President Adama Barrow will Friday travel to Faraba Banta Village to pay his condolences and respect to the families Monday’s shooting victims. Three people were killed and scores of others seriously injured after riot police fired live ammunition at a crowd of villagers protesting against sand mining in the village.[Read More…]
Year: 2018
Faraba Banta Shooting: Opposition Leader Demands Answers
An opposition leader in the Gambia is leading calls for the government of President Adama Barrow to provide answers on why unarmed protesters were Monday shot dead by police in Faraba Banta. Mamma Kandeh, leader of the Gambia Democratic Congress party (GDC), said the Gambian people want Mr Barrow to[Read More…]
Building The New Gambia With Madi Jobarteh: My Issues With The Faraba Commission
Let me go straight to the point: I do not understand what is the rationale and value of the military and the intelligence representatives in the Faraba commission of inquiry. The incident that took place on Monday June 18 in that village was not about an internal or external armed[Read More…]

