A Gambian activist who was charged Tuesday with publishing and broadcasting false news has had his bail extended. Madi Jobarteh is in trouble with police after he decried in a media interview the killings of three Gambian civilians by security forces during a Black Lives Matter protest outside the American[Read More…]
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Alagi Yorro Jallow: Drop All charges Against Madi Jobarteh
It seems the lion has learned the art of writing, and the hunter is afraid. The government of President Adama Barrow and other collaborators have successfully revised history for 22 years, but Gambians are now learning the truth. Unfortunately, the home guards are intent on using arrests to hide the[Read More…]
Alagi Yorro Jallow: “In Matters Of Principle, Stand Like A Rock, In Matters Of Taste, Swim With The Current” (Part 1)
Post Yahya Jammeh has bequeathed the Gambian people a new democracy and homegrown people’s centered Constitution ready for a referendum overcoming the final political volatility and legal legacy of former President Yahya Jammeh. That bequest did not come on a silver platter. It was achieved at the alter of great[Read More…]
Gambian Activist Issues Message Of Defiance To Police
This afternoon I reported to the Kairaba Police Station after they ‘invited’ me that they wanted to ask me a few questions about an interview I gave on Saturday. When I arrived I went to the office of the Deputy Commissioner Pateh Bah. He said the reason for the invitation[Read More…]
Outgoing UK Diplomat ‘Optimistic’ About Gambia’s Future
The outgoing British High Commissioner to the Gambia, Sharon Wardle has expressed her optimism about the future of the Gambia during a courtesy call on President Adama Barrow at the State House, marking the end of her diplomatic tour of duty in the West African country. “We have seen and[Read More…]
Detained Activist Released On Police Bail
A Gambian activist who was charged with publishing false news has been released on police bail and asked to report back tomorrow. Madi Jobarteh of Kembujeh village, was summoned to the office of Deputy Police Commissioner Pateh Jallow and asked to clarify some remarks he made to the media last[Read More…]
Gambia: Madi Jobarteh Charged With Publishing False News
A Gambian activist who was invited for questioning this afternoon by Kairaba Police has been charged with false publication and broadcasting. Madi Jobarteh was summoned to the office of Deputy Police Commissioner Pateh Bah and asked to clarify some remarks he made to the media last Saturday during a Black[Read More…]
Gambian Activist Invited For Police Questioning
Madi Jobarteh, a prominent Gambian activist, has been summoned for questioning by police. Jobarteh who campaigned on various societal and human rights issues will be at the Kairaba Police Station, Fajara, this afternoon to be question about some remarks he made to the media last Saturday whilst protesting outside the[Read More…]
DA Jawo: Possible Repercussions Of Baa Tambadou’s Departure
The abrupt resignation of the Attorney General and Minister of Justice Abubacarr ‘Baa’ Tambadou has hit this country like a thunderbolt from the sky, provoking mixed reactions by Gambians both at home and abroad. While a few people, particularly members of the opposition APRC and other Jammeh loyalists see his[Read More…]
Gambia To Sell Rice Donated By Japan
The Government of the Gambia has announced today that it will sell the 115,956 bags of rice donated to the country by Japan. Proceeds from the sale will be used to support the government in its National Development Plan’s (NDP) priority areas. The rice is being sold at a time[Read More…]
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