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The former editor of The Independent newspaper, Musa Saidykhan, has Wednesday highlighted the way the previous regime systematically targeted the news outlet in an effort to muzzle the media. A pattern that began the very first days when The Independent hit the newsstands and started challenging the status quo. "The Independent has a history of persecution in the hands of...

The co-founder and publisher of The Point newspaper, Pap Saine, has Thursday unequivocally stated there is no iota of doubt that his colleague and brother Deyda Hydara was gunned down by assailants who acted at the direction of Gambia's longtime ruler, Yahya Jammeh. The co-proprietor of The Point was giving his testimony before the ongoing Six Session of the ongoing...

Remembering Nelson Mandela: How can we ever describe the loss of Nelson Mandela to this world?  It is not easy. Alagi Yorro Jallow I can think of no other person born in our lifetime whose living - whose sacrifice, whose values and beliefs - has touched more people across the globe than Madiba. I saw firsthand as a student how his prolonged and unjust...

Eastern Mediterranean University Rector pays courtesy call on President Barrow State House, Banjul, July 18, 2019 – His Excellency, President Adama Barrow received in audience the Rector of the Eastern Mediterranean University, Prof. Dr. Necdet Osam at the State House. President Barrow expressed thanks to the University for its work, especially in supporting Gambian students there.  He expressed appreciation for the...

President Barrow extends Condolences on the death of Ousmane Tanor Dieng of Senegal  State House, Banjul, July 18, 2019 - His Excellency, President Adama Barrow extends his heartfelt condolences to His Excellency and Dear Brother, President Macky Sall on the great loss of Mr. Ousmane Tanor Dieng, who passed away in France on Monday, 15th July 2019. President Barrow dispatched a...