Thursday, March 28, 2024

Ghanaian ECOMIG Troops Support Local Schools with Learning Materials

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By: Dawda Baldeh The Ghanaian troops serving ECOWAS in The Gambia have donated learning materials to two schools in Barra. The beneficiaries are ST. Mathew Lower & Upper and...

ECOMIG and Local Communities Collaborate for Humanitarian Aid in The Gambia

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By Adama Sanneh The ECOWAS Mission in The Gambia, through the Senegalese contingent's 7th battalion in Kanfenda village, collaborated with the Foni Infantry battalion to donate food items...

Combating Fake News: MAJaC-UNESCO Kick-starts 3-Day Fact-Checking Training for 25 Journalists

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By: Dawda Baldeh In their efforts to combat fake news, misinformation, disinformation, and hate speech, the Media Academy for Journalism & Communication (MAJaC), with funding from UNESCO, kicked...

Exploring Opportunities: Gambian Musician/Entrepreneur Secures Partnerships with UAE Investors

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By: Dawda Baldeh Renowned Gambian Musician, Philanthropist, Entrepreneur, and Activist Modou Lamin Bah, also known as Egalitarian, has successfully secured a partnership with ACX Investment LLC, a potential...

Ask Bajen: Women-Led Advocacy Group Takes Bold Steps to Combat SGBV and Increase Mental...

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By Modou Lamin Joof In a society where issues surrounding sexual gender-based violence (SGBV) and mental health are often swept under the carpet, one influential women-led advocacy group...

Victims of alleged Jammeh henchman Ousman Sonko welcome Swiss trial as Gambian govt faces...

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By Mustapha K. Darboe with New Narratives BANJUL, Gambia - In the 22-year rule of Gambia’s former dictator Yahya Jammeh, protests were rare. The few who attempted them...

Good Samaritans Dr. Ammar Al Jafari and Ebrima Jallow Join Forces to Save a...

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By: Seringe ST Touray On Tuesday, January 2nd, 2024, The Fatu Network was contacted by Ebrima Jallow, an activist and General Manager at Al-Nuru Pharmacy in The Gambia....

Rape, snakes and hyenas: Darsilameh schoolchildren’s risky walk to the future

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By Hadram Hydara Nestled in the heart of Foni Kansala in West Coast Region five kilometres off the Trans-Gambia Highway lies a small historic village, Darsilameh Sheriff Kunda,...

Low Intellectual Property awareness in The Gambia’s booming business sector

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By: Hadram Hydara Since The Gambia passed the Intellectual Property Act nearly a decade ago, there has been a remarkable increase in the registration of new businesses in...

GFD calls for more inclusion of persons with disabilities in electoral systems

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The Gambia Federation of the Disabled is the umbrella body of all registered Organizations of Persons with Disabilities in The Gambia which advocates the principles of Equalization...

From Journalism to Politics: Why NPP’s Seedy Ceesay Abandons the Media for Electioneering

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By: Muhammed Lamin Drammeh The National People’s Party (NPP) candidate for the Brikama Area Council Chairmanship election, Seedy Ceesay, broke his silence and explained why he abandoned journalism...

SPOTLIGHT: Ya Adam Njie: UTG Valedictorian reshaping STEM

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By: Muhammed Lamin Drammeh From sitting at home for three years due to the dearth of funds to begin her university education, after completing secondary school, 26-year-old Ya...

Sintet village: Daughter reuniting a divided village through WILL

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By: Muhammed Lamin Drammeh December 1983, in Sintet village in the Foni Jarrol Constituency, West Coast Region of The Gambia, Fatou Baldeh was born, a baby who would...

When Will The Gambia Launch Its National IP Policy 

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By: Muhamed Lamin Ceesay The Gambia has been a member of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) since 1980, after signing the WIPO Convention. This accession was done...

The Riverside and the Jolt of Memory

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Essay By: Cherno Baba Jallow I keep having flashbacks of a trip I made to the riverside in the middle American city of Detroit several moons ago. It was the...

UDP leader Darboe’s statement at the launch of the party’s 5-Point Agenda and Official...

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Good morning and welcome to the official launch of the United Democratic Party 2021 Manifesto; 5-Point Agenda and Official Website. Monday August 23rd, 2021 marked the 25thAnniversary of...