A High Court in Banjul has declared in a landmark ruling that disqualification of the leader of Citizen Alliance (CA) party by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) to contest in the December 4th presidential election is illegal.
The Court thus ordered that CA be compensated with D200,000 by the IEC.
The Point Newspaper in partnership with Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, an organisation based in Dakar have started a five day training for Gambian journalists on the ‘Role of Media in Peace Building and Conflict Prevention.’
Musa Yalli Batchilly, secretary general and leader of the Gambia Action Party, (GAP), will open his defence on the 6th April, 2021, before Principal Magistrate Isatou Janneh-Njie of the Kanifing Magistrates’ Court. This followed the announcement of the closure of the prosecution’s case by Superintendent Manga.
Zambian opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema has been declared the winner of last week's bitterly contested presidential election.
The Gambia’s Ministry of Health has announced the registration of 2 new cases, taking the total of COVID-19 cases ever confirmed in the country to 3,657.
