Gambia journalism community thrown into mourning as eloquent Sarjo Barrow dies at 66
By Lamin Njie
Veteran journalist Sarjo Barrow, who dedicated his life to a career in newsreading and translation of news from English to Mandinka, has died. He was...
Breaking news: UDP national president Dembo Bojang resigns from party
By Lamin Njie
Dembo By-force Bojang has resigned from his post as United Democratic Party's national president.
Mr Bojang resigned today, bringing the curtain down on his long time...
Breaking news: President Barrow gives D104,000 and rice to families of ‘back way’ victims
President Adama Barrow on Monday dispatched a delegation of top government officials to Barra to meet with families of those who lost their lives in last week's...
Breaking news: Three Years Jotna appoints protest date as group formally applies for permit
By Lamin Njie
Operation Three Years Jotna has formally written to the Inspector General of Police requesting a permit to stage a protest next month to demand President...
Breaking: CRC releases first draft constitution, after months of compiling and drafting
By Adama Makasuba
The Constitutional Review Commission has published the much-awaited draft constitution following months of compilation and drafting.
It comes a week after the eleven-commission members announced a...
Breaking news: UDP takes position on Barrow’s rule and the party’s standpoint is THREE...
By Lamin Njie
United Democratic Party on Wednesday called on President Adama Barrow to step down in December, ending months of misgiving around the party's standpoint.
A united seven-party...
Fighting tires soldiers too! Sana Sabally and Edward Singhatey finally meet with duo agreeing...
By Lamin Njie
Sana Sabally and Edward Singhatey shook hands today as they met to end a decades old bad blood.
The duo were members of a five-man military...
Breaking: Sana Sabally and Edward Singhatey agree to let bygones be bygones with two...
By Lamin Njie
Sana Sabally and Edward Singhatey have agreed to let bygones be bygones with the two men expected to meet later today for a reconciliation showdown.
The...
Breaking news: Edward Singhatey finally caves in as he flies into the country
By Lamin Njie
Edward Singhatey has returned to the country from Abuja, Nigeria and will testify before the TRRC.
The former AFPRC junta vice chairman is wanted by the...
Breaking news: General Bojang accepts to be GAP’s 2021 battle axe, quits diplomat job
By Lamin Njie
General Lamin Bojang has resigned as the deputy head of mission of The Gambia to Russia and has accepted to lead Gambia Action Party into...
Over to you Zimbabwe! Country is thrown into mourning as Mugabe dies at 95,...
Former president of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe has died at the age of 95.
Described as the bush war guerrilla leader who led Zimbabwe to independence in 1980, Mugabe...
Former President and Independence hero Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara dies at 95
By Lamin Njie
Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara, the man who led the vast and complex job of making The Gambia an independent country in 1965 and went on...
Breaking news: Two foreign ministry officials arrested over diplomatic passport fraud
By Lamin Njie
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs Sunday confirmed that two of its officials have been arrested on suspicion of fraudulently helping individuals to hold Gambian diplomatic...
Barrow sacks Nawec boss Baba Fatajo, gives no reason
By Lamin Njie
President Adama Barrow has sacked the managing director of National Water and Electricity Company, Nawec.
Baba Fatajo was handed a termination letter in a surprise move...
Breaking: Barrow to travel to Brikama Saturday for rally, top adviser says
By Lamin Njie
President Adama Barrow will travel to Brikama on Saturday to meet with the people of West Coast Region, a top adviser announced Friday.
The Barrow Fan...
Breaking: Court convicts eight GAF soldiers of treason but sentencing is shelved
By Lamin Njie
A Yundum Barracks court martial on Friday convicted eight soldiers of the Gambia Armed Forces of treason.
A military panel found Captain Yaya Jammeh, a former...
Ex-soldier turned driver hospitalised after being shot at military checkpoint in Kanilai
By Lamin Njie
The Gambia Armed Forces on Sunday confirmed that a man was shot at a military checkpoint in Kanilai.
Ismaila Tamba was shot Sunday following an altercation...
Breaking News: Gambia Government Clinches Understanding in Transportation Debacle
By Lamin Njie
The Gambia government on Saturday struck a deal with the Truck Owners Association regarding a weighbridge saga that has rocked the country’s transport sector.
Truck owners...
Breaking News: Coalition Friday Talks Falter, Only OJ Shows Up
By Momodou Justice Darboe
The 2016 Coalition partners Friday failed to show up at the proposed venue for the final talks aimed at putting finishing touches to the...
Breaking News: Sheikh Bethio Thioune Dies, One Day after 10 Years Sentencing
Sheikh Bethio Thioune the leader of a branch of the Mouride sect in Senegal has died after a long illness, Senegal local media reported Tuesday.
Thiuone died in...