INDEPENDENCE: Barrow Visits Ex-President Jawara
By Lamin Njie
President Adama Barrow on Monday visited Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara, the former president of The Gambia.
Jawara, 94, became the first president of The Gambia in...
INDEPENDENCE: Barrow Sues for Commitment, Patience
By Lamin Njie
President Adama Barrow has said that his government remains committed to efforts aimed at building a better Gambia.
He said there must be resolve, determination and commitment...
Pope Gathers Bishops for Summit to Tackle Child Sex Abuse Scandals
Pope Francis gathers bishops from around the world at the Vatican this week for a hotly-awaited summit on tackling the wave of child sex abuse scandals assailing...
Darboe to Critics: I Will Be Proud to Lead Gambia at Age 73
By Lamin Njie
Vice president Ousainou Darboe has said that he will be proud to lead The Gambia when he turns 73.
Darboe stated this in Bakoteh on Saturday...
SELF-PRAISE: Darboe Launches Fresh Attack on Barrow, Others
By Lamin Njie
Vice president Ousainou Darboe has slammed Gambian politicians who are engaged in the business of self-adulation.
Some Gambian politicians among them President Adama Barrow have been...
Stop Insulting Each Other, Barrow Begs Gambians
By Lamin Njie
President Adama Barrow has said that Gambians have to learn how to talk to each other if the country is to solve its problems.
The president...
TRRC Tours NIA HQ
The Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission Friday visited the headquarters of the National Intelligence Agency now State Intelligence Service.
The TRRC is an investigation into the human rights...
Welcoming the National Human Rights Commission
Finally, the Gambia has joined the group of nations that have realised the importance of human rights and the value of their citizens by creating a National...
1994 COUP: Senegal Slammed for Helping Jammeh
A former aide-de-camp to former president Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara has that Senegal lent a helping hand to the 1994 coup which brought former president Yahya Jammeh...
Wade Counsels Violence in Senegal Vote
Former Senegalese president Abdoulai Wade has called on supporters of his PDS party to attack polling stations in the upcoming elections and burn ballot boxes.
During a meeting...
1994 COUP: Gassama Says Ex-Justice Minister Hassan Jallow Didn’t Come with Ex-President Jawara to...
Former president Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara's longtime aide-de-camp on Thursday said the former president returned to the country from London a day before the 1994 coup but...
Breaking: Police Raid Homes to Stop Valentine’s Day Celebrations in…
Valentine’s Day wasn’t getting much love in the world’s biggest Muslim majority nation Thursday as Indonesian authorities urged amorous couples to call it quits and carried out...
‘I Didn’t Want to Die That’s Why I Worked for Jammeh’
A former lands minister Lamin Wa Juwara has said that he would have been dead if he had refused to work for former president Yahya Jammeh.
Juwara served...
Army Chief Kinteh Must Suspend Officers Who Confess to Torture – Jobarteh
Madi Jobarteh has said that the chief of defense staff of the Gambia Armed Forces must suspend security personnel who confess to torture.
A Gambian army captain Bubacarr...
Jammeh’s Ex-Minister Juwara Says Baba Jobe, His Boys Attempted to Kill him
Lamin Wa Juwara on Wednesday said Baba Jobe and his boys beat him and broke his finger.
Testifying before the TRRC, Mr Juwara who served as a minister...
Gambians need to take ownership of their future
After listening to Mr. Cham from the (TRRC) I was able to learn the true History of the Gambia. The moral values of a country are in...
The IGP cannot deny Fundamental Rights and Freedoms! The Right to Demonstrate is Constitutionally...
The announcement by the IGP claiming that citizens have to first seek a permit in order to demonstrate is not based on law and I urge citizens...
‘General Saul Badgie Gave Me Orders to Plant Bombs’
Captain Bubacarr Bah of the Gambia Armed Forces on Tuesday told the TRRC he was given instructions by Saul Badge to plant bombs at the Gambia National...
Mai Fatty Scoffs at Claims he Signed Pact for Gambians to be Deported from...
By Lamin Njie
Former Interior Minister Mai Ahmad Fatty has dismissed allegations that he signed a pact for Gambians to be deported from Europe.
Allegations last week abounded of...
‘I’M SORRY’: Army Captain Bah Apologises for Breaking OJ’s Eye Socket
By Lamin Njie
A senior Gambian army officer who broke Omar Jallow's eye socket in 1995 said Tuesday that his level of maturity played a key part in...
