President Barrow in Touba to perform Friday prayers, meets Mourid Khalif General
Gambia’s President Adama Barrow has arrived in the holy city of Touba, where he is meeting the Kaliph General of the Mourid brotherhood, Serign Sidi Mukhtar Mbacke.
President...
President Barrow visits Tivaouane
Gambia’s President Adama Barrow who is in Senegal on a three-day state visit, today, Friday, March 3rd, begins his days engagement with visits to the country’s main...
Gambia agrees to support Senegal in search of peace in Cassamance
The Gambia has finally agree to accompany its neighboring country Senegal in the quest for final peace in the troubled Southern region of Cassamance which has been...
98 prisoners released from Mile II Prison
A total of 98 prisoners who where serving various sentences at the State Central Prisons of Mile II have been released today, Thursday, March 2nd, 2017.
This batch...
Interior Minister Fatty urges Police to operate according to law
The Minister of Interior has urged men and women of the Gambia Police Force to work within the law, respect the fundamental human rights of Gambians and...
CDS Kinteh urges GAMCOY 20 to ensure integrity, respect & professionalism
Gambia’s Army chief has reminded the Gambia’s 20th contingent heading for the Sudanese troubled region of Darfur, to always remember the principles of integrity, respect for diversity...
‘New freedom doesn’t mean law & order has been suspended’- Interior Minister Fatty
Interior Minister Mai Ahmed Fatty has reminded Gambians of the need to respect the law and maintain order saying everyone is free under the new dispensation but...
President Barrow arrives in Senegal on first state visit
Gambia’s new President Adama Barrow arrived in the Senegalese Capital, Dakar, Thursday, March 3rd in his first foreign trip since assuming office.
President Barrow is in Dakar for...
Gambia Police Force to change name to Gambia Police Service
Gambia’s Interior Minister has said it is the new government’s intention to change the name of the Gambia Police Force to The Gambia Police Service.
He said the...
Gambia’s 20th Contingent to Darfur bade farewell
The 20th Gambian contingent dubbed GAMCOY 20 heading to the Sudanese region of Darfur for peace keeping mission, Wednesday March 1, bade farewell at a ceremony held...
‘No more executive directives to do what is unlawful’- Interior Minister Fatty
Gambia’s Interior Minister has said that there will be no more executive directives asking the police to do what is unlawful.
Mai Ahmed Fatty was speaking on Wednesday...
Interior Minister makes maiden visit to Gambia Police Force Headquarters
Gambia’s new Interior Minister Mai Ahmed Fatty on Wednesday made his first visit to The Gambia Police Force Headquarters since assuming office.
He was received by the Inspector...
Coalition Divided Over National Assembly Elections
The Fatu Network has received information that the coalition government is hugely divided over the upcoming national assembly elections. Sources say after many closed door meetings, the...
Gambia removes age limit for President, Superior Court judges
Gambia’s National Assembly on Tuesday amended the country’s 1997 Constitution removing the upper age limit for holding office as President of the Republic of The Gambia from...
Gambia’s Parliament votes reducing deposits payable by candidates in all elections
Gambia’s Parliament on Tuesday unanimously voted to reduce the current deposits payable by candidates aspiring for elections to public offices notably Offices of President, Member of the...
Interior Minister Fatty says MPs lack of mobility a national disgrace
Gambia’s Interior Minister has described the lack of transportation means (official vehicles) for Members of the National Assembly as a national disgrace.
Mai Ahmed Fatty was responding to...
“I love peace that is why am stress free” – Ex-CDS Bargie
Gambia's former Army Chief Lt. General Ousman Bargie says he loves peace that is why he is stress free.
Bargie was recently given a nick name ‘Mr No...
GAF bids farewell to Army Chief Bargie
The Gambia Armed Forces (GAF) on Monday bade farewell to one of the longest serving Chiefs of Defense Staff, Lt. General Ousman Bargie in a symbolic and...
Gambia Milling Corporation staff protests demanding better working conditions
Staffers at Gambia Milling Corporation on Monday staged a mass protest calling on the management of GMC to provide them with better working conditions.
The protest took place...
4 senior Gambian military officers discharged
The Commander-in-Chief of The Gambia Armed Forces and President of the Republic Adama Barrow has discharged four senior members of The Gambia Armed Forces with effect from...