NOVEMBER 11 COUP: Ex-Orderly Explains How a Group of 30 Men Including Him Armed...
By Lamin Njie
A formerly orderly to AFPRC junta leader Yankuba Touray has explained how a group of 30 men including him armed themselves to the teeth at...
Goodluck Jonathan arrives in the country as government turns to mediation expert to find...
By Lamin Njie
Former Nigeria President Dr Goodluck Jonathan who has made a name for himself as a mediator in the Ecowas region has arrived in the country...
On the Audacity of Fiscal Profligacy: Letter to the Minister of Finance (Part 4)
Honourable Minister and senior brother, it is with a deep sense of sorrow and extreme disappointment that I write you another letter on this dismal subject.
It is...
Unity march underway for Gambians in the diaspora
Below we produce a press statement from the organizers:
On Sunday May 29, 2016, a group of concerned Gambians will hold a unity gathering at
The White House, Lafayette...
Sam Sarr drops possible reasons why GDC didn’t join APRC in disputing 2016 elections
Former deputy ambassador to the United Nations Samsudeen Sarr has stated possible reasons why opposition Gambia Democratic Congress didn't join APRC in disputing the 2016 presidential elections.
The...
Angola Expands COVID-19 Vaccination to Reach 12-Year-Olds
Starting December 2021 Angola will start vaccinating children and teenagers aged between 12 and 17 years the government has announced.
The Southern African country launched its mass inoculation...
Guinea junta bars its members from next elections
Guinea’s military junta has barred its members from running in the next elections that will mark a return to civilian rule.
It came as the junta announced on...
Jammeh’s dollars for Deyda’s life: Ex-jungler bares how he and three others were given...
By Lamin Njie
A former member of former president Yahya Jammeh’s elite killing crew has detailed how he and three others were given dollars after a killing mission...
Brazil Violence: Three Arrested Over Killing Of Congolese Migrant
Three people have been arrested in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro over the murder of a Congolese migrant, a killing that was captured on video...
Ghanaian Journalist Sentenced To 14 Days In Jail For Contempt
A court in Ghana has sentenced a journalist to 14 days imprisonment for contempt of court.
Oheneba Boamah Bennie, a radio presenter at Power FM, reportedly issued a...
‘It’s false to say it comprises renegades’: Seedy Njie says it’s wrong to say...
By Lamin Njie
NPP stalwart Seedy Njie has pushed back at suggestions his party comprises 'renegades' that had fallen out with their parties.
NPP is composed of Gambians who...
Momodou Sabally calls Pa Modou Bojang an ‘idiot’ after the journalist urged citizens to...
A war of words has broken out between journalist Pa Modou Bojang and Momodou Sabally.
Mr Sabally is under fire after his comments independent presidential hopeful Essa Faal...
One of Africa’s Oldest Existing Political Parties Gets New Executive
By: Amara Thoronka
One of the oldest existing political parties in Africa and current ruling party in Sierra Leone, the Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) has in a...
YA KUMBA JAITEH: Lawyer Denies President Barrow Intimacy Claims
By Lamin Njie
Barrister Lamin K Mboge has denied claims he sued embattled national assembly member Ya Kumba Jaiteh just to get close to President Adama Barrow.
Mboge and...
Ex-president Jammeh’s back to land initiative neglected by coalition, Barrow govts
By: Modou Touray
Gambian youths who had responded to the call by ex-president Yahya Jammeh for citizens to go back to the land (revive farming) have expressed frustrations...
UDP slams Gambia police over use of force and acts of violence against ‘innocent’...
The United Democratic Party has issued a statement condemning acts of violence meted out to Gambians who took to the streets on Sunday to demand President Adama...
It’s official! Freetown City and KM become sister cities as TAB and YAS sign...
KM Mayor Talib Ahmed Bensouda and his Freetown counterpart agreed to collaborate on six major development areas and have put pen to paper.
Bensouda travelled to Freetown, Sierra...
2000 STUDENT MASSACRE: Isatou Njie Saidy WAS the One Around, Not Jammeh –...
By Lamin Njie
Former agriculture minister Omar Jallow has said that it was former vice president Isatou Njie Saidy who was around when at least a dozen people...
The battle for Kiang: Less than two months after UDP launched its office in...
President Adama Barrow has told the people of Kiang not to allow anyone mislead them or take them backwards.
UDP last month launched its regional bureau in Kiang...
‘Gambians are tired of half-baked intellectuals’: Alhaji Kurang calls Momodou Sabally ‘so-called’ Gambia’s pen...
Gambian people are tired of half-baked intellectuals posing as scholars, presidential hopeful Alhaji Kurang said on Monday.
Writing on his Facebook page, the former Janneh Commission secretary said:...
