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MANDINARING GIVES ULTIMATUM TO GOV’T

By Arret Jatta The community of Mandinaring has given the government and the Gambia Police Force a seven-day deadline to act on the findings of the coroner's inquest into the death of Omar Badjie, with a key demand for the immediate prosecution of officers implicated in the case. Speaking at a press conference held at Badjie’s family...
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MANDINARING GIVES ULTIMATUM TO GOV’T

By Arret Jatta The community of Mandinaring has given the government and the Gambia Police Force a seven-day deadline to act on the findings of...
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New Immigration Bill seeks to allow specialised border units carry weapons

By Tabora Bojang The Gambia Immigration Department is proposing in the new Immigration Bill for the establishment of a special border patrol unit which will bear arms for the purpose of carrying high risk operations...

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