July 21, 2022
Gambia: NAWEC Power Supply Fluctuation Continues to Disrupt Businesses, Workshops
Business owners and workshops in Ebou Town and Nema Junction have lamented that their trades and works are being disrupted by the continuous fluctuation of electricity supply by… Read more »
Morocco: Migrants Sentenced in Morocco
Migrants mainly from Sudan and South Sudan entered Morocco with a view to going to Spain. Not only were some shot by Spanish authorities but 65 of them were arrested and subjected… Read more »
July 20, 2022
Gambia: Truth Commission Says NIA Operatives Acted With Total Impunity, Disregard for Human Life
Old building of defunct NIA Headquarters; DG Sowe talking to former TRRC Chairperson Dr. Lamin Sise, Lead Counsel, Essa Faal and Commissioners of the TRRC respectively Read more »
Gambia: Spontaneous Demonstration At the Courts Controlled With Civility
The huge crowd at the Bundung High Court grounds during proceedings of the trial of Bob Keita on Monday, gave the impression that the judge would to have resort to the force of the… Read more »
Gambia: President Barrow Calls for Private Sector Participation in Transport Industry
As he Commissions 38 New Buses Read more »
Gambia: CPA Calls for Immediate Investigation In the Death of Minor
The Child Protection Alliance, the Umbrella body for the protection and promotion of children's welfare in a press statement said it has learnt with grave concern the circumstances… Read more »
Gambia: Two in Police Custody in Connection to Death of a 2-Year-Old Boy
Authorities in The Gambia Police Force (GPF) on Tuesday announced they have detained two suspects in connection to the death of Muhammed, a 2-year-old and currently a subject of an… Read more »
Gambia: WANEP Engages Political Parties On Alternative Dispute Resolution
The West Africa Network for Peace (WANEP), with support from GIZ on Tuesday, 19 July 2022 engaged political parties in The Gambia on Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR). Read more »
July 12, 2022
Gambia: The Councils and Electoral Reform
The government needs to acknowledge that the change of 2016 was brought about because of dissatisfaction and disagreement with the way things were done. The transition should have… Read more »
Gambia: Case of Former Ocean Bay Employees Suffers Another Setback
Eight years on, the case of 145 former employees of Ocean Bay Hotel, has suffered yet another setback last Thursday, July 7th 2022, because one of the panelist of the Kanifing… Read more »
Gambia: 'Witch-Hunting Exercise Was Politically Motivated'
TRRC Reports Read more »
Gambia: IMVF Concludes Agribusiness Convergence
The IMVF has recently concluded a two-day agriculture business convergence for the grantees of the IMVF under the Tekki Fii Project. Read more »
Gambia: No Ordinary Irrigation in the Gambia
Innovative solar-powered technologies are securing access to water for rural communities Read more »
Gambia: GPU Condemns Arbitrary Arrest of Journalist Yusef Taylor
The Gambia Press Union (GPU) has issued a press statement condemning the arbitrary arrest of journalist Yusef Taylor, who is also called 'Flex Dan'. Read more »
July 09, 2022
Gambia: GPU Statement On the Arbitrary Arrest of Journalist Yusef Taylor
Fajara, 7 July, 2022 - The Gambia Press Union (GPU) has received official reports that on the 5th of July 2022, Yusef Taylor, a journalist who is also the Editor-in-Chief of… Read more »
July 08, 2022
Gambia: The State Owes the Nation an Explanation
A democratic government must ensure transparency, accountability and probity in all its undertakings. It is widely circulated in the media that the high court has not only ruled… Read more »
Gambia: Nenneh Freda Challenges Govt to Respect Rule of Law
Nenneh Freda Gomez, the Country Director of Global Hearts of Medical Mission (GOHMM), on Tuesday, July 5, 2022 tasked the Government of The Gambia to respect the rule of law. Read more »
Gambia: 'Secco' Agrees to Sell Fertiliser to Palen-Wollof,
Resident Farmers Still Lament Discontentment Read more »
West Africa: Gambian to Serve As President of ECOWAS Commission
The Ministry of Trade, Industry, Regional Integration and Employment (MoTIE) through a press release announced that Dr. Omar Touray has been approved to serve as the president of… Read more »
Gambia: MDI Loses D19.5 Million Due to Covid-19
The Management of the Management Development Institute (MDI) has indicated in its 2020 activity report that the institute lost a sum of D19.5 million due to the COVID-19 pandemic… Read more »
Gambia: GAMTEL Owes PURA Over D57 Million Regulatory Fees
Mr. Paul F Mendy, the Finance Director of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA), has disclosed to the Finance and Public Accounts Committee (FPAC) that the total… Read more »
Gambia: GAPP Organises Fundraising to Establish Photojournalism School
The Gambia Association of Professional Photographers (GAPP) has recently organised a fundraising Kora Show to establish a photojournalism school in order to enable young Gambians… Read more »
July 06, 2022
Senegal: Military Raid in Casamance - Minor Mentally Traumatised By Gunshots, Explosives
The recent Senegalese military raid in the southern Senegal of Casamance has mentally traumatised a 10-year-old boy residing in a Gambian community in Foni bordering Casamance. Read more »
Gambia: Gambians Lament High Cost of Rams
As Tobaski Approaches Read more »
Gambia: GGC Managing Director Says Fertilizer Procurement Process Was Transparent
The Managing Director of The Gambia Groundnut Corporation (GGC) now called National Food Security Processing and Marketing Corporation (NFSPMC), Muhammed Njie, has told the… Read more »