggage, they are marked with a chalk by customs officer for inspection and this has become the norm. Every time you come with few pieces of bags you are marked for inspection which is […]
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 […]
President Barrow Attends AU Meeting
During the closed door session at the 12th Extraordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union Head of States held in Niamey, Niger, on the 7th July 2019, President Adama Barrow focused his deliberation on the commitment of AU leaders in the implementation of the AfCFTA to transform their […]