Fajara, October 25, 2024: The Gambia Press Union (GPU) is deeply concerned by the country’s press freedom situation after the Gambian president and his environment minister decided to sue two newspapers for defamation. President Adama Barrow’s suit against The Voice, a privately-owned daily newspaper, stems from a September 23rd story […]
PRESS STATEMENT In June 2024, the Alkamba Times published a story written by their correspondent Kebba Ansu Manneh alleging that the Minister of Environment Rohey John Manjang was involved in corruption. The report stated that, “Multiple sources in the country’s Lower River Region (LRR) have disclosed to TAT the involvement […]
A Reply to Arfang Sillah’s Conjectural and Charged Emotive Arguments “Haranteh deggaa mungi si feheey haam balaah nuiy deff daara” – Wollof Proverb Good try, but sadly, you jump into the optics of illusions as if you smoked expired weed and whirling as a cultist propagandist and high on the […]
Basidia M. Drammeh. Gambia’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Dr. Momodou Tangara, has unexpectedly found himself embroiled in a heated debate as he contends for the position of Commonwealth Secretary General, which will be decided at the upcoming Heads of Government Meeting in Samoa, 21 – 27 October 2024. Dr. Tangara’s candidacy […]