Inna lillahi wa Inna Ilaihi Raji’un. Ensa Badjie has passed away today. We extend our deepest condolences to his family, the people of Foni, fellow Gambians, and the Gambia Police Force. His passing is a loss to be mourned by all. May Allah, the Merciful, the Beneficent, grant him Aljannah […]
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Former IGP Ensa Badjie Passes Away
The death has been announced of the former Inspector General of Police Ensa Badjie widely known as Jesus, LamToro News was reliably informed. “He died a few minutes ago at the Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital in Banjul where he was receiving medical treatment,” said a source. The late ex-IGP […]
Analysis: The prevalence of government demolitions of illegal structures, alongside the legal counterclaims by citizens regarding their properties and public properties, highlights issues of heavy-handed law enforcement
Part I Alagi Yorro Jallow Fatoumatta: Property rights are constitutionally safeguarded in The Gambia. The Constitution of the Republic of The Gambia, 1997, in Chapter IV concerning the protection of fundamental rights and freedoms, explicitly provides for the Protection from Deprivation of Property in Section 22. This section guarantees that […]
Why Should the Government Charge a Citizen with Sedition?
Once again, The Gambia Government has expressed its dictatorial tendencies when the Inspector General of Police Seedy Muctarr Touray announced today that the State will charge Ebrima Dibba and Bakary Sillah for sedition. In the Criminal Code, Section 51 defines ‘seditious intention’ as basically any criticism that generates hatred, contempt, […]