Saturday, April 20, 2024

Will the police chief accept? RAR applies for permit to stage protest over George...

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Rising Against Racism a newly cobbled group comprising concerned Gambians has applied for a permit to stage a protest in The Gambia over the killing of black...

REPAIR THE RIGGED GLOBAL SYSTEM AGAINST THE BLACK RACE

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The ongoing mass civil disobedience threatening the four-century-old entrenched sociopolitical and economic fabric of the USA in the wake of the public lynching of African-American George Floyd...

US Ambassador Richard Paschall says healthy democracies require peaceful assembly

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By Lamin Njie The Ambassador of the United States to The Gambia Richard Carl Paschall has said Healthy democracies require freedom of speech and peaceful assembly, speaking for...

From Rhetoric to Praxis: A Call to Global Action to End Injustice Against African...

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The death of George Floyd is a tragic event that shocked conscientious people across the racial and political divide. This scar on humanity’s conscience can only be...

Police abandon arrest of man after rocks were hurled at them

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By Lamin Njie Police in Farato abandoned their plan of arresting a man and fled after they came under attack from an angry mob. Police in Farato on Monday...

ECOMIG Commander meets SOF and briefs him on activities of the no-nonsense force in...

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The Minister of Defence Sheikh Omar Faye on Monday received the ECOMIG Force Commander, Colonel Cheikh Umar Tamba in his office. "Colonel Tamba was at the Ministry to...

Egypt’s Al Sisi and Palestine’s Abass pen greeting letter to President Barrow on 2020...

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President Adama Barrow received goodwill Ramadan messages from Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, President of Egypt and Mahmoud Abass, President of the State of Palestine, according to State...

‘Boy was humble’: MLS’ aunt says her nephew was a humble man – as...

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By Lamin Njie The aunt of Momodou Lamin Sisay killed on Friday in the United States has called for justice in her slaying. Sera Wadda, a younger sister to...

Investigation on in Momodou Lamin Sisay killing

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Investigation is intensifying into the circumstances surrounding the death of Gambian Momodou Lamin Sisay. Sisay, 39, was shot and killed by police in the US state of Georgia...

Veteran Gambian journalist Jonkunda Daffeh is MISSING as family calls for help

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Family of veteran Gambian journalist Junkunda Daffeh are getting disturbed as one month passes without any trace of their loved one, according to The Standard. Daffeh, a former...

FM Tangara tells Africa summit Barrow government ‘understood’ reform programmes need to be implemented

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By Lamin Njie The Government of President Adama Barrow in ushering a democratic dispensation in The Gambia understood that reform programmes need to be implemented to transform the...

GTBoard staff placed on half salary as Hamat declares ‘I’m acting as a responsible...

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By Lamin Njie The entire GTBoard staff have been asked to stay home with their salary slashed by half after coronavirus ravaged the country's tourism. The decision came into...

MLS DEATH: Touma Njie pans Gambia government over its silence

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Banjul South National Assembly Member Touma Njie has expressed frustration at the Gambia government's silence in the death of Momodou Lamin Sisay. Sisay, 39, died in the US...

We are Going to Protest against Racism and Police Brutality against Blacks in America!

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Tomorrow Monday June 1 we will apply for a permit to the Inspector General of Police to provide security for a peaceful assembly in front of the...

Protest looms in Gambia over Momodou Lamin Sisay US death

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By Lamin Njie A group of Gambians are mobilising for a peaceful protest in front of the US Embassy in Banjul over the death of Gambian Momodou Lamin...

The world’s new Covid-19 epicenter could be the worst yet

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For months, Latin America watched the rest of the world suffer as the coronavirus spread. It is a spectator no longer. "This is the new epicenter," said Dr....

Gambian shot and killed in US as his father says he was pious ‘somebody’...

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By Lamin Njie A 39-year-old Gambian has died in the US State of Georgia after a reported police shootout on Friday. Momodou Lamin Sisay was killed after a shooting...

Police activated as New Yundum sits on land timebomb

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By Lamin Njie Riot police descended on New Yundum on Saturday as natives toured a land area they say was being illegally taken from them. The people of New...

US: Man dead after ‘shootout’ with police – as reports emerge he’s Gambian

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A man has died in the United States after a reported shoot-out with the police, according to reports. WSBTV 2 reported on Friday the Georgia Bureau of Investigation...

‘We need more women candidates’: Dr Ceesay says Marie Sock’s emergence will enrich Gambia’s...

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By Lamin Njie Marie Sock's emergence as a contender for the job of president will enrich The Gambia's political landscape, according to Dr Ismaila Ceesay. "Marie Sock joining the...