14 prisoners escape from Jeshwang prison
By Fatou Camara II
Fourteeen inmates have escaped from the Jeshwang prisoners, the third time prisoners are escaping from the facility since August 2018.
Senior Prison Officer Luck Jatta...
Human Rights Bodies Call for Speedy Release and Implementation of TRRC Report
By Amara Thoronka
Gambia Bar Association, Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa, International Commission of Jurists, International Center for Transitional Justice and other bodies operating on...
Counsel Darboe Filed a Notice to Produce the Call Prints for the Prosecution’s Third...
By: Alieu Jallow
Counsel Darboe has filed a motion to produce call printouts from Africell and Qcell for Mama Jabbie, the Prosecution's 3rd witness in the ongoing murder...
Niger President gets $5M reward as he decides not to cheat his way into...
To win the 2020 Ibrahim award for African leadership, and the $5m (£3.6m) prize attached to it, Niger's President Mahamadou Issoufou had to leave office.
His decision to...
Spotlight on Gambians in Academia: Bakary S. Sonko
Bakary S. Sonko, a final year Masters student at the National Research University Higher School of Economics in Moscow, is making waves in the academic and student...
MENINGITIS: Over 400, 000 Gambian Children to be Immunised
The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has said that it will next month embark on a meningitis immunization campaign.
The Ministry of Health said it plans to...
Journalists contract coronavirus as GPU states sadness over matter
The Gambia Press Union (GPU) said on Tuesday it has learnt with 'sadness' that some journalists have contracted the coronavirus in line of duty.
"The Union wishes all...
‘We don’t need Mr Khalid’: ‘About 40’ Gambian girls in Beirut call for consul’s...
By Fatou Camara II
About 40 Gambian girls in Beirut on Thursday held a protest in front of the Gambian consulate in the Lebanese capital demanding assistance from...
Lawmaker Saikouba Jarju implies Ahmadis are not Muslims
National Assembly Member for Busumbala constituency Saikouba Jarju has implied that Ahmadis are not Muslims.
UDP mandated the Amir of Ahmadiya Muslim Jamat Baba F Trawally over the...
EXCLUSIVE: Bolton star prefers to represent The Gambia over Guinea Bissau
By: Muhammed Lamin Drammeh
Bolton Wanderers' Carlos Mendes Gomez, a player for the English club, who is eligible to play for both the Gambia and Guinea Bissau has...
Americans Accused of Trying to Overthrow Gambia’s President Sentenced in Minnesota Court
By Kayla Ruble
May 12, 2016 | 5:25 pm
Four American citizens accused of helping to plan a failed coup in the Gambia against President Yahya Jammeh more than...
London Patient ‘Cleared’ of HIV
A London patient has become the second known man to be cleared of AIDS virus after receiving a bone marrow transplant from an HIV resistant donor, according...
Covid-19 new HIV? Nurse moves out of family house due to discrimination
By Fatou Camara II
A Gambian nurse has moved out of her family house in Sinchu Baliya after she came under sustained discrimination involving family members.
Awa (not her...
Top military official who led ‘Bulldozer’ squad says squad swelled to up to 160...
A top military official who commanded the so-called ‘Bulldozer’ squad during former President Yahya Jammeh’s rule has said the squad at the outset had between 50 and...
Brufut Fishermen Blame Chinese Fishing Vessels For Recent Fish Scarcity
By Sanna Jallow
Fishermen at Brufut fish landing site have blamed the scarcity and high price of fish on the presence of Chinese fishing vessels which they...
Sex workers row: Imam Bakawsu Fofana suggests Imam Chebo Cham contradicted himself over whether...
Imam Bakawsu Fofana has said he's happy Imam Chebo Cham is attacking President Adama Barrow and his deputy political adviser Dou Sanno.
Imam Cham lashed at the Barrow...
Lawmaker Saikouba Jarju’s Ahmadis post disappears from his wall after he got hammered
MP Saikouba Jarju's comments directed at Ahmadis have disappeared from his Facebook wall after he became the victim of huge excoriation.
Busumbala constituency MP Jarju implied on Wednesday...
Police confirm arresting Three Years Jotna chiefs, give reason
Police have confirmed arresting the leaders of Operation Three Years on Wednesday before granting them bail.
The officials had appeared at the divisional high court in Banjul but...
President Barrow blesses urban roads project, says development of the roads will solve difficulties...
President Adama Barrow has laid the foundation stone for the 20 roads that are set to be constructed in the Greater Banjul part of the country.
At a...
“I’m A Thousand Percent Better” – Kaba Bajo Rates Himself Over Kamaso
By: Muhammed Lamin Drammeh
With The Gambia Football Federation Presidential elections looming, the incumbent Lamin Kaba Bajo has rated himself a thousand per cent better than his opponent...
