The Gambia government’s resolve to fight transnational drugs trafficking continues to be tested by the Laura Food Company’s cocaine case; investigations into which have now reached a dead end. In 2019, labourers offloading a container of sugar shipment at Laura Food Company’s Picton Street warehouse in Banjul bumped into several[Read More…]
Human Rights
“I Didn’t Believe Pa Nderry Mbai” – Minister Queen Jammeh Declares
The Minister of Information was among a whole lot of ex-president Yahya Jammeh loyalists who could not believe the former ruler was raping and sexually preying on maidens and women despite the almost daily reportage of these vices by the defunct online Freedom newspaper run by late Pa Nderry Mbai.[Read More…]
Senegal Refugees Crowd Gambian Villages After Separatist Fighting
Stray bullets whistled past Senegalese villager Modou Badjie and his family as they ran through a cashew forest in the middle of the night to reach neighbouring Gambia. Badjie, his three wives, many children and extended family members are among more than 690 people who have crossed the border to[Read More…]