Daily Observer newspaper asked to cease operation
Gambia's leading daily newspaper, The Daily Observer newspaper has been asked to cease operation effectively immediately, reports have confirmed.
A staff of the company said officials of the...
‘I did not authorize the arrest of Lawyer MO Badjie’ – Interior Minister says
Gambia's Interior Minister, Mai Ahmad Fatty has set the records straight on the arrest and detention of the national intelligence agency's legal advisor.
Lawyer Babucarr MO Badjie was...
Detained Intelligence Agency’s legal advisor released on bail
Bubabcarr AMO Badjie, the Director of Legal Affairs of the Gambia’s national intelligence agency, SIS, has been released on bail today, Monday, June 12th, his lawyer confirmed.
Badjie...
Nawec says electricity generation capacity below demand
Baboucarr Faal, NAWEC's power generation director responsible for the management of power stations in Kotu and Brikama area has said that the demand for electricity in The...
NAWEC’s deputy director admits country is dark
Nani Juwara, deputy managing director of Gambia’s national water and electricity supplier, NAWEC, has admitted that of recent, the country is dark due to lack of stable...
NAWEC explains cause of water shortage
Gambia's water and electricity supplier, NAWEC said a rupture at its Brikama Treatment Plant water transmission pipe linking to major parts of the greater Banjul area is...
Shot & killed during Kanilai protest, Haruna Jatta laid to rest
Haruna Jatta, the man allegedly shot and killed last Friday by ECOMIG forces during a violent incident in Kanilai , home village of former President Jammeh, was...
ECOWAS Commission on recent Kanilia incident, calls for calm & restraint
The Economic Commission of West Africa States (ECOWAS) has expressed great concern over the recent violent incident in Kanilai, birthplace of exiled former President Yahya Jammeh.
The incident...
‘Work in unison to advance your associations’- GYIN Gambia chief urges
The Executive Director of the Global Youth Innovation Network (GYIN) Gambia (GYIN Gambia) has told the people of Foni Bulock to work together to advance their association.
Mamadou ...
Mama Kandeh says he has temporal solution to electricity crisis, urges Barrow to invite...
The leader of the Gambia Democratic Congress Party has called on the government of Adama Barrow to take him and his offer to help salvage the Gambian...
Company involved in Gunjur environment disaster must be stopped – Mama Kandeh
Mama Kandeh, the leader of the Gambia Democratic Congress has said the Chinese company involved in the environmental disaster in the communities of Gunjur, Kartong and the...
Defense team splits in ex-NIA 9 case
The team of defence lawyers in the ongoing ex-NIA 9 case has split, with difference over the assignment of the new team of Public Prosecutors to represent...
GDC condemns use of lethal force on unarmed Kanilai protesters, urges investigation
The Gambia Democratic Congress (GDC) has condemned what it called, the use of lethal force on unarmed Gambians during the recent Kanilai protest, calling it a dangerous...
Bee Man Sainey Jammeh Is On The Run
Sainey Jammeh brother to former President, Yahya Jammeh who locals in Kanilai say has bees that he could unleash on police officers during an attempted arrest is...
President Barrow pardons 25 prisoners as Ramadan gesture
President Adama Barrow has pardoned a total of 25 prisoners who were serving various jail terms at the state central Prisons of Mile II and Janjangbureh respectively...
Bafuloto-Farato incident: Interior Minister says citizens misreading democracy, breaking law
The Interior Minister has said there is challenge for citizens to be law abiding at all times saying citizens are now reading and misreading democracy and breaking...
Africans Rising Movement launched in Gambia
The Africans Rising Movement, Gambia Chapter was on Thursday, May 25th, 2016 launched at a ceremony held at the ActionAid - The Cambia conference hall along MDI...
Compounds demolished in Bafuloto causes riots in Farato, Police clarifies
A number of compounds were on Tuesday demolished in Farato Medina otherwise call Bafuloto, causing bloody riots in the area.
The people of Farato embarked on the demolition...
Gambia to pay US$4.6M to Conapro Company
The Gambia has agreed to pay the sum of US$4.6 million to Conapro Company in the United Kingdom following a difficult and protracted negotiation out of court...
Gambia to host 61st ACHPR Ordinary Session in November
The Gambia will host the 61st African Commission has unilaterally decided to hold its 61st Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights in...
