Gambia College staff gets 2-year jail term over sexual assault of student
Kaddy Jawo2024-04-25T20:04:28+00:00An administrative staff of The Gambia College exposed by Malagen after attempting to coerce a 22-year-old student into sex in exchange to enter her missing grades has been found guilty and sentenced to a jail term and fine, but the victim said the punishment is...
Corruption, Coercion and Cover-up: How Roy escapes justice for alleged sex abuse of Teneng and Jongfolo
Saikou Jammeh2024-04-15T00:44:38+00:00New evidence has emerged in the story of Roy Webster, a British national resident in The Gambia, shedding light into how he managed to evade justice for the alleged sexual abuse of two 12-year-old girls, identified only as Teneng and Jongfolo. Through admissions obtained from...
Victims of alleged Jammeh henchman Ousman Sonko welcome Swiss trial as Gambian government faces pressure to bring justice
Mustapha K Darboe2024-01-11T09:33:08+00:00The former interior minister Sonko goes on trial in Switzerland battling charges of crimes against humanity. The trial is on its fourth day and two witnesses have so far testified against Sonko: a serving military officer Lt. Col. Bunja Darboe tortured at the NIA in...
FACT SHEET: What to know about trial of ex-interior minister Ousman Sonko in Switzerland
Mustapha K Darboe2024-02-15T18:10:31+00:00Sonko 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.
AKI Tragedy Exposed: How Indian drugs claim lives of over 70 children in The Gambia
Saikou Jammeh2024-01-04T10:04:58+00:00Concerns remain even after the release of the presidential task force report on the acute kidney injury outbreak that claimed the lives of more than 70 children. The report has seemingly been left to gather dust. Thousands of the banned and contaminated India drugs are...
Dangerous speech alert: Barrow threatens non-partisan public servants, likens them to pest
Kebba Jeffang2024-02-15T18:21:18+00:00In the just concluded meet-the-people tour, the Gambian leader Adama Barrow has threatened to take a non-disclosed action against public officers who are claimed to be non-partisan in government. He likened them to pests. His comments constitute dangerous speech. Context The Gambian president conducts a constitutionally mandated...