President Adama Barrow of the Gambia Tuesday extended a state of emergency in the country for another week as part of measures to combat the spread of Covid-19. This is the third third time the president has bypassed parliament to declare a state of emergency since the outbreak of the[Read More…]
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Alagi Yorro Jallow: Gambia’s National Assembly: Democracy At Work
The purpose of the National Assembly is to instill pride into electorates or people who were sinking into a self-destructive inferiority complex due to years of abuse and suppression. It is quite challenging to hear and read the kind of things they spoke about as lawmakers – deeply reflective, extensively[Read More…]
Gambia: Police Extends Activist’s Bail Again
Police in the Gambia have for the third time extended the bail of an activist who was charged last week with publishing and broadcasting false news. Madi Jobarteh, a civil society leader, was detained last week at the Kairaba Police Station after he decried in a media interview the killings[Read More…]
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