Wednesday, November 27, 2024

BREAKING: 38 Rescued, Over 60 Feared Dead as Migrant Boat Carrying Mostly Senegalese Capsized...

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By: Seringe ST Touray About 101 irregular migrants, mostly Senegalese, boarded a pirogue-style boat bound for Spain. The boat was at sea for over a month before the...

Central Bank Gov. Saidy Instrumental in the Development of an African Central Bank and...

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By Seringe ST Touray Last year, Hon. Buah Saidy, the Governor of the Central Bank of The Gambia, was unanimously elected as the President of the Association of...

ECOWAS Condemns Possible High Treason Charges Against Ousted Niger President Bazoum

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By: Dawda Baldeh Following reports of the Niger Junta attempting to charge ousted President Mohamed Bazoum on high treason, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has...

Undeterred Mamudou still determined to cross Mediterranean Sea to get to Europe

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By: Alieu Jallow Mamudou Jallow, 24, from Tanji, attempted to migrate to Spain in 2020 by buying a boat. However, after 15 days and nights, they landed in...

MAJaC engages media practitioners on combating irregular migration

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By: Dawda Baldeh As part of their three months pilot project dubbed “Innovate to Combat Irregular Migration”, the Media Academy for Journalism and Communication (MAJaC) has earlier today,...

Mc Cham Jr Says ECOWAS Is Losing Respect, Urges Them to Prioritize Addressing Roots...

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By: Dawda Baldeh With the emergence of threats and counter-threat between the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the junta in Niger since the coup took...

Brikama market women vendors decry low sales due to stagnant rainwater

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By: Muhammed Lamin Drammeh Scores of women vendors in the Brikama market have complained about slow sales due to stagnant rainwater, despite the Brikama Area Council's recent support...

Mandinaring oil spill: Victims allege being disregarded, uncompensated by authorities

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By: Alieu Jallow Victims of the 2022 Mandinaring oil spill have accused authorities of disregarding and failing to compensate them for the significant damages incurred. In May 2022, a...

Gambia’s Chef Bojang Re-Elected as President of the West African Chef Alliance, while also...

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By: Alagie Cherno Suwareh The Kafuta-born Brikama-based chef is a multiple award-winning Chef. Saikou Bojang, famously known as Chef Bojang, has been re-elected, owing to his competency, as...

Gambia’s Touma Njai among ECOWAS Parliament’s mediation team to Niger

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During a virtual extraordinary session held on Saturday, August 12, the ECOWAS parliament selected Honourable Touma Njai, a parliamentarian from Gambia, to be part of a mediation...

With Poor Capacity at Banjul Shipyard Causing Diversion of Containers to Senegal, Will New...

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By: Dawda Baldeh Over the years, the port of Banjul has been challenged on modernization and expansion, and its inability to reliably manage the increase in sea traffic....

UPDATE: Niger Junta Continues to Ignore Demands to Reinstate Ousted President, Announces Its New...

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By: Seringe ST Touray Uncertainty continues to reign as Abdourahmane Tchiani, leader of the military coup in Niger, remains steadfast in defiance of pressures from surrounding West African...

‘Gambia should take part’ in potential ECOWAS military intervention in Niger — Former interior...

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By: Muhammed Lamin Drammeh Sheriff ML Gomez, former Minister of Interior in the Gambian government, has said the Gambia should partake in a military intervention in Niger to...

Youths in Tanji Fishing Landing Site Call on Govt. to Support with Fishing Boats

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By: Alieu Jallow The percentage of Gambian youths engaged in small-scale fishing is low. The sector is dominated by adults, the majority of whom are Senegalese who reside...

GDSA on verge of missing WADFT after failing to secure funds

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By: Dawda Baldeh The 11th Edition of the highly anticipated West Africa Deaf Football Tournament is set to begin on August 14, 2023, in Ivory Coast and with...

Rate of unemployment among youth is three times higher than that of adults, latest...

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By: Sainabou Gassama According to the most recent survey conducted by the government of The Gambia and development partners, which includes the Gambia Bureau of Statistics (GBoS), the...

Tanji fish vendors explain implication of price hike on their livelihood

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By: Dawda Baldeh Fish vendors in Tanji have expressed to The Fatu Network the consequence of steady increase in the price of fish on their business and livelihood. Tanji...

Niger conflict: ‘If you love Gambians, you should not’… — Sabally tells Pres. Barrow

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By: Hadram Hydara The Campaign Manager of the main opposition United Democratic Party (UDP), Momodou Sabally, who previously served as Secretary General and head of Civil Service under...

GFF 2nd VP confirms federation not involved in Independence Stadium renovation

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By: Muhammed Lamin Drammeh The second vice president of the Gambia Football Federation, Ebou Faye, who doubled as the Manager of the Independence Stadium, has confirmed that the...

Former army commander expects Pre. Barrow to decline sending troops to Niger

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By: Muhammed Lamin Drammeh Ahead of the second Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) heads of state meeting scheduled for Thursday, August 10 to discuss the political...