Month: January 2020
Gambian radio journalists arrested, outlets shut down over protest coverage
Abuja, Nigeria, January 31, 2020 -- Gambian authorities should immediately drop the charges against broadcast journalists Pa Modou Bojang and...
Youth council, partners discuss efforts in ending FGM, others in The Gambia
By SULAYMAN WAAN The National Youth Council (NYC) in partnership with youth organizations and development partners on Saturday disclosed their...
Ya Kumba’s Supreme Court victory: Government to comply with “disappointment”
By BABOUCARR CEESAY Government said it is disappointed but will fully comply with the Supreme Court’s decision with immediate effect...
The government press release is the official declaration of dictatorship! Never Again!!
By MADI JOBARTEH The Press Release issued by the Government Spokesman Ebrima Sankareh on 26 January 2020 should be considered...
3 Years Jotna chairman, others remanded at Mile 2
By OUSMAN A. MARONG Magistrate P. Sarr of the Kanifing Magistrate’s Court has on Wednesday remanded Abdou Njie chairman and...
Violence between Operation 3 Years Jotna protesters and security: Victims center expresses concern
The Gambia Center for Victims of Human Rights Violations has expressed concern over the violence between Operation 3 Years...
Freed King FM manager fears Gambia plunging into another dictatorship
By SHERIFF SAIDYKHAN Gibbi Jallow, manager of King FM in Tallinding, Kanifing Municipality who was freed two days after detention...
Gambia police charge, release four journalists
By SHERIFF SAIDYKHAN Amidst unrelenting national and international pressure, four Gambian journalists who were arrested on Sunday during anti-government demonstration...
Released Home Digital FM manager says he is more courageous than ever
By OUSMAN A. MARONG Pa Modou Bojang, the proprietor of Home Digital FM said he is now more courageous than...