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Gambia closer to setting up human rights commission

Picture: Justice Minister Lamin Jobarteh
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Discussions are currently under way between the Commonwealth Secretariat and key stakeholders in the human rights domain, as The Gambia moves closer...

Jammeh launches operation against ‘criminals’

Picture: President Jammeh
Thursday, May 24, 2012
In yet another instance of tough-talking, President Yahya Jammeh has launched a new operation dubbed “Operation Bulldozer” with a view to tracking...

Report shows low women’s participation in politics, governance

Thursday, May 24, 2012
Findings by a new study on gender analysis of political party manifestos, women’s political empowerment, participation and representation in decision...

Trial opens of 13 prison officers

Thursday, May 24, 2012
The trial opened yesterday at the Kanifing Magistrates’ Court in the case involving 13 prisons officers, charged with three counts of office...

Journalist Chief Manneh is not in the US - Family

Picture: Sarjo Mannah
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
The family of journalist Chief Ebrima Manneh, a former reporter with the Daily Observer newspaper, who reportedly disappeared since July 2006, has...

Former Agriculture officials’ bail application dismissed

Wednesday, May 23, 2012
The high court in Brikama yesterday dismissed the bail application filed by defence counsel on behalf of former senior ministry of Agriculture...

Police to take over unnatural offence case

Wednesday, May 23, 2012
The case involving 20 accused persons, who were charged with unnatural offence and conspiracy to commit a felony, could not proceed yesterday before...

U.S. donates US$500, 000 for food security

Wednesday, May 23, 2012
The embassy of the United States of America in Banjul in partnership with USAID’s Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) has announced...

Senior Lawyer freed

Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Lawyer Omar Dodou Mbye, a senior private legal practitioner, was recently discharged by the Banjul Magistrates’ Court following an application made...

‘Star-Witness’ absence delays Gumbo Touray trial

Picture: Professor Kah
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
The absence of the prosecution star witness, Professor Muhammed Kah, Vice Chancellor of the University of The Gambia, has delayed the proceeding in...

Jaliba Kuyateh set to thrill Gambians in US, UK

Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Famous Gambian kora maestro Jaliba Kuyateh is set for yet another tour of the United States of America, where he is expected to thrill Gambians...

Two Gambian girls follow in fathers’ footsteps, bag science degrees the same day from the same university

Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Two Gambian girls, who were among 4,800 students of the University of Kansas in Lawrence Kansas, USA, have graduated with BSc degrees with flying...

Police officer testifies in former NDEA officers murder case

Tuesday, May 22, 2012
The murder case involving two former officers of the National Drug Enforcement Agency (NDEA), Edrissa Jarju and Edrissa Jaiteh, yesterday continued...

GMC’s Mai Fatty writes to Speaker Bojang

Picture: Mai Ahmad Fatty
Monday, May 21, 2012
The leader of the opposition Gambia Moral Congress (GMC) party, Mai Ahmad Fatty, has written to the Speaker of the National Assembly requesting,...

Nigerian Community condemns act of compatriots

Picture: John Aboka
Monday, May 21, 2012
The Nigerian community in The Gambia has condemned the alleged killing last week of a British national, Ian Stokes, by three persons identified as...

Jammeh holds talks with prospective US investors

Picture: President Jammeh with US investors
Monday, May 21, 2012
President Yahya Jammeh Thursday held talks with officials of a leading US manufacturing company specialised in agricultural machinery at a close-door...

Judgment set in Honest Company theft case

Monday, May 21, 2012
The Kanifing Magistrates’ Court presided over by Magistrate Ngube, has set 20 June 2012 as the date he is expected to deliver judgment in the alleged...

Access Bank found liable

Monday, May 21, 2012
The high court in Banjul recently found Access Bank liable by failing to follow proper procedure in terminating the services of one Mbengeh Bah,...

3 Nigerians charged, remanded over Briton’s murder

Friday, May 18, 2012
Three Nigerian nationals accused of murdering a British national were yesterday arraigned and subsequently remanded in custody by the Kanifing...

Women’s advancement a top govt. priority, says VP, To mark World Telecommunications Day

Picture: VP Njie Saidy
Friday, May 18, 2012
In The Gambia, the advancement of women and girls has been at the forefront of the Government’s agenda and is a priority for President Yahya Jammeh,...
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