By Sanna Camara For so many Americans on the continent, it doesn’t make much difference who wins presidential elections in the US, except for popularity and fame in the names. Yet for very obvious reasons, the coming again of Donald Trump after an interrupted second term some six years ago may not bring to the […]
By Sanna Camara The cooperation between the Republic of The Gambia and the Federal Republic of Germany is taking a new milestone as Gambia is about to open an Embassy in Berlin, a year after Germany inaugurates its own in Banjul. This development was revealed by the German Ambassador to The Gambia Mr. Klaus Botzet […]
By Sanna Camara The Gambia Tourism Board confirmed it allocated the wetlands located between Bertil Herding Highway and the Kotu Beach, to a Malaysian Investor, Kaijang Holding Group Ltd. The Alkali of Manjai, Mr Amadou Gomez, whose family for almost a century, have been custodians of these lands and maintain rice fields in the wetlands, […]
Africa’s natural gas reserves are estimated at 630 trillion standard cubic feet. Sadly, investment remains low in the gas space. However, in a One-on-One interview with members of the African Association of Energy Journalists and Publishers, drawn from 54 African nations, Mr. Julius Rone, Group Managing Director/CEO, UTM Offshore Limited, widely known as the ‘Gas […]
By Sanna Camara A Gambian human rights advocate, freedom of expression and access to information specialist has urged President Adama Barrow to stop the arrest and prosecution of journalists over public interest coverages in the media, instead focus on prioritising media law reform commitments made by the country that is rooted in various judicial rulings […]
By Sanna Camara US Department of Justice on Friday announced that Mohammad Ibrahim Bazzi has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to conducting business with persons under US designated terrorist groups like Hizbollah in Lebanon. Muhammad Bazzi as a former business ally of Presidet Jammeh, has been on the US Department Watch List after designation as […]
By Sanna Camara A major gap in prosecuting perpetrators of human rights violations under Universal Jurisdiction in Switzerland and now, the U.S., exposes a legal gap that some offences have not been criminalised in The Gambia, in order to qualify as crimes against humanity in prosecuting countries. In Switzerland, rape charges against Ousman Sonko have […]
By Ansumana Darboe Gambia Environmental Alliance The Abuko Nature Reserve, a vital ecological and cultural asset in The Gambia, faces potential de-reservation as the government considers land allocations for a natio nal stadium and sporting facilities. While development is essential, prioritizing ecological integrity and sustainable land use must take precedence. Abuko is home to a […]
By Sanna Camara Isatou was just 14 when she had her first heart surgery in The Netherlands. Her country, The Gambia, had neither the capacity nor the expertise to conduct such a complex surgical operation on her in Banjul. She had to travel abroad where a successful operation performed on her in The Netherlands, gave […]
By Sanna Camara The first motion filed by Correa’s lawyers Matthew Belcher, Jared Westbroek, and Boston Stanton, asking the judge to dismiss the case against him because the US government was not facilitating the attendance of his witnesses to travel to come testify was denied on Wednesday afternoon this week. This first motion explained that […]
