SDGs unachievable without gender equality – UN
UN Deputy Secretary-General, Ms Amina Mohammed, has reaffirmed the importance of gender equality in attaining the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Speaking at the UN headquarters in New York...
Senegal: Fight between friends at party leaves one dead
A man died after being stabbed by his friend at a party in Kolda, Senegal on Saturday, according to Senego.
Senego reported Sunday Sambarou Balde succumbed to his...
NUP to depoliticise army, other security forces to be loyal to Gambia and not...
The presidential candidate of National Unity Party Abdoulie Ebrima Jammeh said his party will depoliticise the country's security forces when it takes power.
NUP held a press conference...
Police arrest 14 people over attack on General Lamin Bojang’s home
Police have arrested over a dozen people over the attack on General Lamin Bojang's house on Monday.
An angry mob breached General Bojang's home on Monday after his...
“Gambia is a tax-based economy” – GRA boss calls for compliance
By: Dawda Baldeh
Yankuba Darboe, the Commissioner General of the Gambia Revenue Authority (GRA), has urged importers and their clearing agents to be tax compliant as that will...
Tax collector faults revenue collection device for entering incorrect figures
By Mama A. Touray
After the Commission observed that she conducts revenue collection without the standard procedure of submission and reconciliation within the council, revenue collector Jainaba Cham...
Guinea junta starts transitional government talks following coup
By Reuters
The junta that ousted Guinea's President Alpha Conde last week has started a week-long consultation with political, religious, and business leaders that it says will lead...
BALANGBAA: THE LIMITS OF TOLERANCE AND THE QUEST OF PRACTICAL ACTION
On the potholed streets and alleyways of Greater Banjul, it’s a macabre scene repeated many times; young men with limited education driving around in regime issued, gas...
Fever Can Boost Immune Mechanism — Study
Researchers from the Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology of Chinese Academy of Sciences on Tuesday suggested patients with a fever higher than 38.5 degrees Celsius...
GPP extends application deadline to enable more organisations tap into its 616 million dalasis...
The Gambia Pilot Program (GPP) has shifted the application deadline from Monday 16th November, 2020 to Friday 8th January, 2021 - amid the volume of interest communities...
Mai Fatty says he is grateful to his critics
GMC leader Mai Ahmad Fatty said on Saturday he sees critics as his partners who help make him a better person.
Fatty writing on his official Facebook page...
O Boy asleep right now and not at police for questioning
O Boy is at the moment in bed sleeping and not at the police for questioning, contrary to reports the musician is in Banjul.
Reports abounded this morning...
Gambian Tailors Form Umbrella Body To Champion Their Welfare
By: Dawda Baldeh
In a quest to bring tailors under one umbrella, Gambian tailors has formed their first ever union, Gambian Tailors Union, a body that will be...
Police reveal two people are helping them in their probe after devastating Brikama market...
By Lamin Njie
Police have said two people have been arrested after last week's devastating fire at Brikama market.
A huge fire ripped through Brikama market last Tuesday ravaging...
Gambia Bar Association Welcomes Government White Paper, Urges Justice Ministry To Enhance Prompt Implementation...
The Gambia Bar Association (GBA) has in a press release dated 30th May 2022 welcomed the release of the Government of The Gambia White Paper on the...
Book Announcement: “The Mischievous Mosquitoes Of Banjul” Now Available For Pre-order
By: Momodou Ndow
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Official release...
President Sall calls on Senegalese to embrace “Senegalese collective identity”
Senegal President Macky Sall has called on Senegalese to embrace social and democratic values which he said are essential in the development of the country.
“Now the essential...
President Adama Barrow Attends Africa Business Forum in Egypt
State House, Banjul, 6thDecember 2018
His Excellency Adama Barrow, President of the Republic of The Gambia will attend the 3rdAfrica Business Forum in Sharm El Sheikh in...
Commander of Ghana’s ECOMIG troops speaks on relations between Gambia and Ghana – as...
The Ghanaian troops serving with the ECOWAS Mission in The Gambia (ECOMIG) and based in Barra in the North Bank Region, have marked their national day of...
Batchilly calls for suspension of diplomatic ties with Turkey amidst reported rights violation of...
By: Dawda Baldeh
The leader of the opposition Gambia Action Party (GAP), Musa Ousainou Yali Batchilly, has called for the immediate suspension of diplomatic ties with Turkey and...
