Senegal must make guaranteeing fair trials a priority and immediately stop intimidation and harassment of opposition leaders and crackdown on dissent, which has increased in the run up of the 2019 presidential elections, Amnesty International said today in its submission to the country’s UN Universal Periodic Review (UPR). The submission, Senegal: […]
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Of Gambia’s Barking Intellectuals
I concur with Ebrahim Jaiteh in his article “The Crisis of Educated Gambians” published on the prestigious Kairo News on Thursday 16th August 2018. It is generally believed that where there is a problem there must be a solution. Gambian intellectuals have always been eager to identify and pinpoint the […]
Former UN Secretary Kofi Annan Dies
Former United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan is reported dead. He is said to have died in Switzerland, Saturday morning after a short illness. Read more: https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/economy/Former-UN-Secretary-General-Kofi-Annan-is-dead-677643
GPU Discusses Safety, Security of Journalists With Police Chief
GPU delegation with the IGP and police senior management The board and staff of the Gambia Press Union on Thursday paid a courtesy visit to the Inspector General of Police to discuss the safety and security of media practitioners in the country. The meeting with the police senior management was […]
Barrow Expresses Gov’t’s Resolve To Build Correctional Facility
By Abdoulie John In wake of recommendations made in 2017 by a UN Working Group for the closure of the notorious Mile Two State Central Prison, Gambia’s Adama Barrow has expressed his resolve to build a new correctional facility that would be in line with international standards. The Gambian leader […]
Barrow Mourns Renowned Scholar
President Adama Barrow has joined thousands of Gambians who mourn the untimely death of a prominent Muslim scholar. Sheikh Sedia Ceesay, an educationist of Gambia Islamic Institute in Tallinding, died on Wednesday. Thousands attended the burial of Sheikh Sedia’s burial in Tallinding. In a statement, President has “learned with deep […]
The Crisis of Educated Gambians
By Ebrahim Jaiteh The Gambia has plenty scholars, yet where are their solutions to our problems? Our beloved country is currently dominated by a generation of noise makers: a people who can talk almost all the time, but don’t act. It is very annoying to hear some “experts” giving speeches […]
President Barrow Gives Fitting Response To So-called Dr. Ceesay
Do not wake a sleeping bear. No one is going to fight or defend President Barrow when he is unfairly attacked personally. President Barrow will do that for himself. He will do it very well. This is the message to one so-called Gambian intellectual by the name of Dr. Ismaila […]
Police Ready To Enforce Liquor Law
Like any country in the world, The Gambia too wants to enfoce the law on liquor business and condumpcons. In a press release published below, The Gambia’s police chief reminded the public that persons selling liquor in public places shall obtain license. Read the police chief’s press release in full. […]
Justice Ministry Clears Air Over NSC-GFF’s Trial Of Strength
By Abdoulie John As the tussle between the National Sports Council ((NSC) and Gambia Football Federation (GFF) is turning into a trial of strength, the Attorney General Chambers and Ministry of Justice has issued a rebuke to media reports suggesting that it has given a legal advice recommending the suspension […]
Why Journalists Should Take Stand
Jorge Ramos 2014 Burton Benjamin Memorial Award acceptance speech from Committee to Protect Journalists on Vimeo. The text of Ramos’ acceptance speech, as prepared for delivery, is below. I love being a journalist. It is the only profession in the world in which your job description is to be rebellious […]
Rule Of Law At Work In New Gambia
By Abdoulie John As the rule of law is increasingly becoming a reality in New Gambia, government has successively lost two court cases, raising some eyebrows in a country that is emerging from the shadows of two-decade long dictatorship. The Gambia’s former longtime ruler brought the judiciary to its knees during his tenure, […]