Gambia: GAF, Others Rescue Passengers On Board Kanilai Ferry After They Spent Five Hours At Sea

Rescue teams including personnel of the Gambia Armed Forces on Friday 12th April 2024 rescued passengers, who spent five hours on board the Kanilai ferry at sea after the engine of… Read more »

Gambia: Disaster Must Be Avoided

Every transport must be road worthy. To drive a transport without brakes is to invite the wrath of unpredictable proportion. In the same vein every ferry must be sea-worthy. To… Read more »

Gambia: President Barrow Declares Eid Public Holiday

The Office of the President informs the public that His Excellency Adama Barrow, President of the Republic of The Gambia, is pleased to declare Wednesday, 10th, and Thursday, 11th… Read more »

Gambia: With All the Publicity Given in Combating Drugs Like Kush Has a Lab Been Built?

Drug abuse and fake drugs are both threats to health and life. Laboratories are necessary to test fake drugs from being used and the rehabilitation of drug abusers must be linked… Read more »

West Africa: AG Speaker Barau Says - 'We Are Resolute to Uphold Peace and Stability'

The Acting Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament, Hon Barau Jibrin, has said that the representatives of the Sixth Legislature of the ECOWAS Parliament, are resolute to uphold peace and… Read more »

Gambia: Farmers Union Extols Govt Over Successful Groundnut Season

The Executive of the Gambia Farmers Union recently paid a courtesy call on the Management of the National Food Security Processing Marketing Corporation (NFSPMC), formerly called… Read more »

Gambia: Magistrate Remands 10 Defendants in Manduar Forest Saga

Principal Magistrate Anna O. Mendy of Brikama Magistrate's Court has remanded the Chairperson of the Manduar Village Community Development and nine (9) others. They were detained… Read more »

West Africa: Gambia Bags Micro Economic, Industry Committees' Chairmanships of Ecowas Parliament

The Republic of the Gambia has been selected to serve as Chairman of the Micro Economic Policy and Economic Research, as well as the Industry and Private Sector Committees of the… Read more »

Senegal: Separation of Party and State in Progress in Senegal

During the presidential election in The Gambia, the PDOIS Manifesto called for separation of party and state by declaring that the PDOIS candidate will vacate all party seats once… Read more »

Gambia: Retail Prices of Most Essential Food Commodities Continue to Increase

The average retail prices of most of the essential food commodities continue to increase in the month of March. Read more »

Gambia: Hagie Gai Foundation Donates to Physically Challenged

The Hagie Gai Drammeh Foundation for the Physically Challenged with support from a philanthropist has on Tuesday, 26th March 2024, donated a total of D 86,000 to forty-three… Read more »

Gambia: Govt in Consultation With NA to Uphold FGM Law

According to the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Welfare, the Government of the Gambia has been in consultation with the National Assembly to uphold the law prohibiting the… Read more »

Gambia: Have Prices Reduced Due to the Efforts of the Ministry of Trade?

As the prices of commodities increase during the Christian Lent then and before the month of Ramadan, the minister of trade took measures to review the stock of commodities in the… Read more »

Gambia: MRC Highlights the Fight Against TB and Its Complications

Press Release, MRCG at LSHTM Read more »

Gambia: NAATIP Expose Magistrates to Human Trafficking Issues

In their unrelenting advocacy to raise awareness and strengthen the capacities of people on issues related to human trafficking, the National Agency Against Trafficking-In Persons… Read more »

Gambia: Police Arrest Suspects for Attacking Deeper Life School Students

Cadet Assistant Superintendent Modou Musa Sisawo, the Deputy Spokesperson of the Gambia Police Force said personnel from the Kotu Anti-Crime Unit have arrested suspects accused of… Read more »

Gambia: Where Does the Power of a Council Start and That of a Governor Stop?

THE CONSTITUTION AND THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT SHOULD BE THE GUIDE Read more »

Gambia: DLEAG to Prosecute 6 for Possessing Kush & Cannabis

Ousman Saidybah, a spokesperson for the Drug Law Enforcement Agency of the Gambia (DLEAG) on Wednesday said six (6) individuals who were currently detained for allegedly possessing… Read more »

Gambia: Magistrate Issues Arrest Warrant Against Gambia College Administrative Officer

Principal Magistrate Anna O. Mendy of the Brikama Magistrate's Court has on Wednesday, 27th March 2024 issued a bench warrant order for the arrest of Alasana Janneh, a staff of the… Read more »

Gambia: Energy Minister Says 292 Gambian Communities Will Be Electrified This Year

The minister of petroleum and energy has informed lawmakers recently that over two hundred communities in the country will be electrified by the end of this year through the ECOWAS… Read more »

Gambia: Lawyer Ida Drammeh Says She Only Needs 10 Minutes to Reply to UDP

Senior Counsel Ida Drammeh representing Fatoumata Jahumpa Ceesay (FJC) and Ousman Rambo Jatta has informed the Supreme Court that she only needs ten (10) minutes to make her oral… Read more »

Gambia: State to Provide Lawyer for Alleged Murderer Arona Tine

Justice Ebrima Jaiteh of the Banjul High Court has passed an order directing the National Agency for Legal Aid (NALA) to represent Arona Tine, the alleged murderer of a staff of a… Read more »

Gambia: Attorney General Says Fjc Is Not APRC's Secretary General

Binga Dinshiya, the Director of Civil Litigation at the Ministry of Justice appearing for the Attorney General in the Supreme Court said Fatoumata Jahumpa Ceesay (FJC) is not the… Read more »

Gambia: Lawyer Ida Drammeh Addresses Supreme Court in UDP's Case Against Sheikh Tijan Hydara

Lawyer Ida Drammeh, counsel for Sheikh Tijan Hydara, has on Wednesday 27th March 2024 addressed the Supreme Court in the case filed by the United Democratic Party (UDP) seeking… Read more »

Senegal: Senegal's President-Elect Faye Calls for Reconciliation, Peace

Senegal's President-elect has in his first victory speech called for national reconciliation and the reconstruction of the bases of their peaceful co-existence in his first victory… Read more »