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Another murder near Kudang Reports reaching Freedom Newspaper from a village near Niamina Kudang has it that a junior brother has killed his senior brother, following a dispute over a bull. Sources revealed that Momodou Bah, 33 years old of Sareh Mawdeh 1.5 km away from Kudang uses a stick to hit  his brother, Musa Bah 35 on his head and...

On April 6, 2017, Gambian voters elected members of the unicameral National Assembly. The National Assembly is composed of 58 members. Fifty-three members are directly elected from single-member constituencies for a five-year term using the first-past-the-post electoral system. The remaining five members were duly appointed by president Adama Barrow. I was deeply concerned, at the time, that our entire legislative arm...

The Unsmooth Road To December 4th, 2021Presidential Elections – The Gambia  Has The Gambia decided? If so, decided what? If not, what does it want to decide? As the clock hurriedly and patriotically ticks the countdown to the December 4th Presidential Elections of The Gambia, African countries have recently seen a U-turn in presidential elections -- preceded by refusals or...

The Gambian government has dropped a criminal proceeding that was filed against a group calling for the resignation of President Adama Barrow. The group says Barrow has overstayed his welcome, that he hasn’t fulfilled his promise of running a three years transition period.  The group members were charged with rioting, destruction to property among other charges. In a statement issued...