By Abdoulie John As the West African region is increasingly becoming a hub for illegal drug trade, the Director General of the Drug Law Enforcement Agency The Gambia (DLEAG), Alhaji Bakary Gassama, is calling on Gambians to join hands and vigorously fight drug trafficking. Domestic and international drug trafficking are […]
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Our Wounds Can Never Be Healed
We cannot live a day without thinking about some of the atrocities being committed by former President Yahya Jammeh and his PRC regime during their 22 years of existence. The fact that the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparation Commission has now been lunched doesn’t mean that we can easily forget about […]
Royal Visit Unearths Plight Of Gambia’s Forgotten War Veterans
By Abdoulie John As Prince Charles and wife concluded Friday a three-day visit to Gambia, the plight of Second World War veterans has started hanging over the Royal Couple’s West African tour that began on October 31st and will end on November 8. The Prince of Wales and the Duchess […]
Police Denies Killa Ace’s Brutality Claim
RESPONSE TO ALLEGATIONS OF POLICE BRUTALITY Reference to The Daily News Editorial piece dated Monday 5th November 2018, the Gambia Police Force hereby exercise its right to respond. It is a wide known fact that the section of the Serrekunda market known as “Black Market” is mainly the place where […]
Commonwealth Should Be More People-centered
By Abdoulie John Gambian historian has said it is about time that the Commonwealth of Nations takes a new path that will inexorably help he 53-member organisation to become more people-centred. Mr. Hassoum Ceesay cited French President Emmanuel Macron as saying that time has come for organisations like the Francophonie […]
‘Prince Charles Visit Shows His Readiness To Support Gambia’
By Abdoulie John President Adama Barrow has lauded the Royal Couple for making Gambia as the first stop in their West African tour, saying it is illustrative of Prince Charles determination to be on Gambia’s side as the country is emerging from the shadows of two-decade long dictatorship. The Gambian […]
GPU Urges Government to Punish Crimes Against Journalists
On the occasion of the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, the Gambia Press Union (GPU) urges the Government of The Gambia to thoroughly investigate crimes against journalists. In 2013, the UN General Assembly proclaimed November 2nd as the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against […]
CRC Holds Talks With Gambia Senior Secondary Students
For Immediate Release As part of its ongoing public consultations, The Constitutional Review Commission (CRC) recently held a consultative session with students of Gambia Senior Secondary School at the school premises in Banjul. The meeting was part of CRC’s ‘meet the students’ school tour which began at Nusrat Senior Secondary […]
GRTS Copying Senegal’s RTS
By Saul Saidykhan Last week, the young comedian Kitabu Fatty publicly complained about not getting sponsorship from Gambia’s public corporations. Won’t you know it, they found a solution: do your comedy in Wolof, not ‘tribal’ Mandinka and we’ll sponsor you! Think this is a joke? Watch Kitabu’s GRTS show. See […]
“THE SECRET POWERS OF MEDITATION. BECOME HEALTHIER, WEALTHIER AND HAPPIER.”
In this episode of “Celebrating our Living Legends“, we introduce you to Dawda Bah, an avid seeker and teacher of spirituality. Dawda is originally from Bakau Mamakoto in The Gambia where he did his early childhood education. He has a Master’s Degree in International Business Management from Colorado State University. […]
‘Media Freedom Is Not Under Threat’
By Abdoulie John The Gambia’s Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Aboubacarr Tambadou, has cleared air over government’s commitment to upholding the basic tenets of democracy including freedom of expression and that of the press. “I wish to reassure everyone that the constitutional right to freedom of expression and the […]
Why Some Jammeh Victims Can’t Wait For TRRC
The pains, trauma, psychological, physical and mental abuses of Jammeh’s victims are too deep that some cases cannot wait for the much-touted Truth, Reconciliation and Reparation Commission (TRRC) to sit let alone submit recommendations for reparation or compensation. Some of these victims need urgent medical and psychological help and cannot […]