14 EU Short Term Election Observers deployed ahead of Thursday polls
A total of 14 short-term election observers (STOs) from the European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) on Monday departed to their respective areas of observation across...
Gambia Press Union unveils US$220, 000 UNDEF funding
The Gambia Press Union (GPU) on Saturday, April 1st, launched a two-year United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF) sponsored project titled ‘Enhancing Government-Media Relations to Improve the Legal...
Major U.K Newspapers’ alleged blunder brings distress to a Gambian Family!!!
Describing his feeling as “shock and stress” when he received a call from a friend in the UK telling him that they saw his wife on the...
Landmine Kills 3 People In Foni
By Lamin Sanyang
Landmine explosion has killed three people in Wassadu, Foni Jarrol District.
The incident which occurred last Thursday morning claimed the lives of one Sulayman Jonkong Sanneh...
Defense Says Court Lacks Jurisdiction In Former NIA Director General & Co Case
Justice Kumba Sillah Camara of the Banjul High Court has pushed the case of the former NIA officers after their lawyers made an objection to the jurisdiction...
Gambia’s Ousted Dictator Is Living the Good Life in a Palace in Equatorial Guinea
BY COLIN FREEMAN, Foreign Policy
Yahya Jammeh has kept a low profile since he was run out of Banjul in January. FP finds him holed up at a...
Charges Dropped Against Single Mother Accused Of ‘Insulting’ President Barrow
Magistrate AR Bah of the Brikama Magistrate Court today, Monday, April 3, struck out the case of one Fatou Badjie who was charged with insulting President Adama...
Gov’t explains stance on Casamance
Following widespread rumours on the new Gambia government’s alleged position on Casamance, the government over weekend issued a statement explaining The Gambia’s position on the matter. Below...
POLICE EXHUMED ‘BODIES’ OF LAMIN SANNEH & CO.
Bodies suspected of being those of former State Guard Commander Lamin Sanneh and other alleged attackers on State House on 30th December, 2014 were exhumed by police...
Jammeh’s HIV treatment didn’t work — former patient says
Lamin Ceesay, the first Gambian to go public with his HIV status 17 years ago, has said that former president Jammeh’s treatment of the virus didn’t work...
Falilou Janko wins 2017 Media Personality Award
By Lamin Drammeh
Former Gambia Radio and Television Services (GRTS), sports reporter Falilou ML Janko, aka DJ senator has won the 2017 media personality of the year award....
Sana Manjang tried to hide his atrocities before he left for Bissau!!!!
In what sources described as an effort to hide evidence, Sana Manjang is said to have poured a lot of concrete cement into one of the wells...
The Bodies of the December 30 Freedom Fighters exhumed!!!!!
In a scene described by eye witnesses as heart wrenching, the remains of the December 30, 2014 State House attackers were exhumed this Friday March 31, 2017....
EU Short Term Election Observers depart on Monday
A total of 14 European Union Short Term Observers for next week’s Parliamentary elections will depart on Monday, April 3rd, to their respective areas of observation.
The European...
PRESIDENT BARROW WELCOMED IN FONI
President Barrow got a rousing welcome when he visited Foni yesterday Wednesday 29 March 2017 as part of his nationwide tour. He held meetings in Bwiam and...
‘I Endorse Touma Njie, PPP National Assembly Member for Banjul South’ Madi Jobarteh
I wish to endorse Fatoumatta Njai commonly known as Touma Njai for Banjul South constituency. Touma is a professional par excellence. A dedicated, modest and hard workingwoman...
WHY THE GAMBIA BAR ASSOCIATION CHOSE TO BOYCOTT CERTAIN COURTS
PRESS RELEASE
The Gambia Bar Association has among its primary aims and objectives the following key purposes:
To maintain the standards, integrity, honour and independence of the Bar,...
Mosque gunman alleges torture
Barrister Sheriff K Jobe, counsel for Babucarr Njie yesterday addressed the lower court in Banjul after his client wrapped up his evidence in voire dire and...
POLICE COMB FONI FORESTS FOR ‘SECRET GRAVES’
A large contingent of police crime and forensic experts, and other security officials yesterday combed forests in the Fonis to formally start the search for secret graves...
Darboe denies causing Coalition split
The leader of the United Democratic Party, Ousainou Darboe, has dismissed allegations that he and his party’s insistence on party line contest in the April election split...
