Gambia: Abba Sanyang Resign While Permanent Secretaries Redeployed

A press release from State House in Banjul on Wednesday 26th June 2023, disclosed that President Adama Barrow has accepted the resignation of Mr. Sheriff Abba Sanyang, as Minister… Read more »

Gambia: Councillors Urged to Address Challenges Faced By Communities

Alhagie Sering Fye, the Chairperson of the National Council for Civic Education (NCCE), has urged Councillors to work towards addressing challenges gripped by their communities and… Read more »

Gambia: Navy Ill Equipped to Maintain Routine Patrol

The National Assembly Select Committee on Environment has reported that the inadequate status of the Navy in maintaining proper routine patrol is one of the major challenges faced… Read more »

Gambia: Representation Is All About Serving

Says Ousman Sillah, Former Banjul NAM Read more »

Gambia: Pedestrians Without Sidewalks

The KMC was expected to indicate what the new council would do in one hundred days so that the media would monitor their programme. One expected that the primary task would be to… Read more »

Gambia: Central Bank and the New Currency

According to section 161 of the Constitution, the Central Bank has the responsibility to issue currency in the country. The Jammeh administration was here for 22 years but left old… Read more »

Gambia: Immigration Departments Collects 64 Million Revenue in 2023

The Gambia Immigration Department (GID) Monday, 5 June announced that it has collected Sixty-Four Million Dalasis (D64,000,000) as revenue fees from January to March 2023. Read more »

Gambia: Environment Alliance Calls for Reduction, Re-Cycling of Plastic Waste

The secretary General of the Gambia Environment Alliance, Muhammed Hydara, calls for the reduction, re-use and re-cycling of plastics, as well as the adoption of a circular economy… Read more »

Senegal: What Is the Way Forward for Senegal?

Senegal is currently in the arms of the two most important arms of the state, that is, the judiciary and the executive. Presidents of republics and judges are sworn in to perform… Read more »

Gambia: Reporters, Editors Trained On Crime, Court Reporting

The Young Journalist Association of the Gambia (YJAG), in partnership with the Gambia Press Union (GPU), has commenced a two-day training for twenty reporters and editors on… Read more »

Gambia: Speaker Urges Parliamentarians to Focus On National Building

The Speaker of the National Assembly, Hon. Fabakary Tombong Jatta, has urged lawmakers to now focus on nation building as the country has just emerged from the last phase of the… Read more »

Gambia: NPP Condemns Attack On Journalists, Encourages Respect for Civil Liberties

The National People's Party (NPP) learned with dismay, the allegations of assault on two journalists who were covering the swearing-in ceremony of elected local officials at the… Read more »

Gambia: A Step in the Right Direction

The statement of the NPP condemning its members for assaulting a journalist is a step in the right direction. There have been incidents in the past when journalists or political… Read more »

Gambia: Local Government Service Commission Demands Office Space

The Chairperson of the Local Government Service Commission, while appearing before the Local Government Commission of Inquiry, said the commission wants to have its own office… Read more »

Gambia: FGRA Commissioner General Receives Honorary Award From QCell

The Commissioner General (CG) of the Gambia Revenue Authority (GRA), Yankuba Darboe, has been conferred an honorary award by QCell on the occasion of the official launching of the… Read more »

Senegal: Govt Calls for Peace in Senegal

The Gambia Government has issued a press release dated 4 June calling for peaceful resolution of the ongoing conflict in Senegal. Read more »

Gambia: Newly Elected Councillors, Chairperson for Basse Area Council Sworn-in

Mahamadou Ceesay, the newly elected chairperson for Basse Area Council and fourteen elected Councilors, were sworn into office last Friday, 2nd May 2023. The event was held at… Read more »

Gambia: What Will the KMC Discuss At Their Meeting Today?

The Kanifing Municipal Council is scheduled to meet today. This is their first meeting since the day of inauguration. Meetings of councils are supposed to be open to the public in… Read more »

Gambia: Gambians in Sudan Finally Arrive Home

The Government of The Gambia through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Gambians Abroad last week informed the general public that Gambian citizens (56… Read more »

Senegal: Six Thousand People Displaced By Casamance Conflict

The Gambia's Minority Leader, Hon. Alhagie S. Darboe, while addressing the ECOWAS Parliament in Abuja, disclosed that an estimated 6000 Senegalese and Gambians are displaced from… Read more »

Gambia: Is Anybody Above the Law?

Dou Sannoh, an adviser to President Adama Barrow's, has been charged by the police and released on bail. Read more »

Gambia: The Battle for the Mayoral and Chairpersonship Elections Rages

The most fiercely fought mayoral, chairpersonship elections between political parties that were united in 2018 is now taking place. In Banjul, each candidate is now engaged in… Read more »

Gambia: Gambian Association in Turkey Speaks, Turkish Ambassador Explains

Officials of the Gambian Association in Turkey dubbed 'the Real Responders' have stated that the situation of their countrymen in Turkey is worrying as they alleged that the Police… Read more »

Gambia: Presidential Adviser Dou Sannoh Charged

President Adama Barrow's adviser, Dou Sannoh, has been charged by the police and released on bail. Police Spokesperson Cadet Assistant Superintendent Binta Njie confirmed this news… Read more »

Gambia: President Barrow Inaugurates 30 KV Power Line

President Adama Barrow, on Saturday, 6th May launched a 30KV power line covering LaminKoto to Diabugu-Batapa. Read more »