Thursday, March 28, 2024

Breaking News: Further heartbreak for UDP as Supreme Court throws out petition and asks...

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The Supreme Court has struck out United Democratic Party’s petition against the December 4 presidential election result. Supreme Court top justices led by Justice Hassan B Jallow held...

AdvocAid Condemns Death of 17-Month-Old Baby in Police Cell

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By: Christian Conteh AdvocAid an organisation that works on providing holistic access to justice via free legal representation, education empowerment, detainee support and a moving forward programme has...

Police issue statement to dismiss reports of driver beaten for killing boy

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Police have issued a statement contradicting a report by What’s On Gambia that a driver was seriously beaten by an angry mob after killing a boy. Police in...

Rights Group Advocates for Implementation of TRRC Report Recommendations; Especially Those Around Sexual and...

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By Christian Conteh The Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Women In Liberation and Leadership (WILL) has said that her organisation will keep advocating for the implementation of...

Nigeria: Cleric caught with fresh human head allegedly dies in custody

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A cleric and suspected ritualist, Alfa Tunde Olayiwola, who was arrested for being in possession of a fresh human head, has died in police custody. Olayiwola, who also...

PDOIS, All People’s Party and Alhaji Mamadi Kurang’s Youth of Change agree to support...

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PDOIS, All People’s Party and Youth for Change have agreed to a new deal that will see the three parties work together in the 2022 national assembly...

Falalo M Touray asks alkalolu who can’t work with president to resign as he...

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By Dawda Baldeh Falalo M Touray a one-time Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Agriculture, Director General of Department of Agriculture, Director Agriculture Extension Services has been coronated...

Momodou Sabally says Supreme Court will cancel December 4 election

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UDP commando Momodou Sabally has said it is his belief the Supreme Court will annul the December 4 election. “What we yearn for is when the Supreme Court...

Army will not take action against General Saul Badjie for desertion

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The military will not take action against the returning runaway general Sulayman Badjie, unlike Generals Umpa Mendy and Ansumana Tamba who were arrested and tried for desertion. General...

‘Backway’: Gambians reportedly die in boat disaster as 28 migrants wash ashore Libya’s coast

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Some Gambians are among scores who died in a migrant boat disaster over the weekend, according to reports. AFP reported on Sunday Libya’s Red Crescent says the bodies...

Sierra Leone: WAEC Sabotages Free Access To Public Exams Results

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By Amara Thoronka West African Examination Council (WAEC), the public exams conducting body in West Africa, has shown unwillingness to corporate with the Government of Sierra Leone led...

“Only Dialogue Can Heal a Divided World”- Pope Francis Admonishes World Leaders

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Pope Francis has urged world leaders to shun polarisation and try dialogue to heal a divided world. Pope Francis was speaking over the weekend whilst delivering his...

Tributes Paid to Anti-Apartheid Icon Desmond Tutu

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Nobel Peace Prize laureate Desmond Tutu, 90, has died in Cape Town, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced in a statement on Sunday. Alongside late Nelson Mandela, Tutu...

COVID-19: Around 8,000 Flights Cancelled Globally Over Christmas Weekend

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Around 8,000 flights were cancelled globally between Christmas Eve and Boxing Day as airlines experienced staff shortages due to COVID-19. Approximately 3,000 of the cancelled flights were in...

Lawyer Malick F M’bai wins Leaders in Law 2021 Global Award

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Lawyer Malick F M’bai, co-managing partner of Fajara Chambers has been chosen as the winner of the Commercial Law Expert of 2021. Mr M’bai was recognized as the...

Commuter railway to open on Monday in Dakar, Senegal despite protests

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By AFP On Monday, December 27 after five years of work and at a cost of more than 1 billion U.S. dollars, Senegal’s capital city will finally welcome...

Mali denies deployment of Russian mercenaries

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By AFP Mali’s government has denied any deployment of Russian mercenaries from the Wagner group following charges by a group of 15 Western powers involved in the fight...

One-time powerful General Saul Badjie returns to Gambia

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General Saul Badjie has returned to The Gambia more than four years since he fled the country alongside former President Yahya Jammeh. General Badjie accompanied former President Jammeh...

Archbishop Desmond Tutu Dies Aged 90

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Desmond Tutu, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist for racial justice and LGBT rights, has died aged 90. Announcing the death, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said it was...

Findings On Criminal Liability Emanating From The Truth Reconciliation And Reparations Commission

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Press Release Following the conclusion of the Truth Reconciliation and Reparations Commission’s (TRRC) work and the submission of its final report to His Excellency the President, The TRRC’s...