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...
Madi agrees with Justice Minister on his decision to release the junglers albeit with...
Madi Jobarteh has said that it is his belief that Justice Minister Abubacarr Tambadou is right on his decision to release three detained junglers.
Justice Minister Tambadou last...
Junglers: Ba says he cannot shy away from making decisions ‘because they may be...
By Lamin Njie
Justice Minister Abubacarr Tambadou has insisted he cannot shy away from making decisions ‘because they may be unpopular'.
The justice minister faced the fury of Gambians...
‘I feel so disrespected.’ Mamut Ceesay’s mother denounces Ba’s decision to release her son’s...
By Lamin Njie
Alhaji Mamut Ceesay’s mother has expressed her disgust at the planned release of three former junglers.
"I feel so disrespected as a mother that my government...
Kandeh lays into Jammeh, says ex-leader’s political death was scheduled
By Lamin Njie
Mamma Kandeh has slammed former president Yahya Jammeh saying the “people were suffering to the point God pitied us.”
Former President Jammeh was in his third...
Baba Hydara says he doesn’t know what he will do should he meet with...
By Lamin Njie
Baba Hydara said Monday he doesn’t know what he will do should he come face to face with his father’s killer who is set to...
Tambadou calls for understanding as he resolves to release ex-junglers
By Lamin Njie
Abubacarr Tambadou on Monday called for understanding in the wake of his decision to release three former members of former president Yahya Jammeh’s elite killing...
High Court jails man, 46, for 10 years for raping 11-year-old
The High Court in Banjul has sentenced a 46-year-old man to 10 years in prison for raping an 11-year-old girl.
The Standard newspaper reported Friday Justice Sainabou Wadda...
‘Back Way’: Spanish NGO boat seeks safe port for 124 people rescued in Mediterranean
By Reuters
A Spanish charity rescue boat sought safe port on Friday after Italy rejected its request to disembark 124 people saved from two migrant rafts in the...
Ex-junglers to be released? Justice ministry purportedly asks army to ‘immediately’ free Malick Jatta,...
By Lamin Njie
The ministry of justice has purportedly asked the army to released three former members of former president Yahya Jammeh’s elite killing crew.
Malick Jatta, Omar Jallow...
Gambia massacre: Tears flow at Jammeh2Justice Ghana Campaign forum
The families of the 44 Ghanaians who were killed in 2005 across the Gambian border broke down in tears when a lone survivor in the massacre narrated...
Pundit insists Barrow’s advisers are severely misleading him by making him to run away...
By Lamin Njie
President Adama Barrow is missing a huge opportunity for appearing to not accept to step down after three years, Madi Jobarteh has said.
A gentleman deal...
DLEAG pulls of one of the largest drug seizures in Gambia’s history but can’t...
By Momodou Justice Darboe
A Gambian and a Lebanese have been arrested by the police over the seizure of a 20-foot container containing large quantities of cocaine.
Mahdi Tajudinn...