President Adama Barrow of the Gambia will in the coming days receive an independent report into June’s fatal clash between the villagers of Faraba Banta and the Police Intervention Unit. Three people were killed and scores of others seriously injured after riot police fired live ammunition at a crowd of[Read More…]
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Gambia: A Very Long Open Letter To President Barrow
Dear President Barrow, It is a Question of Leadership, To Be or Not To Be On 1st December 2016, we ‘made a tryst with destiny’ and woke up to a life and freedom. We threw away the shackles of oppression, impunity, dictatorship, human rights violations and untold suffering. It was[Read More…]
China To Extend Over $60billion Financing Support To Africa
China’s President Xi Jinping has said at the Forum on China Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) Summit that China will extend 60 billion dollars of financing to Africa in the form of government assistance as well as investment and financing by financial institutions and companies. President Xi said this will include 15[Read More…]