Thursday, April 25, 2024

“Two Terms For All Heads of State Should Be Entrenched In Our Constitution“ President...

Adama Barrow, President of the Republic of The Gambia said on Monday that two terms for the Office of the President should be entrenched in the Constitution. "A...

PRESS RELEASE: U.S. Department of State Acknowledges Gambia’s Commitment to Religious Freedom

As required by the U.S. Congress, the United States Department of State released the 2017 International Religious Freedom Report on May 29, acknowledging the commitment of the...

President Barrow To Travel To Saudi Arabia As Part Of Ongoing Preparations For The...

State House, Banjul, 30 May 2018– The General Public is hereby informed that His Excellency, President Adama Barrow, accompanied by a high power delegation, will on Tuesday,...

Teachers Task Force To Observe An Indefinite Sit Down Strike By September If….

*PRESS  RELEASE 1st June ,2018. FROM:Task force I write with a heavy heart to commend all teachers in the country for their impeccable services to national development even though with...

Brother Of Man Harassed For Allegedly Using ‘Foul Language’ On President Barrow And Darboe...

Those Who know me knows that I am a man of few words. My brother Omar Touray is arrested for uttering foul language towards President Barrow and...

Fabakary Tombong Jatta back as APRC leader

By Omar Wally Information reaching The Fatu Network has it that Fabakary Tombong Jatta who was retired Friday June 1 as The APRC  party leader has bounced back. It...

“Half Of The €1. 45 Billion Pledge At Donor Conference Is A Loan” EU...

Attila Lajos, EU Ambassador to The Gambia, on Friday said that the €1. 45 Billion Euros pledge to The Gambia at the recent donor conference held at...

APRC Elects New Executive

By Omar Wally Former ruling APRC party has today elected new executive members for the party. General Momodou Alieu Bah, Jammeh’s last interior minister is the new party leader,...

Gambia: The Great China Debate – Golden Lead or Bust

Dear Editor,   Disturbing revelations has emerged on Chinese trawlers engaged in illegal fishing activity right deep in Gambian territorial waters. The vast majority of boats identified are found...

PERCEPTION IN POLITICS – WHAT THE PEOPLE SAY

By Musa Bah We have had three successive governments since independence. In all three, corruption has been the bane that kept us from achieving our developmental goals. Corruption...

Legal Action Filed Against Gambian Ex-Dictator

Survivors of Bogus HIV and AIDS “Cure” Seek Compensation, Recognition of Human Rights Abuses in Gambian Courts May 31, 2018 – Three survivors of Yahya Jammeh’s fraudulent and destructive...

From Gunjur to Faraba: Economic, Social and Cultural Rights under Threat! Pres. Barrow’s Intervention...

First, some three youths were arrested in Gunjur a fortnight ago and then charged with bogus offences for standing up to the obnoxious Golden Lead factory in...

MY TAKE ON OUSAINOU MBENGA’S INSINCERE TANTRUM

Comrade Ousainou Mbenga, I'd read your piece 'From Jammeh to Barrow: Opposite Poles of The Same Deception' and my deduction is that it isn't anywhere near a...

Jammeh Alledgedly Sent NIA Operatives To Spy On UN Investigators At Ocean Bay Hotel

Gambia’s former President Yahya Jammeh is said to have assigned the then operatives of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) to spy on the UN experts investigating the...

Guinea’s president reshuffles govt with looming strikes, civil unrest

Facing civil unrest and strikes in the crucial mining sector, Guinea’s President Alpha Conde reshuffled his government overnight, appointing new finance and security ministers among others. No official...

eSwatini king should leave politics and focus on marrying – Malema

By Abdur Rahman Alfa Shaban SWAZILAND South African politician Julius Malema says the King Mswati of eSwatini (formerly Swaziland) should leave politicians in the country to thrive. According to Malema,...

Fatma Samoura: ‘Some don’t think a black woman should be leading Fifa’

Some people do not think a black woman should lead Fifa, says Fatma Samoura - the first female secretary general of football's world governing body. Samoura, 55, replaced...

Gambia’s New Disinherited Class

It has been two years since I last visited the old country — The Gambia. In both 2015 and 2016, respectively, I visited my grandparents in Tujereng,...

Gambia’s Tax Cuts Fail To Impact Market Prices

The skyrocketing prices of basic commodities is still a major concern amongst most Gambians even though the government has decided to cut taxes on imported goods such...

‘Gambia is open for Business’ – Barrow tells investors

State House, Banjul, 24 May 2018 -President Adama Barrow has called on international investors to take advantage of the limitless business and investment opportunities in The Gambia,...