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 […]
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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 […]
Cabinet Approves Transformation of GTTI Into University
In its sixth Session presided over by His Excellency, President Adama Barrow, Cabinet has approved the proposal by Ministry of Higher Education to transform the country’s tertiary technical institute into a university of Engineering, Science and Technology. “The transformation of the GTTI into a University is expected to create opportunities […]
Editor Tells TRRC ‘Journalists Were The Most Targeted’
By Abdoulie John The Editor-in-chief of The Standard newspaper, Lamin Cham, said Monday that journalists were the leading targets of Yahya Jammeh’s two-decade long dictatorship. In his testimony before the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC), Mr. Cham said Yahya Jammeh never missed the opportunity to lambast journalist. Cham gave […]
Gambians Lose A Big Tree
The death of Caliph General of Sutukung in Eastern Jarra in Lower River Region has hit so many people like a thunderbolt. Alhagie Abdul Wahab Jabbie, who answered to the Allah’s call on Saturday, was an exemplary servant of Allah who left behind a huge vacuum not only in the […]
APRC Leader Says Alleged Rape Victims Lie
The leader of the Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC), Fabakary Tombong Jatta, rubbished the rape claims and sexual assaults allegations made by three women against former President Jammeh, calling them “lies and fabrications.” He made these remarks Friday during a news conference held at his residence in Talinding, […]
The “Educated” Intelligent, the “Uneducated” Intelligent and the “Educated” Ignoramus
In my high school days, there was this legendary man we all used to talk about as if we knew him. He was renowned for his intelligence and word had it that he never scored less than a hundred percent on any exam. Some say he drank some kind of […]