(c) To bring into hatred or contempt or to excite disaffection against the administration of justice in The Gambia; (d) To raise discontent or disaffection amongst the inhabitants of The Gambia; or (e) To promote feelings of ill-will and hostility between different classes of the population of The Gambia...’ Section 179 defines “defamatory matter” as matters likely to injure the reputation of a person by exposing him or her to hatred, contempt or ridicule, or likely to damage a person in his or her profession or trade by injury to his or her reputation or which is derogatory, contemptuous or insulting to a person. With respect to the definition of publication for purposes of criminal libel offence, section 180(2) provides that it is not necessary for libel that a defamatory meaning should be directly or completely expressed; and it suffices if such meaning and its application to the person alleged to be defamed can be collected either from the alleged libel itself or from an extrinsic circumstance... Finally with respect to false news publication, section 59 provides as follows: “a person who publishes or reproduces any statement, rumour or report which is likely to cause fear and alarm to the public or to disturb the public peace, knowing or having reason to believe that the statement, rumour or report is false, commits a misdemeanor and is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term of two years”. 39