Ugandan police arrest at least 8 journalists covering opposition MP Bobi Wine
Nairobi, September 20, 2018--Police in Uganda detained at least eight journalists covering the return of opposition MP Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine, from the U.S,...
IEC Chairman Alieu Momar Njie One Image Towers in Memory
Alagi Yorro Jallow
Today the challenge of political courage looms larger than ever before,” Sen. John F. Kennedy wrote in 1956, five years before he became president. Chairman...
DECLARATION ON 2018/2019 RAINFALL SITUATION AND THE EFFECTS ON CROPS AND LIVESTOCK
We, the members of the National Food Security Council of The Republic of The Gambia, met in the office of the Vice President, at the emergency meeting...
Police Say Abuse On Social Media Platforms Has Potential To Destabilize Peace Among The...
PRESS RELEASE
The office of the Inspector General of Police has noted with concern opinions of certain members of society alleging the Gambia Police Force for being...
On Former MP’s Case, Party Militants And Sympathizers Warned To Stay Away From Court...
PRESS RELEASE
It has come to the notice of the office of the Inspector General of Police that some political party militants are planning to gather at...
Sovereign Wealth Fund: Transparency; Responsibility Is Cure to Gambia’s Oil Exploration Industry
Alagi Yorro Jallow
The Gambia needs to urgently to put in pace a sovereign wealth fund to manage her oil revenue before the commencement of crude oil exports....
“We Will Take Actions Recommended By The Commission” President Barrow
The President of the Republic of The Gambia, Adama Barrow has promised to act on the findings and recommendations made by members of the Faraba Commission.
President Barrow...
Members Of The Lands Commission Sworn In
President Adama Barrow Monday, September 17, presided over the swearing in ceremony of five members of the Lands Commission at State House in Banjul.
Justice Raymond Sock was...
A $52,000 Pledge For The Brikama Maternity Ward Project Announced
The residents of Brikama based in the diaspora have pledged $52, 500 for the rehabilitation of a Maternity and Children’s Ward at the Brikama Health Centre, West...
Gambia To Draft First Ever National Security Policy
President Barrow’s National Security Adviser, Retired Colonel Momodou Badjie has revealed the drafting of the first ever National Security Policy for The Gambia.
Badjie told journalists at a...
The Gambia Taiwan relationship was not a “huge mistake” Mr. President.
Mr. President, quoting from Reuters news agency (Beijing) “Gambia President Adama Barrow told Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday that his countries ties with self-ruled Taiwan had...
The African Diaspora Alone Sends A Recorded $60 billion Annually in Remittances to Africa:...
Alagi Yorro Jallow
African Presidents lined up to get a doggy biscuit and a pat on the head from the new colonial master. Not nearly enough, because Africa,...
Why are authorities silent about the First Lady’s Foundation?
Any office to which monies from the Consolidated Fund are provided is a public office according to our Constitution.
The Office of the First Lady receives money from...
Remand Prisoners At Mile 2 Allegedly Tortured By Security Guards
The remand prisoners, who reportedly protested against long years of detention without trial, were allegedly tortured by the prison guards at the Mile 2 Central prisons in...
President Barrow Sends Special Delegation to Kofi Annan’s Funeral
State House, Banjul, 12thSeptember2018
His. Excellency, President Barrow sends a special delegation to Accra, Ghana, to attend the funeral of H.E. Kofi Annan, former United Nations Secretary...
First Lady Leads a Fact-finding Team of Medical Consultants to EFSTH
State House, Banjul, 12thSeptember2018
The First Lady of the Republic, Her Excellency, Fatoumatta Barrow on Monday joined a group of medical personnel and educationists from Delaware, U.S.at...
China “60 Billion Dollars” Strategic Financing in Africa:
Alagi Yorro Jallow
What constitutes a loan, debt or strategic partnership?
Does China adopt an affable and respectable stance towards its partners, promoting friendship and win-win cooperation with commercial...
President Barrow is clear about his priorities’’ – Tony Blair
State House, 11th September 2018 - After a closed-door meeting with His Excellency, President Adama Barrow, the Executive Chairman of the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change,...
MakalliMatta Consulting (MMC) Launches Job Interview Coaching (JIC) Initiative at American Corner
KOLOLI, THE GAMBIA: On September 18that 10:30am, as part of it Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), MMC, a Global Communications agency will launch its free Job Interview Coaching...
Former National Assembly Member Charged
The former National Assembly Member (NAM) for Banjul Central, Abdoulie Saine was Monday, September 10, charged before Magistrate C. W Davies of the Banjul Magistrates Court.
The former...
