The Gambia Press Union (GPU) has received official reports that on 6th December 2021, freelance photojournalist Lamin Dumbuya, was physically assaulted by supporters of the United Democratic Party (UDP) at the residence of the party leader Ousainou ANM Darboe in Pipeline. The supporters who assaulted Dumbuya also confiscated and damaged[Read More…]
Year: 2021
Cherno Baba Jallow: Ambition, Denied
It was an electoral squall of monumental proportions. The Gambian President Adama Barrow, who won re-election last Saturday, made it seem so easy against his opponents, including his fiercest and former ‘’political god-father’’ Ousainou Darboe of the United Democratic Party (UDP). After the final tally, President Barrow, 56, received 457,[Read More…]
Gambia 2021: US Urges Barrow To Implement Unfulfilled Reform Promises
The United States’ Government Tuesday called on President Adama Barrow of the Gambia to use his second term in office to fulfil the reform promises he made in 2016. Edward “Ned” Price, spokesman for the United States Department of State, said while Washington recognises that significant progress has been made[Read More…]