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“BY AYESHA” Dear Mr Mbai, As I told you earlier our experience with NAQAA is too long and complicated; it will be difficult to write everything but we have enough documents to support our complaint and concerns. For more details, please look at the letter sent to IGP and the one to the Solicitor General. After your own investigations I will be more than happy to answer any question in relation to this problem. My only concern is the type of management running the affairs of such an important institute.…

“BY AYESHA” The Gambia’s Vice-President Ousainou Darboe has expressed the need for Africa to do more in pursuit of human rights in making sure that the principles enshrined in the African Charter for Human and Peoples’ Rights are fully realised throughout the continent. VP Darboe made this remark in a keynote address he delivered Tuesday at the opening of the 63rd ordinary session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR), which is being held at Labranda Coral Beach Hotel, located in Brufut, about 15 km away from…

“BY AYESHA” LETTER FROM AFRICA: I WAS TORTURED IN THE GAMBIA Image copyrightAFPImage captionYahya Jammeh ruled The Gambia for 22 years after taking power in a bloodless coup In our series of letters from African journalists, Lamin Cham, editor of The Gambia’s Standard newspaper and a former BBC reporter, explains why he wants to testify at the new truth and reconciliation commission. Our former President Yahya Jammeh went into exile more than 18 months ago, but many Gambians are still haunted by the legacy of his brutal two-decade rule. He…

“BY AYESHA” It has been brought to our attention that the story we published about Dr. Samateh, the Chief Medical Director at the Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital contained some factual errors. Our apologies! To err is human. Dr. Samateh never used the $2,500-dollar impress that was allocated to him during his trip to the United States with the First Lady by the Hospital management. There was also nothing irregular about the transaction in question, we were told. It was a normal transaction. Dr. Samateh has been described as an…

“BY AYESHA” Hope you?  Hope you are doing great? I was chatting a family friend today who raised concerns and I asked her to send in writing. Please find below: From a concerned citizen, Today 23rd October, 2018, at 8 am, we all gathered at the parade grounds for the usual briefing. I was handpicked together with some other colleagues and warned to prepare for a mission without being told what it entailed. At approximately 10 am, those chosen gathered at the common ground believing that there was an urgent…

“BY AYESHA” Kotu, The Gambia- The Constitutional Review Commissions (CRC) is set to commence its public consultations in the North Bank Region from Monday, 29th October and the public consultation is expected to last in June 2019. Briefing journalists at a news conference held at CRC secretariat in Kotu on Wednesday, the CRC Chairman, Justice Cherno Sulayman Jallow, said the in-country public consultations will be done in phases at district and ward levels with a view to engaging the populations and thus, make the process as inclusive and participatory as…