Gambia fears economic crisis after Thomas Cook collapse

Efforts to revive an economy “completely destroyed” by Gambia’s former president, Yahya Jammeh, have been dealt a severe blow by Thomas Cook’s collapse (Photo: Modou S. Joof | TNBES | May 2019).

Jammeh’s ‘HIV/AIDS treatment was a lie’

Survivors call for the withdrawal of medical licences of two doctors

 

Yahya Jammeh prays while administering his alleged herbal HIV cure to a patient at the State House in Banjul. Photo | AP | 2007

Gambia Plans to Charge Ex-President Jammeh for Theft, Corruption

Gambia's Jammeh, a former iron-fist ruler who claimed to have extraordinary powers, now lives in Equatorial Guinea (Photo Credit: EPA)

Gambia’s First Post-Independence President Jawara Dies

Prime Minister Jawara with David Ben-Gurion and General Moshe Dayan during a visit to Israel in 1962 (Photo by Moshe Pridan).

Gambia training to build capacities of financial institutions on money laundering risks

Director of Gambia's financial intelligence unit, Alagie Darboe, said it was important to "identify, assess, and mitigate" risks associated with money laundering and terrorist financing (Photo Credit: @JoofMS/TNBES).

OPINION: The Minister of Interior Must Respect Citizens Right to Protest

Gambia's Minister of Interior, Ebrima Mballow, told a political rally on Sunday that [police] water cannon truck "will spray hot water on anyone who resorts to rudeness.” (Photo taken from Facebook)

France begins training of Gambia police on crowd control

Anti-riot police restrain a protestor during a demonstration against police brutality on Feb. 18, 2017 on the place de la Republique in Paris, France. (AFP Photo)

Gambia Scraps Jammeh’s Portrait Off Currency Notes

The move has been welcomed by some Gambians on social media as new regime in Banjul gradually takes a decisive break with the country’s brutal past (PHOTO CREDIT: MSJoof / TNBES / May 2019

Gambia is 120th Happiest Country Globally - Report

Rights groups protest against impunity, perceived corruption in government and  environmental damage in Gambia in June 2018 (Photo taken from Freedom Newspaper)

Gambia: Truth Commission’s ‘Never Again’ Objective Should Be Collective Enterprise

President Yahya Jammeh, who ruled the tiny West African country for 22 years, was forced to step-down in 2017 by ECOWAS forces after he refused to cede power following an election defeat to current president, Adama Barrow. (Photo: EPA)