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December 29, 2021
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Judge rejects bail application for Sainabou Mbye and two others
Judge Sidi K Jobarteh has rejected the bail application for Sainabou Mbye, Cherno Mbye and Kimbily Dambely. The judge ruled at a hearing today (11 August) that the defendants would not be bailed pending the outcome of their manslaughter trial. However, she gave the state an ultimatum to either file[Read More…]
Opinion
Open letter to Counsel T. Tah, chief prosecutor for Bob Keita’s alleged rape trial
Dear my Learned Friend, Counsel T. Tah, I pray this letter finds you well and in great spirits. I write publicly to you because the issues I wish to address in this missive are indeed of great public concern and interest. Counsel, it was about a month ago, when I[Read More…]
Comment
Former TRRC lead counsel Essa Faal comments on Government TRRC white paper
I am thrilled to learn that the government has issued the long awaited White Paper on the report of the TRRC in which it accepted 99.2% of the findings and recommendations of the Commission. I am happy to have attained such a lofty achievement not just for myself, but for[Read More…]
Africa
Curfew declared in Sierra Leone amid violent anti-government protests
Sierra Leone government has declared nationwide curfew after violent protests left several people including police officers dead on Wednesday. Local reposts state that the protests which started in the capital, Freetown has spread to several towns in the north of country. The protests are against the rising cost of living,[Read More…]
Culture
Commemorating Tamxarit or Day of Ashura in The Gambia
As the Muslims enters the month of Muharam, I say happy new year to you all and wish you a year of success fill with blessings. May we all live to see the back of this pandemic. I asked for forgiveness and have forgiven everyone who I may wrong in one[Read More…]
Sport
Gina Bass wins gold medal at Islamic Solidarity Games in Turkey
Gambian sprinter Gina Bass has won a gold medal in the women’s 200m race at the Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya, Turkey. Bass impressed with a timing of 22:63 to win the race. She has the 200m at the games previously and was defending her title. Her compatriot Wurrie Njadoe[Read More…]
Video
Sadio Mane set to complete Bayern Munich move
Sadio Mane donned the Bayern Munich badge for the first time on Tuesday as he underwent a medical in Bavaria. A £35million deal has been struck to take the Senegalese winger from Liverpool to the Bundesliga giants. Mane is expected to be presented as a Bayern player on Wednesday after[Read More…]
Business
African governments urged to reduce dependence on so-called developed nations
African central bank governors have called on their governments to reduce the high dependence on the so-called developed countries. The call was made at a week-long summit of African central bank governors in Banjul. Speaking on the group’s behalf, governor of the Central Bank of Gambia Buah Saidy, who doubles[Read More…]
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