Court dismisses motion to restrain four judges from sitting
Justice Amina Saho-Ceesay of the High Court in Banjul recently dismissed the motion moved by Lawyer Yassin Senghore, Counsel for the Gambia Bar Association (GBA), for an...
Teacher calls for end to tribal politics
Following the European Union Election Observer Mission’s report, which observed that at least at one rally some members of the GDC and UDP called on certain tribes...
MAN STABBED TO DEATH IN BRIKAMA…suspect on the run
A horrific stabbing incident in Brikama ended in the death of a man early yesterday morning, police sources toldThe Standard.
According to PRO Foday Conta, the incident happened...
5 PPP supporters arrested, police Say
Five youths, believed to be supporters of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP), were Thursday arrested in Panchang village in Central River Region on the day of National...
Mass arrests in post election violence
The police have arrested dozens of people from across the country in connection to reports of violence in the aftermath of last week’s parliamentary election.
The Independent Candidate...
Independent Candidate Allegedly Assaults A Young Woman
By Lamin Sanyang
The defeated Independent Candidate of Brikama North Constituency, Mr. Momodou Jarju alias 'Bu Jarju' was allegedly arrested for assaulting a young woman with a stick...
GBA sues AG, JSC over re-appointment of four judges
The Gambia Bar Association (GBA) has filed an action against the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, and the Judicial Service Commission over the re-appointment of four...
Darboe urges APRC supporters to join UDP
The leader of the United Democratic Party, Ousainou Darboe, has called on opposition APRC supporters and others to join the UDP and work for the development of...
PRESIDENT BARROW WELCOMED IN FONI
President Barrow got a rousing welcome when he visited Foni yesterday Wednesday 29 March 2017 as part of his nationwide tour. He held meetings in Bwiam and...
Mosque gunman alleges torture
Barrister Sheriff K Jobe, counsel for Babucarr Njie yesterday addressed the lower court in Banjul after his client wrapped up his evidence in voire dire and...
Gambian sole survivor says some 146 migrants feared dead after shipwreck
A rubber boat packed with 147 migrants sank in the Mediterranean and all but one of its passengers drowned, the sole survivor - a 16-year-old Gambian boy...
Mother narrates daughter’s death on ‘back-way’
By Omar Bah, Standard Newspaper
A 20-year-old girl, who left home in Bakoteh to visit her sister at London Corner and later surfaced in Niger on the ‘back-way’...
Gov’t to root out ghost workers in civil service
The Point Newspaper
The Personnel Management Office (PMO) of the Gambia government is to embark on “a comprehensive nationwide staff audit” to fish out all ghost workers in...
GOOD MORNING PRESIDENT BARROW
By Sulayman Jeng, Birmingham
The Wolof holds "What got missing in a house, can only be search for in the house". In a similar and enlightening truism they...
European Union launches an Election Observation Mission to The Gambia
Press Release
Banjul, 20 March 2017
The European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) for the forthcoming parliamentary elections in The Gambia has started its deployment, following an invitation...
GOOD MORNING PRESIDENT BARROW
Sulayman Jeng
Birmingham, UK
Is Friday! The morning is cool and soothing. Due to an unforeseen circumstance, I will not make it to London as planned to grace the...
France agrees to train Gambian security forces
President Adama Barrow and his French counterpart have agreed to develop cooperation in the field of security, whereby Gambian security forces will be trained by the French,...
APRC Crimes: The Enforced Disappearance of Chief Ebrima Manneh
By Madi Jobarteh
Soon after the Gambia hosted the AU Summit in July 2006 thugs from the NIA arrested Daily Observer reporter Chief Ebrima Manneh. Since then the...
Gambia to launch probe into ex-president Jammeh’s personal finances
By Edward McAllister | DAKAR
Gambia's government will launch an investigation into the finances of former long-standing president Yahya Jammeh including the personal use of a charity bank...
‘Tactical Alliance’ Approach Failed?
We are getting UNCONFIRMED reports that negotiations on The 'Tactical Alliance' approach agreed upon by Coalition members with the intervention of President Adama Barrow has failed.
The tactical...