Kebba Jeffang Jnr

Journalist/Former W/Africa editor @DialogueEarth_
, E. Murrow Fellow IVLP/Fmr. President-Young Journalists' Association of The Gambia /board member @GPU

[Kebba Jeffang Jnr @kebbajephang]

How does a man who once controlled the police, prisons, and state security of an entire nation end up in a small Swiss courtroom pleading for his freedom? A case of Universal Jurisdiction.
https://t.co/dgSYXNYO9x

[International Center for Journalists @ICFJ]

2025 ICFJ Boost Grantee @kebbajephang used to help on his family's rice fields after school. The knowledge he gained as a child is helping him document Gambia’s climate crisis today. More on his story: https://t.co/LwlEwoQ6IH

[Kebba Jeffang Jnr @kebbajephang]

Artificial Intelligence and the Ethics of Truth: https://t.co/mqrB6jXKy7

[Kebba Jeffang Jnr @kebbajephang]

Farmers scrambling to defend lands and livelihoods from crop-devastating salt intrusion say they have had little meaningful support from the state
@faogambia @FisheriesGambia @ActionAidGambia

[Dialogue Earth @DialogueEarth_]

A tide of salt is killing The Gambia’s rice: farmers are scrambling to defend livelihoods as rising sea levels drive the creeping advance of saltwater. Kebba Jeffang covers what must come next: https://t.co/bSvEyTkRPZ

(Image: Sulayman Ceesay)
Supported by @icfj

[Dialogue Earth @DialogueEarth_]

Foreign trawlers are emptying West Africa’s seas and subsidies from the EU and China are making it profitable.

Local fishers like Lamin say they're being pushed out of their own waters. https://t.co/mrHohKSuv4
✒️ @kebbajephang

@Amnesty @ejfoundation @UBC @pewenvironment

[Kebba Jeffang Jnr @kebbajephang]

Republication: Hope for environmental justice in Africa https://t.co/3v4lNJCh5c via @kebbajephang

[Kebba Jeffang Jnr @kebbajephang]

I am looking forward to doing this report.

[International Center for Journalists @ICFJ]

🌎 Exciting news! We're thrilled to announce the first grantees of ICFJ's Boost Reporting Grants! Three journalists from Gambia, Bangladesh and Ecuador will receive financial support to pursue investigations into climate-related issues. Learn more: https://t.co/y2QR2VHI7w

[Kebba Jeffang Jnr @kebbajephang]

@TalibGibran Nko...Bruno alongside Amad are your best players at this minute.

[Dialogue Earth @DialogueEarth_]

🌍 In January, relations within #ECOWAS broke down to the point where Burkina Faso, Mali, & Niger – led by military juntas – announced they were leaving.

@kebbajephang explores what this could mean for the bloc in light of the upcoming summit on 15 Dec:
https://t.co/0FE2tghZ5x

[Kebba Jeffang Jnr @kebbajephang]

Journalism is becoming a crime in The Gambia once again thanks to @BarrowPresident @Presidency_GMB @Gambia_MOJ. A return of dictatorship.

[Amnesty West & Central Africa @AmnestyWARO]

#Gambia
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We are concerned about the continuous use of vague criminal legal provisions to stifle freedom of expression, and call on the government to drop all charges against the journalists Musa Sheriff and Momodou Darboe, and to release Musa Sheriff.

[Kebba Jeffang Jnr @kebbajephang]

@unGa @UNGA74_news @UN_HRC @hrw @gambia_vc @saiks2 @GayeSowe @MadiJobarteh @amnesty @Presidency_GMB @gmpressunion @pressfreedom @UN @NHRCGambia

[Malagen @MalagenGambia]

Read a malagen debunks Barrow's latest misleading claims at the united Nations General Assembly
Read more on; https://t.co/2eKkGk7wJK

[Kebba Jeffang Jnr @kebbajephang]

Conversation on SGBV issues in The Gambia, and why journalism, CSOs, law enforcement, and other important stakeholders need to join hands to save women and children in the Gambia. Join the conversation. @MalagenGambia @ThinkYoungWomen @freedomhouse https://t.co/kEtAvW5S9d

[Dialogue Earth @DialogueEarth_]

🌊 Ocean acidification is a global crisis.

In the the final instalment of a two-part series, we look at how North America’s battle to save the oyster industry from climate change could inform a similar fight in Senegal

✍️ @kebbajephang, @EmmaSAanne

https://t.co/sp4Kls5VCK

[Kebba Jeffang Jnr @kebbajephang]

Raising awareness of senior secondary students on media, information, and digital literacy skills. Key specifics include understanding and countering hate speech, digital citizenship, data protection, safe internet browsing tips. By #OMC @MalagenGambia funded by @UNESCO_Dakar

[Dialogue Earth @DialogueEarth_]

This story is now live! Thank you @kebbajephang and @EmmaSAanne for your hard work on this piece!

https://t.co/6Suy0uw13Q

[Kebba Jeffang Jnr @kebbajephang]

Child sex abuse in The Gambia. @ChildGambia @ChildFundGambia @Gambia_MOJ

[Malagen @MalagenGambia]

Malagen returns to Roy Webster story, uncovering new evidence that sheds light into how the police orchestrated a cover-up in collusion with parents to help the 75-year-old British national evade justice for alleged sexual abuse of two 12-year-old girls. https://t.co/57PLw4EGnw

[Dialogue Earth @DialogueEarth_]

Overfishing off the West African coast is hurting economic opportunities and contributing  emigration, writes @kebbajephang. https://t.co/y9nw98Ffzk

#OverfishingImpact #WestAfricaMigration #FisheriesDeals #IllegalFishingCrisis #SustainableFishingSolution

[Kebba Jeffang Jnr @kebbajephang]

.@BarrowPresident, you have a duty to #ProtectGambianCommunities against human rights abuses by all actors, including fishing companies. You can act now to mitigate the adverse socio-economic and environmental impact of overfishing on #Gambia coast.

[Stimson Environmental Security @StimsonEnvSec]

Overfishing and IUU fishing is driving young West Africans to undertake dangerous journeys to Europe in search of jobs. Read more from @kebbajephang for @chinadialogue below

https://t.co/1eJkBTGK4d

[Dialogue Earth @DialogueEarth_]

Thousands forced to migrate due to illegal fishing and unequal fisheries deals. @kebbajephang's latest story sheds light on the complexities and potential solutions. https://t.co/y9nw98EHJM #Overfishing #MigrationChallenge