‘No more executive directives to do what is unlawful’- Interior Minister Fatty
Gambia’s Interior Minister has said that there will be no more executive directives asking the police to do what is unlawful.
Mai Ahmed Fatty was speaking on Wednesday...
Interior Minister makes maiden visit to Gambia Police Force Headquarters
Gambia’s new Interior Minister Mai Ahmed Fatty on Wednesday made his first visit to The Gambia Police Force Headquarters since assuming office.
He was received by the Inspector...
President Barrow To Travel To Dakar Thursday
Gambia's President Adama Barrow is expected to travel to The Senegalese Capital Dakar, his first state visit after coming into office.
President Barrow will be accompanied by a...
UN Political Affairs Impressed With Gambia’s Political Transition
By Lamin Sanyang - Jeffrey Feltman, head of The United Nations Political Affairs has said that he is impressed with the Gambia's political transition.
The UN Political Affairs...
Former National Assembly Member Dumps APRC
By Alagie Manneh - Following his expulsion from the former ruling APRC party two years ago, famous Lower Saloum politician Pa Malick Ceesay is now with opposition...
Coalition Divided Over National Assembly Elections
The Fatu Network has received information that the coalition government is hugely divided over the upcoming national assembly elections. Sources say after many closed door meetings, the...
Gambia removes age limit for President, Superior Court judges
Gambia’s National Assembly on Tuesday amended the country’s 1997 Constitution removing the upper age limit for holding office as President of the Republic of The Gambia from...
Gambia’s Parliament votes reducing deposits payable by candidates in all elections
Gambia’s Parliament on Tuesday unanimously voted to reduce the current deposits payable by candidates aspiring for elections to public offices notably Offices of President, Member of the...
Interior Minister Fatty says MPs lack of mobility a national disgrace
Gambia’s Interior Minister has described the lack of transportation means (official vehicles) for Members of the National Assembly as a national disgrace.
Mai Ahmed Fatty was responding to...
No Academic Qualifications Required For Contesting Elections As Member Of Parliament
By Lamin Sanyang
Gambia is probably the only country in the subregion that does not screen academic qualifications for its National Assembly Members.
The Independent Electoral Commission IEC, the...
Drunk Police Officer Arrested
One Secka Baye, a police officer was arrested earlyTuesday morning, February 28, around Latrikunda Sabiji after citizens complained about his behavior.
Secka was arrested after being found under...
“I love peace that is why am stress free” – Ex-CDS Bargie
Gambia's former Army Chief Lt. General Ousman Bargie says he loves peace that is why he is stress free.
Bargie was recently given a nick name ‘Mr No...
GAF bids farewell to Army Chief Bargie
The Gambia Armed Forces (GAF) on Monday bade farewell to one of the longest serving Chiefs of Defense Staff, Lt. General Ousman Bargie in a symbolic and...
Gambia Milling Corporation staff protests demanding better working conditions
Staffers at Gambia Milling Corporation on Monday staged a mass protest calling on the management of GMC to provide them with better working conditions.
The protest took place...
4 senior Gambian military officers discharged
The Commander-in-Chief of The Gambia Armed Forces and President of the Republic Adama Barrow has discharged four senior members of The Gambia Armed Forces with effect from...
News Update: Former Prison DG David Colley Arrested
Sources have informed The Fatu Network that former director general of mile 2 central prison, David Colley is currently arrested and is helping the police in their...
‘Jungler’ Malick Jatta Arrested
Lieutenant Malick Jatta, a member of former President Yahya Jammeh's assassin team (Junglers), is currently under arrest, security sources say. Malick abandoned his home in Busumbala and...
Soldier found with pistol at King Fahd Mosque granted bail
By Dawda Faye, Point Nwspaper
Babucarr Njie, the soldier who was found with a pistol at King Fahd Mosque, was on 24 February 2017 granted bail by magistrate...
Banka Manneh, US-based Gambian
Talibeh Hydara, Standard Newspaper
Banka Manneh, a Gambian resident in the United States, is the chairman of the Gambia Civil Society Associations. Banka left for US in the...
Former DG David Colley Hands Over To Manneh
Barely 24 hrs after a group of security officers from The Criminal Investigations Department of The Gambia Police Force, went to the Yundum residence of the former...