Friday, December 6, 2024

Ousainou Darboe & Co freed

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By Alhagie Jobe Gambia’s opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) leader Ousainou Darboe and eighteen other party members including the entire executive who were jailed for three years have...

‘After beating me up in a dark room, more than ten men were asked...

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The Gambia’s horrific human rights records is once again on the spotlight as Fatoumata Jawara a 26 year old mother of three explains how she was brutally...

UN Security Council condemns Yahya Jammeh; urges no delay in power transfer

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By Alhagie Jobe   The United Nations Security Council has condemned Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh's rejection of election results announced last week and called on him to respect the...

High level ECOWAS delegation due in Banjul today

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By Alhagie Jobe   The sub-regional bloc – The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has announced a high level delegation due in Banjut, Tuesday, December 13, 2016...

27 Senior Gambia Gov’t Officials Dismissed, And Are Currently Under Investigation

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A total of 27 senior officials of the Gambia government have been dismissed by Dictator Jammeh with immediate effect, and currently under detention and investigations at the...

While ECOWAS mediation was on, Jammeh was filling petition to void election result

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The defeated Alliance for Patriotic Re-orientation and Construction (APRC) party of outgoing President Yahya Jammeh on Tuesday challenged election results with a petition asking the Supreme Court...

Coughing Yahya Jammeh at Brikama meeting says ‘I am not sick’

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Yahya Jammeh has said he is ‘not sick’ but very fine following an embarrassing coughing attack during his campaign meetings him recently. Mr Jammeh made the remarks on...

IEC Chairman Njai prove critics wrong

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By Alhagie Jobe   Alieu Momar Njai, the chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) had proved critics wrong by ensuring a free, transparent, credible and fair election in...

‘Wirri Wirri’ actors in Gambia for wedding, attends Jammeh’s campaign rally

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By Alhagie Jobe Actors of the famous Senegalese widely watched Tele-serie call ‘Wirri Wirri’ airing on TFM TV station who are in The Gambia for a wedding ceremony...

Nothing conclusive from ECOWAS-UN led political talks in Gambia

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The heavyweight quartet of West African leaders Fact Finding Mission to The Gambia has concluded a day of talks in Banjul on the ongoing political crisis but...

Yahya Jammeh threatens electorates at Brikama meeting

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Gambia’s incumbent President Yahya Jammeh and leader of the ruling APRC party have threatened electorates in Brikama, West Coast Region, against voting for him in the upcoming...

The Gambia’s Eccentric Dictator Is Now Even Forcing His One-Time Supporters To Flee

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NEW YORK — Fatou Camara thought she was safe. The mother of two had built a successful career on Gambian television and had the president’s ear. Then,...

Gambia’s President-elect Barrow makes maiden face-to-face with local journalists

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Gambia's President-elect Adama Barrow Thursday December 8th, 2016 conducted his maiden Press Conference with local journalists at the Kairaba Beach Hotel.   During the event, Mr Barrow unveiled his...

Ecowas says ‘could send troops’ if Yahya Jammeh refuses to go

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The sub-regional grouping – Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) says military intervention in The Gambia is ‘possible’ if outgoing President Yahya Jammeh does not step...

Mass Arrests of Gambia Government Officials

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By Alhagie Jobe   The government of President Yahya Jammeh is mounting a mass arrest of top government officials and a dozen have so far been arrested over the...

Yahya Jammeh finally concedes defeat

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By Alhagie Jobe   Gambia’s incumbent President Yahya Jammeh who has been defeated in Thursday Presidential election late Friday phoned the President-elect Adama Barrow to concede defeat and congratulated...

Karim Wade released from prison

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By Alhagie Jobe   Karim Wade, the jailed son of Senegal’s ex-president Abdoulaye Wade has finally been release from Reubeuss prison early Friday, June 24th, 2016, (precisely at...

Dictator Jammeh Fires His Interior Minister

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  By Alhagie Jobe     Dictator Yahya Jammeh has sacked his longtime Interior Minister Ousman Sonko, a statement from the President’s Office announced late Saturday.     It is not clear as to...

UN Africa envoy calls for Truth & Reconciliation Commission in Gambia after downfall of...

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By Alhagie Jobe The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General for West Africa and the Sahel has called for a Truth & Reconciliation Commission in The...

History made in Gambia: Coalition’s Adama Barrow unseats incumbent Yahya Jammeh

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By Alhagie Jobe The head of The Gambia's electoral commission (IEC) has declared opposition candidate and coalition leader Mr Adama Barrow as the winner of the 2016 presidential...