The lawsuit filed by Gambia’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Rohey John-Manjang, against The Alkamba Times Investigative Desk Chief, Kebba Ansu Manneh, has been adjourned to Monday, 1st June 2026, at 10:00 a.m. for a definitive hearing.
This development follows the June 19, 2024, publication in The Alkamba Times Newspaper, which reported that the ‘Environment Minister, Former LRR Governor Accused of Involvement in Illegal Transaction of Seized Logs.’
Both parties’ legal representatives were present at the Banjul High Court today. Sources indicate the complainant is currently amending her claims. Counsel Junkung Jobarteh represented the Alkamba Times.
The plaintiff, Rohey John Manjang, claims Kebba Ansu Manneh wrote an article that contained “malicious and unfounded allegations” about her. She is seeking a court order requiring the defendant to write and publish an “unreserved apology” on the TAT website and on other platforms where the article was published, in addition to 50 million dalasi in compensation.
Minister Manjang is also asking the court to order the defendant to remove from social media platforms all statements about the plaintiff’s alleged defamation and to grant a perpetual injunction to restrain the defendant from making any further defamatory statement against her, indirectly or through his agents, associates, and contacts.
However, both TAT and its Senior Investigative Reporter stand by the published article and vow not to retract nor apologize to the Minister of Environment, Rohey John Manjang.
The case continues to draw attention as it pits a senior government official against a leading investigative journalist.
