Influential Female Entrepreneurs Call on Youths to Acquire Skills for Economic Freedom
By: Dawda Baldeh
Influential Female Entrepreneurs in Gambia’s Capital, Banjul, have called on the country's youths to acquire skills for them to gain economic freedom amidst unemployment as...
High Court grants D1M bail to man charged with possessing ‘prohibited drugs’
By Alieu Jallow
Justice Ebrima Jaiteh of The Gambia's High Court on Monday granted bail of D1 million dalasi to Lamin Jallow, who had been arrested by the...
Counsel Asserts that Empty Cartridges Were Never Handed to Ebou Sowe But to Mr....
By Alieu Jallow
In the ongoing Sukuta Jabang Police shooting incident, the defense counsel for the first accused person, Ousajnou Bojang, in his cross-examination of the prosecution witness...
Gambia calls for independent Palestinian state, condemns Israel’s aggression on besieged enclave
By Hadram Hydara
The Gambia government has condemned Israel's inhumane military operations in Gaza and called for the establishment of a sovereign and independent Palestinian state with its...
Internal auditor: ‘BAC used to spend D1M on fuel every month’
By Mama A. Touray
The principal internal auditor of Brikama Area Council (BAC), Sulayman Barry, has told the ongoing local government commission of inquiry that the council used...
GAP congratulates ‘newly elected 5th president of Senegal’ Diomaye
By Dawda Baldeh
The Gambia Action Party (GAP) leader Musa Ousainou Yali Batchilly has congratulated Bassirou Diomaye Faye, 'the newly elected 5th president of the Republic of Senegal,...
23-Year-Old Nigerian Woman Seeks Help to Return Home Amidst Human Trafficking Ordeal
By: Zackline Colley
In a distressing plight for repatriation, a 23-year-old woman, whose name will be omitted, originally from Nigeria, finds herself stranded in The Gambia after being...
UNICEF and UNFPA alarmed by proposed repeal of law banning FGM in The Gambia
JOINT STATEMENT
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Joint statement by UNICEF Representative in The Gambia, Nafisa Binte Shafique, and UNFPA Representative in The Gambia, Ndeye Rose Sarr
BANJUL, THE GAMBIA, 21 March...
BAC revenue collectors suppressed D864,500 of council revenue in 2023
By Mama A. Touray
The Brikama Area Council's (BAC) principal internal auditor, Sulayman Barry, has informed the Local Government Commission that revenue collectors suppressed D864,500 of council funds...
Kuwonkuba women institutes D500 fine to address violence at their garden
By Mariama Cham
Women gardeners in Kuwonkuba village in the Upper River Region have taken a rare move to set a fine of D500 for anyone who quarrels...
BAC internal auditor says council makes payments without vouchers
By Mama A. Touray
Sulayman Barry, the Principal Internal Auditor at the Brikama Area Council (BAC), who was the fifth witness to testify at the institutional hearing focused...
DLEAG Seizes 9 Unauthorized Firearms with 153 Live Rounds in 2023
By: Dawda Baldeh
The Drug Law Enforcement Agency of The Gambia (DLEAG) between January and December 2023 seized nine firearms including seven pistols, one hunting gun, and a...
Human Rights Activist Tabou Njie Sarr Describes FGM/C as a Health Hazard to Women
By: Alieu Jallow
Tabou Njie Sarr, a human rights activist and advocate, says FGM/C is a health hazard to women due to its dire consequences. She lamented that...
Brikama Area Council Does Not Maintain an Up-to-Date Asset Register – Internal Auditor
By: Mama A. Touray
Sulayman Barry, the Principal Internal Auditor of Brikama Area Council, informed the LG Commission that the council does not maintain an up-to-date fixed asset...
Brikama Area Council Principal Internal Auditor Dismisses Collector’s Claims
By: Mama A. Touray
The claims made by some Brikama Area Council revenue collectors, who expressed surprise at the amounts mentioned by auditors as shortages, were dismissed on...
Ghanaian ECOMIG Troops Support Local Schools with Learning Materials
By: Dawda Baldeh
The Ghanaian troops serving ECOWAS in The Gambia have donated learning materials to two schools in Barra.
The beneficiaries are ST. Mathew Lower & Upper and...
Ethnicity & March 24 Presidential Elections of Senegal
By: Musa Bassadi Jawara
Addendum: Electoral politics is the sentimentality of democracy; the issue of ethnicity sparked a lively debate within the community of readers on The Fatu...
Mamma Kandeh Urges President Barrow to Take Strong Action Against Drug Dealers
By: Dawda Baldeh
Mamma Kandeh, the leader of the opposition Gambia Democratic Congress (GDC), has called on President Adama Barrow to use his constitutional powers to set harsh...
Finance Ministry Denies $11 Billion Funding Agreement With AfDB & UNESCO
By: Dawda Baldeh
In a press release obtained by this publication, the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs has refuted online claims regarding a purported funding agreement with...
Brikama Area Council Revenue Collector Admits Making Underpayments of Collected Revenues
By: Mama A. Touray
Bakary Drammeh, a revenue collector from Brikama Area Council and the fourth witness from BAC to testify before the Ongoing Local Government Commission of...