Claim: Dembo ‘By Force’ Bojang, national president of the National People’s Party (NPP), has said that all households in Kiang are electrified.Verdict: FALSE. At least 16 communities in Kiang are yet to be electrified. On December 27, 2022, the National People’s Party (NPP) national president, Dembo...
United Nations defines braille as a tactile representation of alphabetic and numerical symbols using six dots to represent each letter and number, and even musical, mathematical and scientific symbols. The observance of World Braille Day was officially recognised by the United Nations General Assembly in...
The events of April 14 & 16, 2016, were a dark chapter in The Gambia’s history. Ebrima Solo Sandeng, an organising secretary of the opposition United Democratic Party, led a nonviolent protest, demanding electoral reforms and justice. This was a period when the dictatorship was...
During the induction program, fellows would undergo a four-day intense virtual fact-checking training that would equip them with the required skills for the three-month fellowship.
The contract signed between the gov’t and Securiport provides exemption for 2-year-olds and below. However, diplomatic passport holders have not been paying the levy.
Human rights and press freedom organisations have documented violations of freedom of expression, including the prevalence of anti-free speech laws, arrest and detention of political and civil society activists over speech-related issues, unlawful closure of media houses, and violent crimes against journalists with impunity.
While the addendum signed on October 11, 2019, nullified the credit facility, changes the currency of payment from USD to dalasis though the costings all remain in USD. That first addendum done in 2019 nullified the credit facility which carried the first tax exemption granted...
At least four people were killed on Thursday 11 August in a recurring tragedy of road traffic accidents in recent times across the country. This time around, five state guard military personnel were involved, killing all four and leaving one hospitalised.
Officials of the Gambia government have repeatedly informed the public that the government has rejected only two recommendations of the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC). The recommendations with respect to the ban on NIA chief Ousman Sowe and ‘mercenary judges’ have been cited as the...
Gambia’s head of the mobile traffic unit is accused of anti-immigrant comments that are hateful. Lamin ‘King’ Colley singled out non-Gambian Fulas as responsible for taking Gambian jobs, leaving young Gambians.
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