Gambia’s Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Dr Cherno Omar Barry, has rubbished rumours that his ministry has refused an offer from the World Health Organisation (WHO) to purchase drugs for the country. In recent weeks, some Gambians have been spreading gossip on social media that the[Read More…]
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Ex-Interior Minister Demands Release Of Kanilai Shooting Findings
Former Gambian Interior Minister Mai Ahmad Fatty is leading calls for the Government of President Adama Barrow to make public the findings of its investigations into last year’s shooting of protesters in Foni by officers of the Senegal led military intervention force in the Gambia. Mr Fatty said it is not[Read More…]
2 Togolese Among Lynched Migrants In Gambia
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…]