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The United Nations Economic Commission (UNECA) and the Geneva based United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) have today launched ...

By Own Correspondent – Borry S. Touray counsel representing the embattled former Inspector General of Police, Ensa Badjie, in the 51-count indictment against him and two senior military officers, Lt. Col Mam Matarr Secka and Major Kuluteh Manneh, yesterday applied to recall the second prosecution witness in the voire dire trial. According to him, the defence was yet to finish cross-examining the independent, Babucarr Khan, and he, therefore, applied to recall him for defence to continue cross-examining him. It would be recalled that the prosecutors at the last adjournment date announced the closure of the prosecution’s case in the voire... Continue Reading

By Nangayi Guyson –Two workers of  Save the Children organization have been kidnapped  in Somalia by unknown gunmen  the charity says. The two men, a Zimbabwean security consultant and a local aid worker were seized from the town of Adado near the Ethiopian border , local witnesses have told the BBC. The security consultant  who is also believed to be a British national  had reportedly gone to Adado to see if it was safe enough for Save the Children to set up a base there. “The gunmen, heavily armed with machine-guns, stormed the building where the men stayed and they... Continue Reading

By Own Correspondent – The alleged judicial scam trial involving three former high court judges and two judicial officials resumed yesterday at the high court before Justice Lamin Jobarteh. The accused persons: Justice Ngui Mboob Janneh, Justice Amina Saho Ceesay, Justice Saffiatou Njie (said to be out of the jurisdiction), Haruna Jaiteh, ex-Judicial Secretary and Alhagie LS Sonko ex-bailiff of the high court, are all standing trial on charges ranging from neglect of official duty, to stealing by public officer, aiding and abetting a pulic officer to steal, economic crime and forgery. When the trial resumed, state prosecutor NB Jones told... Continue Reading

By Own Correspondent – The Banjul Magistrates’ Court presided over by principal Magistrate Emmanuel Nkea yesterday remanded in custody Dr Isatou Touray, Executive Director of the Gambia Committee on Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Children GAMCOMTRAP and Amie Bojang Sissoho, programme coordinator of the same organisation. The two women’s rights activists were first arraigned on Monday, charged with theft, which they denied. They were subsequently placed in police custody, pending the outcome of a bail application by their counsel. When the case resumed on Tuesday, defence counsel Amie Bensouda, Ebrima Jah and Sagarr Jahateh announced their representation... Continue Reading