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      By Sheriff Saidykhan Victims who have suffered under the ruthless hands of former President Yayha Jammeh has on Monday 13, February 2023 kick-off a three day photo exhibition of torture victims at the youth monument in Westfield.  The Open three day photo exhibition is aim at highlighting the multidimentional impact of torture on victims.  In an interview with The Outpost Media Muhammed Sandeng, the son of the late Solo Sandeng said the event is geared towards raising awareness of the anti-torture bill, and to ensure the 'Never Again Mantra'.  “The aim of our advocacy is to raise awareness and support for the passing of the anti-torture bill which is currently before parliament. It is also a continuation of the Truth telling process that was started by the TRRC, it also memorialized past events in order to ensure the never again mantra,” he said Never Again is a slogan that depicts the prevention of reoccurrence of the human rights violation of the past years of dictators

                                 By Sheriff Saidykhan  The Gambia Press Union (GPU) in partnership with the National Democratic Institute (NDI) has on Friday 10, February 2023 concluded a two day capacity building training for media practitioners on the use of Access to Information (ATI) law for news reporting and towards ensuring transperancy in governance. Access to Information refers to the right, which members of the society have to access information held by government officials and institutions. The information legislation was adopted through the National Assembly of The Gambia in July, 2021.  Speaking at the event held at Metzy hotel in Kotu, the President of the Gambia Press Union, Muhammed S Bah underscored the significance of the access to Information Act for journalists’.  “The Access to Information Act, 2021, provides an enforceable right for journalists to access official documents held by public officials. Under the Act, journalists have a right to request, process, and d

                   Editorial  Since the creation of mankind; marriage has been  an institution for two couples to foster unionism and be charitable towards one another. Ordained in all the major religious doctrines; marriage is also a way of worship. Over the past years and now, the staggering number of divorce marriages has thus sparked a nationwide debate across different social strata. Series of counter-discursive strategies  have been tabled by many Islamic Jurists towards addressing the issue, but all their concerted efforts remains unanswered at the borders of inquiry.  There is need for a new paradigm shift towards mitigating the crisis.  Islamic Jurists has much in their archives; to educate the masses and draw a distinction between the past and present.  Many of these divorce  marriages are left without any supported  evidence. Many held the view that marriage counselling is still needed to root out this growing trend.  Many young people enters into marriage without  having an

     By Sheriff Saidykhan Marr Nyang, the Executive Director of Gambia Participates (GP), a civil society organization set up to investigate corruption in the country has blamed the government of President Adama Barrow for its lack of inaction to fight corruption. According to Transparency International, Gambia is ranked 110 in the world corruption report 2022.        “It just shows the consistent inaction of the government (executive) and parliament in prioritizing anti-corruption efforts,” he said. In an interview with The Outpost Media, from Kenya, Nairobi he said the 66+ children that died due to the imported medical syrup from India were caused by blatant corruption and weak accountability mechanisms. “Corruption kills and it knows no age or gender. We’ve witnessed citizens dying because of the government's lack of efforts to procure life saving medical machines or mechanisms to test medications before allowing fake drugs to make it to the market. It just takes humans to do wh

     The late Vice President of The Gambia Dr. Alieu Badara Joof has been laid to rest at his residence in Banjulinding at 2pm.  Scores of mourners at the funeral convergence in Banjulinding equally spoke of his “generosity and dedication” to the country. The late Badara Joof died on Wednesday 18th January 2023 in New Dehli India, after battling with a brief illness.  The laying state ceremony marking the state funeral of the late Vice President at the National Assembly, President Adama Barrow, government dignitaries and members of the National Assembly paid their last respects to the late Badara Joof. The casket of the late Vice President at the NA In his eulogy to the late Vice President, President Barrow described him as the most “dedicated and competent” in the service of the nation. The late Alieu Badara Joof will be remembered by Gambians for his patriotism and immense contributions to the country.

        By Tunkang Kambano Former Kartong Ward councillor and current executive member of the National People's party Lamin Jamba Jammeh has expressed his interest to run under NPP ticket for the upcoming Brikama Area Council Chairmanship, slated to take place on May 20th 2023.  The Kartong born politician who once served as councillor for Kartong Ward for 8 years  has now shown his admiration to contest for the 2nd time for the Brikama Area Council (BAC)  Chairmanship role. Confirming his intention in running  for Brikama Area Council, Mr Jammeh took to his social media handle and wrote “West Coast I know your problem and I can solve it. Time for implementation,” he said. Lamin Jamba Jammeh may face stiff competition with the likes of Ahmed Gitteh, Sheriffo Sonko and Dr Ismaila Ceesay who may all be potential candidates for the National People's Party. Mr Jammeh, a phylantropist and seasoned community development activist, has for the past years supported numerous projects not

          Omar Ceesay, Transport Union President By Sheriff Saidykhan The Gambia Transport Union (GTU) has said in its recent press release that the transport fares will be increase from all the official routes across the country effective Friday, 20th January 2023.  Below reads the full statements: “The General Transport Union wishes to inform the public that, following a series of consultations with the government through the Ministry of Transport Works and Infrastructure and relevant stakeholders has reached an agreement to increase the Transport fares for all the official routes across the country effective 20th January 2023.  The General Transport Union wishes to further inform all its members, commercial drivers, and commercial vehicle owners that, an agreement has been made between the Union, Government and other stakeholders in connection to the implementation of the routes licensing scheme within the Greater Banjul Area and West Coast Region.  In this regard, we are calling on