Gambian authorities should adopt the reforms recommended by the country’s Truth, Reconciliation, and Reparations Commission (TRRC)—including ensuring journalists are not prosecuted for sedition—work to swiftly hold former President Yahya Jammeh and members of his “Junglers” death squad to account for their crimes against journalists, and end the culture of impunity[Read More…]
Tag: President Adama Barrow
US$80m ROOTS Project Convulses From Funding Woes
Barely weeks to the last general election, President Adama Barrow launched the Resilience of Organizations for Transformative Smallholder Agricultural Project (ROOTS) amid pomp and ceremony but the project is now suffering inertia few months into its launch as much-needed funds were not forthcoming. The project is currently grappling with funding[Read More…]
Will Prexy Barrow Go To Former Anti-Crime HQ On July 16?
President Adama Barrow is expected to lay the foundation stone for the construction of a hotel on the property where former Anti-Crime Unit was headquartered amid intense ownership struggle. The Gambia government is currently locked in a bitter ownership struggle with the Global Home of Medical Mission (GHMM), which won[Read More…]
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