Month: July 2019

News

Kebba Secka killed By Police Officer

Kebba Secka killed by Police: The Gambia must address fundamental flaws in Security Sector immediately By Team Gom Sa Bopa Last week the Gambia Police Force published a press release stating that “25 year old Kebba Secka was stabbed with a knife” on July 7th 2019 around Palma Rima Junction […]

Culture

Why Gambia Needs Moral Lessons

The discussion on morality and moral philosophy or ethical behaviour and principles regarding good and bad, right and wrong, has ever been a topical in society as the yardstick of social standards. Moral dialogue can be highly contentious in that what is morally acceptable in one quarter may appeal less […]

Society

Police Debunks Missing Person News

PRESS RELEASE The office of the Inspector General of Police has noted with concern information going round social media platforms about missing persons including adults and minors. Although most of these reports on social media platforms were never formally filed with the police, exhaustive investigations have however, been conducted in […]

Politics

Deyda Hydara’s Killers Finally Known

After more than 14 years in the waiting, Gambians have finally known who killed Deyda Hydara, the Managing Editor and Co-proprietor of The Point Newspaper. Hydara was gunned down by unidentified assailants while driving his staff home in Kanifing on December 2004. In his testimony at the Gambia’s Truth, Reconciliation […]

News

Gambia’s Natural Resources Belong To All Citizens

By Abdoulie John Gambia’s Vice-President, Dr. Isatou Touray, has Friday reaffirmed government commitment to ensuring that social equity prevails in the management of the country’s natural resources. VP Touray made this remark at the opening of the first ever consultative forum on the transparent management of extractives and non-extractives natural […]

News

IRI Set For Consultation Management

By Abdoulie John Gambians are bracing up for the first ever consultation on the transparent management of extractives industry and natural resources.  Organised by the International Republican Institute (IRI), the two-day event will bring together policy makers, community leaders, government officials, civil society groups and representatives of the extractives industry. […]