The Gambian authorities closed independent Teranga FM 97.5 on 13 January, for reasons that are yet unclear. Managing director Ismaila Sisay was reportedly also called in for questioning. The station, opened in 2009, was popular among Gambians. Teranga FM reportedly broadcast in the local languages of Wollof and Mandinka, local journalists told IPI. One IPI […]

As one of the 60 “World Press Freedom Heros”, to be honored at the IPI World Congress in Vienna this year, he dedicates himself to the struggle for press freedom. Speaking to Valentin Ladstaetter and Laura Pannasch, he talks about the country’s President Yahyah Jammeh and about the foundation of the first local independent newspaper […]

The International Press Institute today named Gambian publisher and editor Pap Saine an IPI World Press Freedom Hero in honour of his courageous work for press freedom in the face of attacks and harassment. Pap Saine is the publisher and editor of The Point, and the dean of Reuters’ correspondents in West and Central Africa. […]

Gambian journalist Abdoulie John has received threats from unnamed callers over the past few weeks, he told IPI in a phone interview today. John is a correspondent for the Associated Press news agency and an editor of online news outlet Jollof News. He told IPI he fears the threats are coming from Gambian security operatives. […]