The Gambia News

A PLYMOUTH teacher who now lives in Africa has returned to her home city to raise money and forge links to help the people in her adopted country.

A TEACHER at St Mary's Primary School is heading off on a groundbreaking cultural adventure.

Gambia's High Court jailed seven journalists who were out on bail after being charged with sedition and has brought new charges against them, legal sources said on Friday.

Friday, 3 July 2009, 5:18 pm Press Release: United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the agreement reached by the Gambia and Ghana to end tensions that emerged after the deaths and disappearances of Ghanaian nationals on Gambian territory in 2005.

The African Union Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Economy, Ms Tumsiine Rodha Peace, noted on Saturday in Tripoli that th e huge amounts of money African countries pump into import food could be used to improve agriculture in the various countries.

The Cambridgeshire Police helicopter found 51 missing people and helped recover 1.5m worth of property in its first three years, a report reveals.

A Press Briefing was organized by the Social Security Housing and Finance Corporation on Thursday, 18th June, on the proposed Lamin/ Makumbaya Housing Project.

Mr. Augustine Kanjia, a reporter and columnist at the Point newspaper, and also the Assistant Communication Officer of the Network of Human Rights Journalists - The Gambia, who was arrested on 22 June, within the premises of the Kanifing Magistrates' Court, where seven of his media colleagues were appearing on seditions charges is released on bail.

The arrest of nine journalists on sedition charges appears to constitute an attempt to eradicate the last vestiges of resistance to the president's rule in Gambia.

The African Union Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights on Tuesday urged Gambian President Yahya Jammeh to uphold the right to free expression after a recent media crackdown.

India Gazette Wednesday 24th June, 2009 Commonwealth Journalists Association president Hassan Shahriar has expressed 'shock and outrage' at the arrest last week of seven Gambian journalists, saying government's anti-democratic actions 'are another stain on the country's already poor international reputation'. The seven were charged with conspiracy ...

Nyodema's Gospel Sing for The Gambia at Bognor's Regis School of Music has been hailed a great success.

Seven Gambian journalists charged with sedition last week for criticizing the president have been freed on bail, while two other detainees were released without charge, local journalists and the press union told CPJ today.

Health is a fundamental pillar in the process of nation building. The healthier the people are, the more active they become as participants in the national development effort.

Monday 15th June, the entire Gambian Media Fraternity were struck with the news of the arrest and subsequent detention of seven journalists including the Officers of the Gambia Press Union, Managing Editors, Editors and Reporters.

Emil Touray , Secretary General Gambia Press Union, Sarata Jabbi-Dibba , Vice President, Gambia Press Union, Pa Modou Faal , Treasurer, Gambia Press Union, Pap Saine , Publisher, The Point newspaper, Ebrma Saweneh , Editor, The Point newspaper, Sam Sarr , Editor, Foroyaa, opposition newspaper, Abubcarr Saidy Khan, reporter, Foroyaa, opposition ...

My intention to remain in my home country, to use my pen to correct injustice, and to champion press freedom was aborted by security threats that forced me and my family into exile.

Eight Gambian Press Union executives and newspaper journalists currently detained by the country's National Intelligence Agency were charged and hurriedly arraigned before a magistrate court late Thursday evening.

Banjul - "In politics and sociology you reach a tipping point and once you've reached it, things change," says Min-whee Kang of the UN Children's Fund.

Banjul, Gambia - A media watchdog group is calling on Gambia to release seven journalists detained this week after criticising the nation's president, who has ruled the tiny country since a 1994 coup.