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Scorpions head coach, Tom Saintfiet has named a strong provisional thirty-six man squad for his side 2021 Africa Cup of Nations group D qualifiers opener away to Angola on 13 November in Luanda.    Coach Saintfiet will select a solid team to face the Angolans in the continent’s bi-annual biggest showpiece qualifiers, who eliminated his side from 2022 World Cup qualifiers last month. They required proper preparation ahead of their much-anticipated clash with Angola on 13 November in Launda to keep their chances of snatching a victory after the final whistle.  The players in the provisional squad are. Goalkeepers 1.Modou Jobe-Jeddah Arabia 2.Sheikh Sibi-Virtus-Italy  3.Baboucarr Gaye-SG Wattenscheid-Germany  4.Alagie Nyabally-Gambia Ports Authority Defenders 5. Pa Jagne-FC Zurich-Switzerland 6. Ibou Touray Salford-England 7. Omar Colley-Sampdoria-Italy 8. Mohammed Mbaye-Mjallby-Sweden 9. Bubacarr Sannneh-Goztepe-T...

Jukuna Suso, a victim of human right violations in 1994, 1996 and 2016 and a party militant of the United Democratic Party (UDP) yesterday told the truth-seeking commission that it was former prison director David Colley who led her, the UDP party leader Ousainou Darboe and about 30 other people who were demonstrating for the death of Solo Sandeng in 2016 into Mile 2.   Explaining the incident, Mrs Suso said she went to Pipeline and Solo Sandeng died the following day, adding that her father called and informed her and she went to Ousainou  Darboe’s house and found them at the sitting room. She said that was the time Darboe wanted to go out for demonstration and he told them not to go with weapons. On whether she knew how Solo died, she testified that she heard that Solo and others went out to demonstrate and he was arrested and taken to NIA where he died. On that demonstration, the witness indicated that Darboe went with Lamin Dibba, Modou Sanneh, Fakebba a...

A woman who said security agents wrongly arrested and detained her at the notorious Mile 2 State Central Prison in Gambia’s capital, Banjul holds former Mayor of Kanifing Municipal Council Yankuba Colley and one-time interior minister Ousman Sonko responsible for their miseries.   Fatou Camara told the TRRC in her testimony on Thursday that she was never part of the April 14 2016 electoral reform protest but was arrested alongside other United Democratic Party (UDP) members and tortured by the defunct National Intelligence Agency (NIA) officers.  She said it was former Kanifing Mayor Yankuba Colley and former Interior minister Ousman Sonko who led their detention on the orders of former President Yahya Jammeh. Explaining how she got to Mile 2 Central Prison, Mrs Camara said on the day she was arrested, she was looking for a particular grass and was directed to a Malian in Kanifing, where she was going to. She said when she reached a junction on her w...

By Pa Modou Cham Dr. Mariatou Jallow, former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Royal Victoria Hospital (RVH), who testified before the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC), yesterday has revealed that former President Yahya Jammeh was lying to the Gambians about his claims of treating HIV/AIDS, hypertension, asthma and tuberculosis. She, however, stated that the difficulties that the victims of April 10/11 2000 were a system fail from the government and the management of the RVTH as a whole.  Giving account of the incident, she said she was the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the hospital at the time and on that day she received a call as she was in her office that many people were brought to the hospital with serious injuries and bleeding. “I mobilised the doctors and the nurses and the theatre was prepared as well and those needed blood were facilitated. The death people in total of 14 were arranged at the mortuary. One of the...

By Pa Modou Cham Adama Barrow, the President of The Gambia as on Thursday delivered his State of the nation address before the law makers in Banjul, expressed delight and optimistic for the future of our economy as it grew for the past years by 4.8% in 2018 and 6.5% in 2018. He said that Balance of Payments (BoP) estimates indicate that the current account deficit narrowed to 1.5% of GDP in the first half of 2019 compared to a deficit of 1.7% of GDP in the corresponding quarter in 2018. He added that the improvement in the current account balance is attributed to the increase in foreign inflows related to the support from development partners, diaspora remittances, and tourism. “Gross international reserve is projected at 4 months of next year’s imports of goods and services. The exchange rate of the dalasi remains broadly stable supported by market confidence, and increased inflows from private remittances, higher receipts from tourism, and officia...

It took 15 years to have a concrete answer to the question: “Who Killed Deyda Hydara?” displayed on The Point’s front page banner since 2004. Vivid details to the circumstances of the killing of The Point’s ex-managing editor and co-proprietor, Deyda Hydara, emerged that he was shot and killed on the orders of ex-President Yahya Jammeh.  Mr. Hydara’s productive life was cut short by assassin’s bullet some 15 years ago when the newspaper he co-founded with childhood friend, Mr. Pap Saine, was celebrating its 13th anniversary. “One day, Tumbul Tamba told our patrol team that we (were) going for ‘the magic pen’ (code name given to Deyda Hydara as target for the operation),” Lt. Malick Jatta of The Gambia Armed Forces (GAF) and a member of former President Yayha Jammeh’s hit-squad known as ‘junglers’ yesterday testified before the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC)  disclosed.  “We left Kanilai with Tamba’s car till Kanifing and to...

After his admission to the killing of veteran journalist Deyda Hydara on the orders of the former president, Yahya Jammeh, Lt. Malick Jatta of The Gambia Armed Forces (GAF) continued his testimony on Tuesday. He told the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission that Yahya Jammeh also ordered the killing of Daba Marena, Alpha Bah, Ebou Lowe, Alieu Ceesay, Massi Jammeh, a lady callled Julia and Manlafi Corr.   “On the said assassination, Sana Manjang knocked Messi Jammeh down after shooting her two times on the head. Sainey Jammeh came with Julia and shot her to death. Alieu Ceesay who wanted to escape, was also shot with others and they were all dumped inside a well.” The army lieutenant indicated that it was his group that carried out these assassinations, but he (Jatta), Alieu Jeng, and Nyabally never took part. Further on the mysterious killings of more than 50 West African migrants including 44 Ghanaians, Nigerians, three Ivoirians, two Senegalese an...