Press Release Dated: 21st November, 2023 The Gambia Government Working Towards Resolution of National Identification Cards and Driver Licenses Situation The Gambia Government wishes to inform the public, especially Gambian citizens seeking to acquire National Identification (ID) Cards and Driver Licenses, about a recent development concerning the production of these […]
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Germany Seeks Life Sentence For Alleged Gambia Death Squad Member
Article written by AFP News. German prosecutors on Thursday demanded life in prison for a Gambian man accused of belonging to a death squad that murdered opponents of former dictator Yahya Jammeh, including an AFP journalist. A spokesman for the court holding the trial in the northern German town of […]
GPU Urges Police to Drop Charges Against Madi Jobarteh
PRESS RELEASE (Banjul, The Gambia, 15 Nov., 2023) – The Gambia Press Union (GPU) is calling on the Gambia Police Force (GPF) to drop all charges against Madi Jobarteh, one of the country’s leading human rights activists. Madi is charged with “seditious intention”, “false publication and broadcasting”, and “incitement to […]
New Magistrate takes over Fatou Touray & Co‘s unauthorised publication case as trial resumes next week
A new Magistrate has been assigned to take charge of the unauthorised publication case against Fatou Touray, CEO of Kerr Fatou media and Fatoumata Drammeh, widely known as Tima La Waato of Paradise Tv at the Brikama Magistrate’s Court in Brikama, West Coast Region. The two accused persons are charged with […]