The Gambian government on Monday urged the public to remain calm amid widespread social media reports claiming that nearly 200 migrants have died at sea, while also pushing back against criticism of its employment record and migration narrative. Speaking at a high-level end-of-year press conference held at the Sir Dawda[Read More…]
Tag: Human Rights
Austrians’ Trial Opens Today
The Banjul Magistrates’ Court is today scheduled to begin the trial of two Austrian nationals on a charge of disobedience to a lawful order. Manuel Stofleth Mitterer and his partner Angelika Mitterer are expected to appear before the lower court in the Gambian capital barely a month after the court[Read More…]
Talib ‘Steps Aside’ As Storm Over KMC Land Issue Threatens To Make Landfall
Battle lines are about to be drawn at the KMC as prospects of more than 170 council workers, losing their land acquired under a council arrangement, loom larger. However, JollofNews has learned from credible sources that the KMC mayor Talib Bensouda has decidedly side-stepped the issue as tensions escalate. Nearly[Read More…]
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