Gambia: Dixon Colley Is Dead

19 January 2001
The Independent (Banjul)

Banjul — The Independent has received news of the death of one of The Gambia's veteran journalists William Dixon-Colley. He died on Wednesday at his home in Sukuta, after a brief illness.

In a press release issued on the same day, The Gambia Press Union described Mr. Dixon-Colley as the "giant of Gambian journalism." We reproduce below the press release:

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