The Daily IIJ

The Gambia National Olympic Committee (GNOC) has announced that it will convene an extraordinary session to elect a new President to replace Lang Tombong Tamba. Lieutenant General Tamba, the erstwhile Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) of Gambia Armed Forces (GAF) was sentenced to death on Thursday July 15, 2010 by a judge at the High [...]

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The Gambian President Yahya AJJ Jammeh has put in place a Land Enquiry Commission, of which five members were sworn-in on Friday August 20, 2010 at State House in Banjul. The Commission is tasked to look into the issue of wrongful allocation of land and wrongful sale of land, and not necessarily deal in land [...]

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The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has announced its prizes to be awarded to business operators and Member States in the sub-region who distinguished themselves in the specific field of energy, entrepreneurship and free movement of goods and people.

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But Badjie says he was tortured and bleeds for a month In the trial within trial of the erstwhile police Chief Ensa Badjie, the second prosecution witness who serves as an independent witness when a statement was being obtained from the accused denies that the formed Inspector General of Police (IGP) was tortured. The witness, [...]

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The National Assembly Member for Wuli West Honorable Sidia Jatta on Thursday 26th August 2010 spoke about the consequences of unusual heavy rains in the Upper River Region (URR) of The Gambia, especially in Wuli West District. He was speaking to journalists at the press conference at the People’s Centre in Churchill’s Town, Serrekunda. Mr. [...]

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In order not to allow the great journalism institution to die, the Sierra Leone Daily Mail –at one time one of the leading daily newspapers in Africa–is to be kept alive by a trio of crusading Sierra Leonean journalists. The once great government-owned newspaper folded up many years ago under the administration of former President [...]

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The World Bank through the International Finance Corporation will in September launch the Doing Business 2011 which will give Sierra Leone more daunting task to either improve on the cost of doing business or create a more friendly environment for investors and others in the business community. For the past one year, much has been [...]

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African leaders are being asked to make the safety of journalists a top priority. The call comes from the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and other groups as the AU summit is being held in Kampala, Uganda. Last year, 13 African journalists were killed, nine of them in Somalia. Six have been killed so far [...]

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Reporter Assaulted In Court The Lomé Magistrate Court on August 25, 2010 indefinitely banned Tribune d’Afrique, a privately-owned bi-monthly newspaper, for defaming Mey Gnassingbé, a brother of Togolese President, Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé, the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) reported. The Tribune d’Afrique is published in Benin and circulated in both Benin and Togo. The [...]

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…for the sake of the Kaaba and others Ishmael Kindama Dumbuya There is presently a need for a religious Ministry or religious commission to be created in Sierra Leone for the handling of all religious issues either those of Christians, Islam or traditional people. A reader getting glimpse of this article might be thinking or [...]

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