The Independent (Gambia)

For other uses of "The Independent", see The Independent (disambiguation).
The Independent
TypeBiweekly newspaper
Managing editorAlagi Yorro Jallow
FoundedJuly 1999
LanguageEnglish
Ceased publicationMarch 2006
HeadquartersBanjul, the Gambia
Circulation10,000 (at peak)
ISSN0796-1359
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The Independent was a biweekly newspaper published in Banjul, the Gambia.[1] The paper was started in July 1999 with 25 staffers and freelance reporters,[2] but after multiple raids, acts of arbitrary arrest and detention, and unsolved acts of arson, The Independent ceased publication in March 2006.[2]

  1. ^ "Gambia UPDATE: Musa Saidykhan's torture case adjourned to September 21". Media Foundation for West Africa. 9 July 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-19.
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