GAMBIA: EX-PRESIDENT TIED TO 2005 MURDERS OF GHANAIAN AND NIGERIAN MIGRANTS
Accra/Geneva, 16 May 2018
Ghanaian Groups Urge Prosecution of Yahya Jammeh
A paramilitary unit controlled by then-Gambian president Yahya Jammeh summarily executed more than 50 Ghanaian, Nigerian, and other...
Local Investors Granted Licence To Do Research At Badari Mining Area
The Fatu Network has been reliably informed that The Gambia Government has issued a ‘Prospecting Licence’ to local investors to do research at The Badari Mining Area...
Another Warning By The UN, To Intending Migrants.
The UN has said that both migrants and civilians face a severe risk of kidnap, torture and execution by armed groups in Libya.
In a report published in...
CABINET APPROVES MTA LICENCE, RATIFICATION OF UN CONVENTION ON LAW OF THE SEA
The Cabinet of The Government of The Gambia, in a meeting chaired by the Vice President, May 10th approved and supported unanimously a recommendation by the Public Utilities...
The Supreme Court Fails Again!!!
The ruling today by The Gambia Supreme Court that sedition as stipulated in the Criminal Code is constitutional is indeed frightening, disappointing and annoying.
Sedition first emerged in...
PRESS RELEASE: ‘U.S. Committed to Expanding Trade Links with The Gambia’
The United States Ambassador to The Gambia, C. Patricia Alsup on May 9 presided over an African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) workshop in Banjul, using the...
Gambia: Supreme Court Declares Laws On False News, Sedition As Constitutional
BANJUL, The Supreme Court of The Gambia has today declared laws on sedition, false publication and broadcasting as constitutional and necessary in a democratic society.
The five panel...
Respect. Respect. Respect. That’s What Our Police Deserve
Our police are enduring a general lack of respect from the public. Cases of disrespect toward our police are reaching shocking levels. Focus must be fully on...
NEA To Convene Press Briefing On Pertinent Environmental Issues
The National Environment Agency, NEA in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Natural Resources, and the Ministry of Information will convene a press conference...
Opinion: Chinese Playing Divide and Rule In Gunjur
As the clash between Golden Lead, the Chinese company producing fish meals in Gunjur and the environmental activists increase, it’s becoming clearer why the saga has no...
President Barrow Earns Over 2 Million Dalasi A Year
Information reaching The Fatu Network has it that President Adama Barrow earns D2, 040, 000 Millions a year, ($46,000) a source at the Personnel Management Office disclosed.
It...
PRESS RELEASE: U.S. Dept. of State Recognizes ‘Significant Positive Changes’ in Gambia’s Human Rights...
The United States Department of State has recently released its 2017 Human Rights Report, recognizing that The Gambia’s democratic transfer of power has resulted in “significant positive...
EU To Host International Conference for The Gambia In Brussels
The International Conference for The Gambia takes place on 22 May in Brussels at the European Commission (Berlaymont).
The conference, jointly organised by the European Union and the...
Gov’t Sources Say ‘Some Of President Barrow’s Advisers Are Not In The Budget’
The Fatu Network has been reliably informed that some of the Presidential Advisers Appointed at the Office of the President (OP) such as the Security, Special and...
What’s happening to our new found democracy?
By: Dawda Nenegalleh Jallow
When Jammeh arrested Lawyer Ousainou Darboe and some of his party members, most Gambians blamed Jammeh because it was termed as a political strategy...
President Barrow To Personally Congratulate The National U-20 Football Team
The President of the Republic, His Excellency Adama Barrow, will receive in audience members of the National U-20 Football Team at State House in Banjul, on Friday,...
Three Senegalese Nationals Arrested For Robbery
By David Kujabi, Police PRO
Three Senegalese nationals are in police custody for robbery with violence. Abdoulie Saine aged 25, Modou Faye 27, and Ousman Sarr 27 were...
The Love Life of Former President Jawara. Part 1
Many things have been said of former President Jawara. However, the fact that he was a hopeless romantic is known to few. He did not even attempt...
PRESS RELEASE: U.S. Embassy Announces 2018 Mandela Washington Fellows
The United States Embassy in The Gambia congratulates the seven young Gambians selected for the 2018 Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders.
The Fellows are Mariama Barry,...
Six Gunjur Youths arrested, Charged With Incitement Of Crime
Six Gunjur youths have been arrested and charged with incitement of crime Police Spokesperson, Suprintendent, David Kujabi told The Fatu Network.
The six according to Kujabi were part...
