Gambia’s Ousted Dictator Is Living the Good Life in a Palace in Equatorial Guinea
BY COLIN FREEMAN, Foreign Policy
Yahya Jammeh has kept a low profile since he was run out of Banjul in January. FP finds him holed up at a...
Charges Dropped Against Single Mother Accused Of ‘Insulting’ President Barrow
Magistrate AR Bah of the Brikama Magistrate Court today, Monday, April 3, struck out the case of one Fatou Badjie who was charged with insulting President Adama...
Gov’t explains stance on Casamance
Following widespread rumours on the new Gambia government’s alleged position on Casamance, the government over weekend issued a statement explaining The Gambia’s position on the matter. Below...
POLICE EXHUMED ‘BODIES’ OF LAMIN SANNEH & CO.
Bodies suspected of being those of former State Guard Commander Lamin Sanneh and other alleged attackers on State House on 30th December, 2014 were exhumed by police...
Jammeh’s HIV treatment didn’t work — former patient says
Lamin Ceesay, the first Gambian to go public with his HIV status 17 years ago, has said that former president Jammeh’s treatment of the virus didn’t work...
GOOD MORNING PRESIDENT BARROW
Even the hardest of hearts softened and the driest of eyes drowned in scorching tears as GRTS ushered us to the Tintimba Forest in the West Coast...
Falilou Janko wins 2017 Media Personality Award
By Lamin Drammeh
Former Gambia Radio and Television Services (GRTS), sports reporter Falilou ML Janko, aka DJ senator has won the 2017 media personality of the year award....
APRC Crimes: Foni – The Worst Victim of Yaya Jammeh
Yes Yaya Jammeh is from Kanilai, which is in Foni, yet in his 22 years of misrule the region that suffered the most happened to be Foni....
Sana Manjang tried to hide his atrocities before he left for Bissau!!!!
In what sources described as an effort to hide evidence, Sana Manjang is said to have poured a lot of concrete cement into one of the wells...
The Bodies of the December 30 Freedom Fighters exhumed!!!!!
In a scene described by eye witnesses as heart wrenching, the remains of the December 30, 2014 State House attackers were exhumed this Friday March 31, 2017....
‘I Endorse Kaddijatou Jabbie, Independent National Assembly Member for Base’ Madi Jobarteh
I have known Kaddijatou Jabbie since she was a small girl and saw her grow into a self-confident, assertive and determined young lady. An active and focused...
‘I Endorse Mariama Saine NRP, National Assembly Member for Sanneh-Mentereng’ Madi Jobarteh
I have known Mariama Saine since she was a young schoolgirl. She struck me as a person of purpose and responsibility filled with passion for service to...
EU Short Term Election Observers depart on Monday
A total of 14 European Union Short Term Observers for next week’s Parliamentary elections will depart on Monday, April 3rd, to their respective areas of observation.
The European...
The Judicial Politics of Nigerian Dominance and its Impact on the Rule of Law...
The Need for Reform
Abstract
This paper examines the origins of the judicial politics of Nigerian dominance of the legal sector in the Gambia, and focuses on role of...
‘I Endorse Touma Njie, PPP National Assembly Member for Banjul South’ Madi Jobarteh
I wish to endorse Fatoumatta Njai commonly known as Touma Njai for Banjul South constituency. Touma is a professional par excellence. A dedicated, modest and hard workingwoman...
WHY THE GAMBIA BAR ASSOCIATION CHOSE TO BOYCOTT CERTAIN COURTS
PRESS RELEASE
The Gambia Bar Association has among its primary aims and objectives the following key purposes:
To maintain the standards, integrity, honour and independence of the Bar,...
POLICE COMB FONI FORESTS FOR ‘SECRET GRAVES’
A large contingent of police crime and forensic experts, and other security officials yesterday combed forests in the Fonis to formally start the search for secret graves...
Darboe denies causing Coalition split
The leader of the United Democratic Party, Ousainou Darboe, has dismissed allegations that he and his party’s insistence on party line contest in the April election split...
PARTIAL REMOVAL OF BAN ON ISSUANCE OF PASSPORT
PRESS RELEASE
The Ministry of the Interior through the Office of the Minister informs the
general public it has decided to partially lift the temporarary ban on the issuance
of...
Ten Amendments I will propose to President Barrow
By Abdoulie Lowe
1. Electoral reforms- The establishment of an Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) for a level playing field is crucial. Once confirmed by the National Assembly, the...