A former editor of the defunct Independent Newspaper in the Gambia Wednesday appeared at the ongoing truth commission where he recounted how he was arbitrarily detained for over three weeks and tortured by an elite military unit during the previous regime of Yahya Jammeh. Madi Ceesay was arrested in March[Read More…]
Year: 2019
Banjul Letter With Njundu Drammeh: You Don’t Have To Be A Feminist To Speak Out Against Violence
You don’t have to be a feminist to speak out against violence, injustice, abuse women face; just love justice and human rights You don’t have to be a feminist to recognise, and fight or speak against, violence against women. All what is needed is for you to believe sincerely in[Read More…]
New Online Gambian News Site Launched
A new online Gambian news website which intends to bring to the public space the voice of the poor has been launched. Founded by Ebrima Papa Colley, a former reporter and cartoonist with the Gambia Daily Observer now based in the US, forGambia.com will serve as a news platform for[Read More…]