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By Lamin Njie
The National Human Rights Commission of The Gambia has said it has received reports of ‘serious’ and ‘discriminatory’ practices in Serahule communities...
Ferries engineers allegedly carrying out massive theft of fuel
By Lamin Njie
A group of engineers at the Gambia Ports Authority Ferry Service are carrying out a sophisticated heist in which ten of gallons...
Muhammad Krubally, the man at the centre of Koina’s caste violence,...
By Lamin Njie
Muhammad Krubally, the man at the heart of Koina’s caste hostilities, has been released on bail.
Krubally was released on bail on Monday...
Detention extended for 23 people in Koina’s caste hostilities
By Lamin Njie
The Basse Magistrates Court on Monday extended the remand in custody of 23 people arrested over the Koina caste violence.
A fortnight ago,...
Analysis & Comments
On Dedicated Service and Jolly Camaraderie: Tribute to Ismaila Jarju (Part...
Ismaila,
Ismaila my good friend,
We have just completed our obligations...
News
UN: World population expected to rise to 9.7 billion in 2050
The world is about to get a whole lot...
Analysis & Comments
The Minister of Interior Must Respect Citizens Right to Protest
It is highly concerning that the Minister of Interior...
Analysis & Comments
On Dedicated Service and Jolly Camaraderie: Tribute to Ismaila Jarju (Part...
Ismaila, my brother, colleague and friend,
News of your demise...
News
Koinaans feel betrayed by Gambian authorities
By Fatu Network reporter
There appears to be no shortage...
Fatu TV
UDP CONGRESS: Darboe Clarifies Changes to Party’s Constitution
Ousainou Darboe clarifies that disqualification of UDP members who work as public servants is consistent with laid down government rules and regulations.
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Gambia human rights commission issues statement on Koina and...
By Lamin Njie
The National Human Rights Commission of The Gambia has said it has...
Ferries engineers allegedly carrying out massive theft of fuel
By Lamin Njie
A group of engineers at the Gambia Ports Authority Ferry Service are...
Muhammad Krubally, the man at the centre of Koina’s...
By Lamin Njie
Muhammad Krubally, the man at the heart of Koina’s caste hostilities, has...
Detention extended for 23 people in Koina’s caste hostilities
By Lamin Njie
The Basse Magistrates Court on Monday extended the remand in custody of...
On Dedicated Service and Jolly Camaraderie: Tribute to Ismaila...
Ismaila,
Ismaila my good friend,
We have just completed our obligations for your funeral rites at...
UN: World population expected to rise to 9.7 billion...
The world is about to get a whole lot more crowded, according to a...
The Minister of Interior Must Respect Citizens Right to...
It is highly concerning that the Minister of Interior Ebrima Mballow would equate protesters...
On Dedicated Service and Jolly Camaraderie: Tribute to Ismaila...
Ismaila, my brother, colleague and friend,
News of your demise hit me like a thunderbolt...
Koinaans feel betrayed by Gambian authorities
By Fatu Network reporter
There appears to be no shortage of criticism against authorities in...
Breaking: Barrow to travel to Brikama Saturday for rally,...
By Lamin Njie
President Adama Barrow will travel to Brikama on Saturday to meet with...
Police chief says he wants to curb accidents on...
By Fatu Network reporter
The Inspector General of Police Mamour Jobe has said that it...
IFAD says 1 in 9 people globally are supported...
Remittances from international migrant workers to their families are expected to rise to over...
Opinions
LAMIN NJIE: President Barrow can go ahead and do five years but there will be a cane swinging over his head
President Barrow should by rights step aside in December. He has in the past 24 months proven to be not good enough for what...
Gigantic Cost of Gambia’s political wars
By Sainey Darboe
That the founder of the United Democratic Party and Vice President,Ousainou Darboe, doesn’t enjoy the best of relations with incumbent president Adama...
On the Rise of PPP: A Challenge Renewed
By Gibril Saine
Once Upon a Time - The nomenclature ''P.P.P'' stood more or less synonymous with country-tag 'The Gambia'. It came to signal a...
Opinions
LAMIN NJIE: Darboe’s comments border on bravado, it’s now up to Barrow to do what he must
Until this congress, the wonder has been why Ousainou Darboe has not waded into the growing uncertainty within the United Democratic Party. The wonder...
Opinions
The Gambia: towards a one-stop media regulator
The Point was not on point. Two girls, raped and sexually molested, were in the pages of the newspaper. This breach was gross -...
Opinions
LAMIN NJIE: If self-belief is what drives a leader, President Barrow has a bag that’s almost full with it
Self-belief. Self-belief. SELF-BELIEF. That’s the answer I got when I asked one political analyst friend about the one thing that makes a leader successful....
Opinions
Journalists Cannot Assume All the Blame for Failing to Report Government
By Alagi Yorro Jallow
Part 1
I despair of the way in which commentators, especially (with a few exceptions) our resident economists, are not prepared to...
Analysis
On Dedicated Service and Jolly Camaraderie: Tribute to Ismaila Jarju (Part 2)
Ismaila,
Ismaila my good friend,
We have just completed our obligations for your funeral rites at the Bundung Cemetery with your son Ebrima standing next to...
The Minister of Interior Must Respect Citizens Right to...
It is highly concerning that the Minister of Interior Ebrima Mballow would equate protesters with ‘troublemakers’ and to go further to say that the...
On Dedicated Service and Jolly Camaraderie: Tribute to Ismaila...
Ismaila, my brother, colleague and friend,
News of your demise hit me like a thunderbolt in the morning. I am yet to recover from this...
Analysis & Comments
On Divine Blessings and Related Recondite Matters: Letter to my Brother (part 2)
Dibba Junior, my good brother,
It was a great conversation we had last night as I sauntered around the precious beaches of Kololi and you,...
Analysis & Comments
Armored Riot Vehicle: Is Government More Interested in Suppressing Than Protecting Human Rights?
It is indeed very worrying that given the history and experience of the Gambia in terms of freedom of assembly that the Gambia Government...
Analysis & Comments
On Divine Blessings and Related Recondite Matters: Letter to my Brother (part 1)
I greet you my dear brother, Dibba Junior, on this blessed morning of the day of Eid we fondly call ‘Sunkari Saloe’ in Mandinka....
Analysis & Comments
Abolish The Caste System! In a Republic There are No Low- or High-Class Citizens
By Madi Jobarteh
Let me say upfront that feudalism and the caste system in any form should be criminalised and abolished by law in the...
Sports
Premier League: Man City begin title defence at West Ham, Man Utd to face Chelsea
Champions Manchester City begin the defence of their Premier League title away at West Ham, while Manchester United will host Chelsea in a blockbuster...
Eden Hazard WILL join Real Madrid as Chelsea finally agree sensational £130million fee
Eden Hazard is Real Madrid-bound after the Spanish giants finally struck a deal worth £130million with Chelsea.
Personal terms are set to be a formality...
Amadou Gallo Fall named president of NBA’s new Basketball Africa League
In February, it was announced that the NBA was establishing the Basketball Africa League (BAL), a new professional league based on the continent, in...
Sports
Real Madrid ‘to officially announce £86m signing of Eden Hazard’
By DailyMail
Eden Hazard will be officially unveiled as a Real Madrid player after Chelsea play their Europa League final against Arsenal on May 29,...
Breaking News
Breaking: Africa Cup of Nations hosts to be decided on January 9
The new hosts of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations will be chosen on January 9, the president of the Confederation of African Football...
Sports
GFF to Get D250M from FIFA over 4 years
FIFA Member associations will receive more funds from FIFA starting next year. This follows a decision by the world governing body during a congress held...
Analysis & Comments
Gambia Clubs Face tough opponents in CAF club competitions
By Alieu Ceesay
2017 Gambia domestic football League champions Gambia Armed Forces will play Zambian side Zanaco in the preliminaries of the CAF champions league,...
By Ba S Jabbi
Alhagi Soriba Jabbi was born in 1942 to Soriba Jabbi and Oumie Jabbi in Jarra Sutukung village, Jarra East District. He...
Oumy Sall Ndiaye, the Legendary Woman behind JIFAD
After a long and rich professional experience in France, Europe and Africa where she dedicated a great part of her time coordinating the strategy...
TRIBUTE: The Man, Ebrima Solo Sandeng
By Lamin Njie, Editor in chief of The Fatu Network
I will not disagree with anyone who says Solo Sandeng was a patriot. The first...
Profile of New United States Ambassador to Gambia Richard Carlton Paschall...
Richard “Carl” Paschall, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service with the rank of Minister Counselor, is Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the...
Facts about Sharia Law around the World
Brunei on Wednesday introduced harsh new sharia laws — including death by stoning for adultery and gay sex — despite a storm of global...
Marina: How an entire nation let a harmless 13-year-old student down
By Lamin Njie
When news first emerged on social media that Marina International School has expelled a student over driving offences, many greeted it with...
Gigantic Cost of Gambia’s political wars
By Sainey Darboe
That the founder of the United Democratic Party and Vice President,Ousainou Darboe, doesn’t enjoy the best of relations with incumbent president Adama...
On the Rise of PPP: A Challenge Renewed
By Gibril Saine
Once Upon a Time - The nomenclature ''P.P.P'' stood more or less synonymous with country-tag 'The Gambia'. It came to signal a...
LAMIN NJIE: Darboe’s comments border on bravado, it’s now up to...
Until this congress, the wonder has been why Ousainou Darboe has not waded into the growing uncertainty within the United Democratic Party. The wonder...
The Gambia: towards a one-stop media regulator
The Point was not on point. Two girls, raped and sexually molested, were in the pages of the newspaper. This breach was gross -...
LAMIN NJIE: If self-belief is what drives a leader, President Barrow...
Self-belief. Self-belief. SELF-BELIEF. That’s the answer I got when I asked one political analyst friend about the one thing that makes a leader successful....
When Abubakr (radiallahu anhu) became the Caliph of the Muslims, after the death of The Prophet, (peace be upon him) he set off to...
Islam Is In books And Muslims Are In the Grave #1
Islam Is In the Books and Muslims Are In the Grave #1
Lack of knowledge in basic history is making a lot of people doubt...
Rise of The Gambian Atheist
Until recently, it could be said that there’s no Gambian atheist. If there was, he certainly held his unsavoury beliefs close to his chest....
Opinion: The Strange Case Of Imam Fatty And An Audio Gone...
The internet almost came down, with the release of an audio by Imam Fatty, speaking openly on matters of the bedroom. The Imam was...
Gambia’s Immigration chief OKs proposal for ECOWAS Migration Training Academy establishment
Gambia's Immigration Chief Buba Sagnia recently joined colleague Immigration chiefs from ECOWAS countries in endorsing the establishment of a Migration Training Academy in the...
Muslim Elders Again…
The Gambia is slowly drifting from what it used to be – the exemplary state that respects and protects the religious and cultural rights...
