Renowned international lawyer Essa M. Faal, has been named as the lead counsel to the Gambia’s Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC, which will be looking at the misdeeds of the previous regime of President Yahya Jammeh. In his capacity as lead counsel, Mr Faal will be responsible for guiding[Read More…]
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Gambia To Abolish Tuition Fees In Public Schools
The Gambia Government has announced plans to abolish tuition fees in all public junior and senior secondary schools in the country, the independent Standard newspaper has reported. Claudiana Cole, minister of Basic and Secondary Education said the government intends to replace the tuition fees with grants to all students in[Read More…]
Faraba Banta Commission To Present Findings To Barrow
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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