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 to the contractor. The authorities then include a similar tax exemption and duty waiver in the addendum.
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 two that have been rejected. For instance, speaking in this video interview on May 25, Justice Minister Dawda Jallow said: “One of the two [rejected] is the recommendation made against a group of judges that the TRRC considered them to be mercenary judges. We rejected that from a public policy point of view because we...
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.
The auditors had made it clear in the report that the withdrawals were made from an account inherited from the Jammeh administration and ordered closed on their recommendations. Instead, the OP under Barrow reopened them “with the same account name but a different account number”.
The statement made by Kambi— a former chairman of the National Youth Council (NYC)— on his Facebook page was flagged by Malagen media monitoring team as a dangerous speech.
In terms of electoral disputes, candidates who feel that the election processes are not free and fair can file a petition at the Supreme Court of The Gambia.
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