August 01, 2022
Gambia: FSQA Advocates for Laboratory to Tackle Food Safety Challenges
Mary Johnson, the Director of Regulatory Affairs and Enforcement at the Food Safety and Quality Authority, on Thursday 28th July 2022 disclosed that the Institution is advocating… Read more »
Gambia: Continuous Downpour Causes Flooding, Destruction of Properties in Gba
Saturday's heavy downpour which continued till Sunday morning has caused flooding in the Greater Banjul Area (GBA), with reports on social media especially on Facebook, indicating… Read more »
July 25, 2022
Gambia: President Says Gambia Engages OIC General Secretariat
To Fix Date For Summit Read more »
Gambia: Yahya Jammeh Interfered, Undermined Judicial Independence
The Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) in its Investigative Report and Recommendations to the Government of the Gambia, found that former President Yahya… Read more »
Gambia: Suspects in Baby Muhammed's Death Inquiry Re-Arrested
The Gambia Police Force (GPF) on Friday 22nd July 2022, announced that it has re-arrested the two suspects in the inquiry on the death of Muhammed, the two year old boy whose death… Read more »
Gambia: Essa Faal, 2 Others Charged With Disorderliness, Granted Bail
The Deputy Spokesperson of the Gambia Police Force (GPF), Inspector Alieu Jamanka, yesterday, 24th July, 2022, informed this Medium that former TRRC Lead Counsel, Essa Mbye Faal,… Read more »
Gambia: Man Seeks Justice From President Barrow
Sarjo Jarju, a resident of Brufut seeks justice from President Barrow for pardoning a convict (Ebrima Ndow) who owes him eighty-five thousand dalasi, and was serving a jail term. Read more »
Gambia: Bob Keita's Ex-Wife Arrested
Sainabou Mbye, the former wife of Bubacar Keita alias 'Bob' Keita, has been nabbed and placed under police custody since Friday 22nd July, 2022. Ms. Mbye is being investigated for… Read more »
Gambia: President Barrow Lays Foundation Stone for Five-Star Hotel
On Saturday 23rd June 2022, President Adama Barrow laid the foundation stone for Radisson Blu five star hotel in Bajilo, in the West Coast Region. Read more »
Gambia: Thuggery Is an Enemy to Democracy
When people regard themselves as compatriots of a nation, they will show respect for each other regardless of their divergent views and characteristics. Under such a system,… Read more »
Gambia: Justice Ministry Welcomes International Court Decision
The Ministry of Justice on behalf of The Gambia through a press release dated 22nd July, 2022 in The Gambia v Mynmar Case, welcomes the decision of the International Court of… Read more »
July 22, 2022
Gambia: Personal Opinion or Law?
Life is not an ordinary matter. When it is taken everybody condemns the heinous act. When a person is convicted for taking life what the law says in terms of sentence becomes a… Read more »
Gambia: Physical Planning Director - Land Allocated to NAWEC in Salagi Is Reserved Land
Mamudou Manjang, Director of the Department of Physical Planning and Housing, on Thursday clarified that the Sukuta-Salagi land is a reserved place for the government, which is now… Read more »
Gambia: Bob Keita's Rape Trial - Defence Asks Court to Set Aside Ruling On DNA
Lamin S Camara, Attorney for Bubacarr Keita, alias "Bob" while moving a Motion accompanied with 45 paragraphs of Affidavit in support of the said motion told the court that one of… Read more »
Gambia: Housing Facilities At Mile II Prisons Substandard, Unfit for Human Habitation
According to the Truth Commission, housing facilities at State Central Prison Mile II, are substandard, degrading and not fit for human habitation. Read more »
Gambia: MOFA Extends Validity of Expired Gambian Passports
A press statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Gambians Abroad informed Gambians in the Diaspora that due to the acute shortage of ordinary… Read more »
Gambia: Detained Suspects in Connection to Baby's Death Released On 'Stiff Bail' Conditions
Cherno Mbye and Kibily Dambelly, the two suspects who were held by detectives of The Gambia Police Force (GPF) in connection to the mysterious death of a two year old boy, have… Read more »
July 21, 2022
Gambia: Anger Over Demolished Salagi Market Regarding Land Allocated to NAWEC
A group of vendors and land owners at Sukuta-Salagi market on Wednesday expressed their anger and concerns over the demolished market by officials from the Department of Physical… Read more »
Gambia: Second Public Job Center Set for Operation
The Department of Labour under the Ministry of Trade, Industry, Regional Integration and Employment, recently inaugurated the second established Job Center at a ceremony held at… Read more »
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 »