GPU to train 20 journalists on investigative reporting
By GPU
The Gambia Press Union with funding from the United Nations Endowment Fund will on Monday, 19th August 2019 begin a ten-day training on investigative journalism for...
Sabally, Mahoney, others pin Barrow’s plummeting popularity on ‘incompetent’ PR team
By Lamin Njie
Former secretary general and head of civil service Momodou Sabally has faulted President Adama Barrow’s communication team headed by Amie Bojang Sissoho for Barrow’s communication...
Senegalese vehicle impounded after it ploughed into barrier at Senegambia Bridge
By Lamin Njie
Damage was caused when a commercial bus ploughed into a barrier at Senegambia Bridge.
Witnesses said a Senegalese commercial bus that was conveying Eid celebrants crashed...
Halifa Sallah heaps criticism on Gambians for letting the coalition to disintegrate
By Lamin Njie
PDOIS leader Halifa Sallah on Tuesday took a swipe at Gambians for letting the coalition to disintegrate.
Seven political parties including Mr Sallah’s PDOIS party backed...
Konteh claims ‘credible’ survey will indicate Barrow is least popular president in Gambia’s history
By Lamin Njie
Political commentator Zakaria Kemo Konteh has said a credible survey will indicate that President Adama Barrow is the least popular president and commander-in-chief in the...
Forest animal populations have declined by half since 1970, WWF report warns
Populations of animals that live in the world's forests have declined by more than half in the past 50 years, a study warns.
A report by conservation charity...
NABJ names Pap Saine as 2019 Percy Qoboza foreign journalist of the year
The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) has named Pap Saine, co-publisher and managing editor of The Point newspaper in The Gambia, West Africa, as the recipient...
Eating less meat could help save the planet, UN report finds
Eating less meat could help save planet, a landmark United Nations report on climate change and land use suggests.
Switching to a diet centred around vegetables rather than...
Dippa Kunda man arrested after stabbing two police officers at football park
By Lamin Njie
Two police officers have been stabbed after they got into an altercation with three men at a football park in Serrekunda.
The male officers who have...
Tobaski: Gambians rail at ‘exorbitant’ ram prices
By Momodou Justice Darboe
Barely three days to the Muslim feast of Id-ul-Adha, many Gambian Muslims are complaining over what they called the exorbitant ram prices.
At present, rams...
SIC asks Gambia imams to pray for rain
By Lamin Njie
The Supreme Islamic Council on Thursday directed imams in The Gambia to offer special prayers for rain.
Gambians farmers are dealing with a dry summer which...
Eid-al-Adha: Barrow declares Monday a public holiday
President Adama Barrow has declared Monday August 12 a public holiday throughout the country.
Muslims in The Gambia will join Muslims around the world on Sunday to observe...
Ousman Darboe: Gambia rights commission officials meet police anti-crime unit top brass
By Lamin Njie
Officials of the National Human Rights Commission of The Gambia on Wednesday met the top brass of the police anti-crime unit.
The unit has come under...
Fatou Jagne Senghor, Fatou Bensouda and Mariam Denton make Avance Media’s inaugural 2019 list...
Leading African Rating and PR firm, Avance Media has announced its inaugural list of 100 Most Influential African Women, which features distinguished women whose works and accomplishments...
Gambians finally lay their hands on new dalasi banknotes but not everyone is excited
By Lamin Njie
The new dalasi banknotes have started circulating nearly three months after the Central Bank announced it was replacing the features on the country’s currency. A...
CRC fires back at critics
By Lamin Njie
The Constitutional Review Commission has rejected suggestions its external consultations were senseless ventures.
Criticism abounded after the CRC announced in March this year that its officials...
ECOWAS Commission calls for whistle blower protection laws
The ECOWAS Commission on Tuesday urged ECOWAS Parliamentarians to enact laws and take other appropriate measures to protect whistle blowers in the sub-region.
Mr Eyesan Okorodudu, Head, Democracy...
Detained junglers not yet freed but they will regain their freedom once everything is...
By Lamin Njie
The Gambia Armed Forces on Tuesday confirmed that three detained soldiers are yet to be freed.
Malick Jatta, Omar Jallow and Amadou Badjie are set to...
Junglers: Group slams Ba’s decision, says it will undermine reconciliation
By Lamin Njie
The Gambia Center for Victims of Human Rights Violations has expressed concern at the decision by Justice Minister Abubacarr Tambadou to release three detained junglers.
Justice...
Brazil prisoner who dressed up as daughter to escape found dead
BBC NEWS
Prison authorities in Brazil have found convicted drug dealer Clauvino da Silva dead in his cell, three days after an elaborate escape was foiled.
Prison officials said...
