President Barrow Calls for National Unity Ahead of December Election
By: Dawda Baldeh
President Adama Barrow leader of the National People’s Party (NPP) has called for National Unity ahead of the forthcoming presidential election in December. The head...
Tanzanian Schoolgirl Returns To Class With Baby
A Tanzanian schoolgirl has had to return to the classroom with her baby after a new order reversed a ban on pregnant schoolgirls.
Esnath Gideon told BBC Swahili...
Abuse Of State Resources: Gambia Participates Observes Misuse Of Government Property To Organise Political...
By: Christian Conteh
Gambia Participates a youth-led civil society organisation that focuses on enhancing transparency and accountability in the public sector has in its recent report on election...
Coronavirus: Over 100 new cases bring total number of cases to 1,346 as health...
The health ministry today said there is an uptick of coronavirus among the country's healthcare workers as it revealed 111 new cases have been registered, taking the...
ZKK tackles Mai: Commentator says Mai Fatty showed ‘spectacular’ cowardice over Hamat Bah
US-based Zakaria Kemo Konteh has blasted Mai Fatty by saying the GMC leader showed 'spectacular' cowardice in his opinion on Hamat Bah's comments.
Speaking to The Standard in...
NPP MP Squad members wear matching outfits as they hit the road for huge...
At least four members of parliament who are also members of the National People’s Party have arrived in Njaba Kunda as part of a huge voter engagement...
Health ministry scrambles further by readying plan to turn Kanifing Hospital to coronavirus treatment...
By Fatou Camara II
The ministry of health is contemplating plans to turn the largest health facility in Kanifing Municipality into a coronavirus treatment centre.
Top ministry of health...
Banjul: Mayor Rohey Lowe surveys site of building collapse
Banjul Mayor Rohey Malick Lowe has toured what's left of a storey-building after it collapsed Saturday leaving people injured.
A statement on Banjul City Council Facebook page Sunday...
NPP braces for 20,000-man youth rally, Seedy Njie explains basis for the massive gathering
National People's Party members are gearing up for a massive rally involving Gambian youth in Banjul, KM and WCR.
The president's party has been working its way to...
Guinea special forces seize Alpha Conde amid report of ‘coup’
By CGTN Africa
Gunfire was heard in the urban commune of Kaloum, downtown Conakry, in Guinea on Sunday morning and armed troops were seen on the streets, multiple...
Playing Home Away From Home: Scorpions Begin Another AFCON Journey
By: Muhammed Lamin Drammeh
The scorpions of the Gambia will begin their 2023 Ivory Coast AFCON journey this afternoon in Thies when they face the Bright Stars of...
Halifa Sallah warns PDOIS will ‘never ever again’ participate in any form of coalition...
PDOIS leader and presidential candidate Halifa Sallah has warned his party is done with coalitions that are meant only to change ‘face’.
In a news conference on Tuesday,...
President Barrow Grieves with Families of the New York City Fire Victims
President Adama Barrow has officially empathised with families of the New York City Fire victims with specific reference to Gambians and people of Gambian descent.
In a Facebook...
Faraba Kairaba women: UTG Faraba campus ‘fence encroaches on our land’
By: Alieu Jallow
The women gardeners of Faraba Kairaba have told The Fatu Network that the University of The Gambia's Faraba campus has encroached on their land by...
Escape from Lebanon: Gambian women’s nightmare edges to a close as government ‘agrees’ to...
By Sarjo Brito
The nightmare faced by Gambian women in Lebanon edged to a close on Tuesday after the government agreed to work with a concerned Gambian and...
Top government officials of Gambia and Senegal face off in Dakar amid problems around...
Gambia government officials met with top government officials of Senegal on March 12 in Dakar, Senegal to discuss ways of eliminating bottlenecks around transit trade in Gambia...
Dr Sidat Jobe says Darboe will win the December election
UDP leader Ousainou Darboe will win the December presidential election, according to Dr Sidat Jobe.
Mr Darboe will be one of the political leaders to watch in December...
‘It’s a lie’: Kumba Touray dismisses GDC’s fabricated claim she joined the party
A member of the National People’s Party Kumba Touray in Jokadu has dismissed claims by GDC she joined the party.
GDC’s national youth president MC Cham Jnr claimed...
Top Cop Almameh Manga moves to Khartoum as he bags UN job
Respected police officer Almameh James Manga has secured a new role with the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan.
The police superitendent has been appointed as...
“We Need Protective Gears” – Forest Guards Lament On Challenges
By Modou Touray
Omar Jarju and Zakaria Colley are voluntary guards at the “Bumorut” community forest in Sutus injang village. They guard the 64-hectare forest.
“I need professional security...
