Two Togolese have recently been discovered to be among about 50 West African migrants massacred in 2005 by a paramilitary unit controlled by former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh, Human Rights Watch and TRIAL International said Monday. The victims’ families said that the Togolese government should support efforts in Ghana to investigate[Read More…]
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Media Training On Reporting Gambia’s Truth Commission Kicks-Off
A four-day workshop on reporting truth commissions kick-started Monday at Ocean Bay Hotel, Cape Point. The training workshop brought together journalists from the print, electronic and online media, and is organised by Gambia gov’t in partnership with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). In her opening remarks, UNDP deputy Resident Representative,[Read More…]
New York Letter With Alagi Yorro Jallow: Unethical And Unreliable Practice Of Journalism
By any objective analysis, this is a new low and unprecedented in the history of Gambian journalism and in our politics. This is no longer about policy, civility, decency or even temperament. This is a direct threat to violence, hate speech, platform for broadcasting of hate and incitement to violence,[Read More…]