Leaders of 1994 Coup Wanted to Flee Gambia after First Attempt Crumbled – Darboe
The leaders of the 1994 military coup wanted to flee The Gambia after the venture failed after it was first attempted, a former member of the Gambian...
Sex Abuse Survivors Describe Horrors to World’s Bishops
Survivors of clerical paedophilia related their traumatic experiences to the world’s top bishops on Thursday at a landmark summit at the Vatican on the protection of minors.
Here...
Let’s Make Gambia Great for the Future
Gambians, what does celebrating the birth of our nation mean to you? We could have celebrated much more than we did, only if we had invested the...
US Committed to Strong Partnership with Gambia, Says Pompeo
By Lamin Njie
United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said that his country remains committed to a strong partnership with The Gambia.
The foremost US diplomat stated...
Anti-Homosexuality Laws Widespread in Africa Despite Gains – Watchdogs
More than half of the countries in sub-Saharan Africa have anti-homosexuality laws, although others have moved towards legal tolerance, watchdogs say.
Twenty-eight out of 49 countries have laws...
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...