Thursday, September 19, 2024

British Foreign Secretary Johnson arrives in Gambia, meets President Barrow

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British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has arrived in The Gambia at the start of a two-day trip to West Africa. He was received at the Banjul International Airport...

Journalist Ebrima Sillah is New GRTS Director General

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  Veteran journalist, Ebrima Sillah has been appointed director general of The Gambia Radio and Television Services (GRTS) with effective from February 13, 2017. Ebrima replaces Malick Jones who...

Writer Urges Barrow Administration To Close Down Bakoteh Dumpsite

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  Dear Editor, Please help extend this message to President Adama Barrow and his government;   The residents of Bakoteh and it's surrounding are suffering too much from the Bakoteh DUMP...

EFSTH Cleaners On Strike Over Non-Payment

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  Sources have informed The Fatu Network that cleaners at The Edward Francis Small Hospital in Banjul are currently on strike and demanding payment of their four months...

UK Foreign Secretary to visit The Gambia and Ghana

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  Press Statement   Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson will meet with President Barrow and President Akufo-Addo on a two-day trip to West Africa. The Foreign Secretary will visit The Gambia and...

Over 15 Heads Of State Expected To Attend President Barrow’s Inauguration

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By Alagie Manneh Over fifteen Heads of State are expected to grace the much-awaited 18 February inauguration of President Adama Barrow, the Head of the Media Organizing Committee...

Gambia’s Ex-Vice President Saihou Sabally returns home after 22 years in exile

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Alhagie Saihou Sabally, the former Vice President of the Gambia during the first Republic under former President Sir Dawda Jawara, has finally returned home in The Gambia...

Interior & Justice ministers unexpectedly visit Mile II Prison

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Gambia’s ministers of Interior and Attorney General and Minister of Justice in the new government of President Adama Barrow on Monday unexpectedly visited the notorious Mile II...

‘300 journalists expected at Barrow inauguration’- Committee

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The Media Coordinator of the Inauguration Committee has said up to 300 local and international journalists are expected to cover President Barrow's inauguration and independence celebrations at...

Friend Of Man caught With Pistol At King Fahad Defends Him

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A friend of Babucarr Njie, the soldier found with a pistol at King Fahad Mosque said his friend is a good man and that he supports The...

EU pledges €225m rescue package for the Gambia as new democracy dawns

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Major funding commitment to help ‘virtually bankrupt’ country shake off legacy of dictatorship, as President Adama Barrow promises better life for Gambians The EU has pledged its support...

Coalition Media, Returnees Taskforce Committees present reports to President Barrow

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The Coalition Media Committee responsible for media matters and the Returnees Task force Committee that was responsible for the Returnees who fled the country during the political...

Family Of Young Soldier Performs Burial Rites For Him

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  Family members of Tumani Jallow, today Friday, February 10,  performed burial rites for him after they received information that he was killed by former president Yahya Jammeh's...

Remaining ministers to be named & sworn-in Saturday

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The Office of the President has announced that it will name the remaining ministers for the new Cabinet tomorrow, Saturday, January 11th, 2017, at the Kairaba Beach...

Gun Found on Gambia National Army Soldier at the Friday Prayer Being Attended by...

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  Baboucarr Njie, a soldier with The Gambia Armed Forces from Medina Seringe Mass was caught with a pistol at King Fahad mosque where President Barrow was performing...

ECOMIG forces to be scaled down to 500

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The 7, 000 forces of the ECOWAS Military Intervention to the Gambia (ECOMIG) will be scaled down to 500 later this month, the Gambia government has confirmed. The...

Gambia’s Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations, & Protocol/welfare Officer at the DC Embassy...

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  Gambia's deputy Ambassador to the United Nations, Samsudeen Sarr and protocol/welfare officer at the DC embassy, Pierre Minteh have both received their marching orders according to credible...

Where are muckraking journalists today?

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By Alagi Yorro Jallow While our democracy may not yet be strong enough and our institutions will constrain whatever abuses of power President Adama Barrow’s administration might commit...

GRTS Director General Malick Jones Axed

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  Malick Jones, the director general of The Gambia Radio and Televison Services (GRTS) has been removed according to sources close to the institution. The veteran broadcaster, was deputy...

Sallah: Information & Education ministers to be appointed soon

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By Alagie Manneh The spokesperson of the Gambia’s coalition government has revealed that they are at conclusion stages of revealing names of qualified persons set to fill in...