The GPU extends condolences to our colleagues at the Foroyaa Newspaper on the demise of Alpha Bah who was an IT Technician and Webmaster at the Paper.Alpha’s death was announced this morning having fought ill-health for sometime. He was a member of the GPU and is known among colleagues to […]
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GPU Statement on the Arbitrary Arrest of Journalist Yusef Taylor Fajara, 7 July, 2022
PRESS STATEMENT: The Gambia Press Union (GPU) has received official reports that on the 5th of July 2022, Yusef Taylor, a journalist who is also the Editor-in-Chief of Gainako Online, was arbitrarily arrested and reportedly charged with “obstructing a police officer in the execution of his duty”. Mr. Taylor was […]
GPU President to Serve in the IFJ Gender Council
PRESS STATEMENT Muscat, Oman June 1, 2022 – The President of the Gambia Press Union (GPU), Muhammed S. Bah, is to serve a three-year term in the Gender Council of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ). Bah’s nomination by the GPU was accepted by the IFJ ahead of the 31st […]
GPU Mourns Demise of Journalist Alhagie Kolley
The Gambia Press Union is saddened to learn about the demise of our colleague, Alhagie Colley, a Senior Reporter for West Coast Radio. Kolley, who died this afternoon at the Sharab Hospital in Kanifing, was a courageous journalist dedicated to reporting on the lives and livelihoods of the poor, disadvantaged […]