Aside slavery and colonization, the UK can also be brutally remembered for callously ejecting Gambians from its territory as they desperately searched for sanctuary from dictatorship. Never in the history of the impoverished West African nation had citizens been uprooted from their homes in such magnitude as during the Jammeh[Read More…]
Human Rights
Regional Police Commissioners Notified Of Decision For Immediate Suspension Of Unofficial Checkpoints
The Office of the Inspector General of Police on Monday notified all regional police commissioners of the decision for the suspension of all unofficial checkpoints with effect from today, the police announced. According to a statement from the police, the decision for the immediate suspension of all unofficial police barriers[Read More…]
Increased Police Presence In KM ‘Hoods’ Amid Surge In Killings
Some neighborhoods in the KM have, for the past few days, been witnessing an intensification of night patrols by the resource-starved Gambian police. The country is still trying to come to terms with the spate of macabre killings of late. It took more than five grisly alleged murders before the[Read More…]