The National People’s Party (NPP) learned with dismay, the allegations of assault on two journalists who were covering the swearing-in ceremony of elected local officials at the Banjul City Council (BCC) on Wednesday, 31st May, 2023. While the victims have alleged to have been attacked by supporters of the NPP, […]
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One arrested in Fass Njagga Choi armed attack, police assure safety
A resident of Fass Njagga Choi village in the North Bank Region has been arrested and placed under police custody. His arrest came following an armed attack on the officers of the Police Intervention Unit (PIU) of the Gambia Police Force stationed in the area. Reports of the incident show […]
Armed robbers strike in Sami Tenda, victim admitted at Bansang Hospital
A case of armed robbery has been reported at Sami Tenda in the Central River Region (CRR) north. The incident happened on Tuesday night when armed men stormed a shop belonging one Mustapha, a Mauritanian national and attacked him. “They came at night and asked him to open his shop […]
“If you are attacked while wearing a press vest, it is clearly unlawful and potentially a war crime”
The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) shone the spotlight on media under fire at a webinar on May 16 which heard from journalists from Ukraine and Yemen and the legal team supporting the IFJ’s complaint to the International Criminal Court over Israel’s systematic targeting of Palestinian media workers. The event, chaired […]