Authorities in the Gambia have put in place measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus in the West African country. The Gambia is yet to register any case of the disease, which is now described by the World Health Organisation as a pandemic that has reached the shores of some[Read More…]
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Gambia: King FM Denies Censorship Of Political Programmes
The managing editor of Gambia’s independent radio station, King FM, has rubbished allegations that he is interfering in the work of his presenters. Gibbi Jallow’s King FM was among radio stations that were arbitrarily closed down for nearly a month by the Gambia Government as part of its crackdown on[Read More…]
Liberian Journalist Kaluba Akoi Arrested Over Facebook Posts
Liberian authorities should drop the police investigation into journalist Kaluba Akoi’s work and allow him to cover the news freely, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. On February 28, police in Voinjama, the capital of northern Liberia’s Lofa County, summoned Akoi, a reporter with the Kintoma Radio FM broadcaster[Read More…]