{"id":88805,"date":"2025-10-27T18:36:37","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T18:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/gach-reacts-to-protest-against-its-operations-in-batokunku"},"modified":"2025-10-27T19:57:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T19:57:19","slug":"gach-reacts-to-protest-against-its-operations-in-batokunku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gach-reacts-to-protest-against-its-operations-in-batokunku","title":{"rendered":"GACH Reacts to Protest against its Operations in Batokunku"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>Following a recent protest against its mining activities in Batokunku, GACH Mining Company has issued a statement calling for calm and dialogue between it and stakeholders in the village. The protesters, led by the Bato-Kunku Youths Development Association BYDA have accused GACH of reneging on its promises as well as over stepping its limits under an agreement reached with the community.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>GACH explained that over the years it has enjoyed good relations with the Village Development Committee (VDC) and the BYDA, alleging that the later does not seem to know much about the agreement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe recent protest stems from an intra-community dispute between the VDC and BYDA, as well as between individuals in the village. BYDA has little or no understanding of the laws governing the mining sector, nor do they have any understanding of the legal framework guiding GACH\u2019s activities in Batokunku,\u201d the release stated.<\/p>\n<p>Despite this, GACH said it an invitation to BYDA for \u2018structured dialogue to address concerns, but the youth group has rejected that.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are committed to the welfare of the community, as evidence in our various corporate social responsibility initiatives, including fencing the football field, rehabilitating mined areas, installing street lights, building a pipe-borne water network and offering university scholarships and a community health clinic is also underway,\u201d GACH said.<\/p>\n<p>The release concluded by urging BYDA to pursue dialogue and consultation with relevant authorities, while encouraging different factions in the village to set aside differences and unite for the benefit of Batokunku\u2019s people.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Gambia<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. Following a recent protest against its mining activities in Batokunku, GACH Mining Company has issued a statement calling for calm and dialogue between it and stakeholders in the village. The protesters, led by the Bato-Kunku Youths Development Association BYDA have accused GACH of reneging on its promises as well as over stepping [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":88804,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-88805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-gambia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>GACH Reacts to Protest against its Operations in Batokunku - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Following a recent protest against its mining activities in Batokunku, GACH Mining Company has issued a statement cal ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gach-reacts-to-protest-against-its-operations-in-batokunku\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"GACH Reacts to Protest against its Operations in Batokunku\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Following a recent protest against its mining activities in Batokunku, GACH Mining Company has issued a statement cal ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gach-reacts-to-protest-against-its-operations-in-batokunku\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-10-27T18:36:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-27T19:57:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/sm_1761582395.499378.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gach-reacts-to-protest-against-its-operations-in-batokunku#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gach-reacts-to-protest-against-its-operations-in-batokunku\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"GACH Reacts to Protest against its Operations in Batokunku\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-27T18:36:37+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-27T19:57:19+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gach-reacts-to-protest-against-its-operations-in-batokunku\"},\"wordCount\":272,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gach-reacts-to-protest-against-its-operations-in-batokunku#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/sm_1761582395.499378.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Gambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gach-reacts-to-protest-against-its-operations-in-batokunku#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gach-reacts-to-protest-against-its-operations-in-batokunku\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gach-reacts-to-protest-against-its-operations-in-batokunku\",\"name\":\"GACH Reacts to Protest against its Operations in Batokunku - 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