Sonko faces 9 counts of heinous crimes which constituted crimes against humanity. This includes murder, rape, false imprisonment, torture, among others. He faces 10 Gambian claimants in the 3-week trial which ends by January 30.
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A 5-member delegation of lawmakers from Gambia have told the ECOWAS Parliament that the Barrow administration has not closed any media house in the country since 2017, an information found to be untrue.
In a Whatsapp audio circulating on the messaging platform, Mr Alieu Kora known as International Jato has called on members of his party, main opposition United Democratic Party (UDP), to mobilise, attack and kill the first lady Fatoumatta Bah Barrow and her delegation when they visit the town of Bakau.
A ruling NPP supporter identified as Jali Burama Jobarteh has made comments flagged by Malagen media monitoring as hate speech. The viral video clip has been published widely on social media and online news media. His hateful comments are directed at the mayor of Kanifing Municipal Council, Talib Ahmed Bensouda. He describes Bensouda as a non-Gambian and calls on the electorate to vote against him based on his origin.
Although it is true media is freer under Adama Barrow, compared to the previous autocratic regime under Yahya Jammeh, DUBAWA has made it a point to highlight the challenges facing the industry that pose a threat to its freedom.
In a video interview that went viral over the weekend, the Gambian leader said audits are an opinion, a comment seen by critics as softening his position on combating corruption.
There is a public uproar in The Gambia over the content of an audit report by Securiport, a US-based company tasked with providing aviation and immigration security. The National Audit Office, among other things, found that key government officers, including diplomatic passport holders, were exempt from paying an airport security fee in contravention of the law.
The Local Government Elections are due to take place in two months across the Gambia. It will give the qualified Gambian citizens the opportunity to elect ward councillors, area council chairpersons and mayors for Banjul City and Kanifing Municipal Councils. The elections will complete the 2021-2023 electoral cycle which already witnessed the presidential in December 2021 and April National Assembly 2022.
On January 13, 2023, Madi Jobarteh, a human rights activist and social commentator, had a face-off in a debate with Halifa Sallah, the secretary-general of People’s Democracy Organisation for Democracy and Socialism (PDOIS), following the former’s comments that The Gambia Coalition 2016 betrayed Solo Sandeng.
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