The Government of The Gambia has announced that offshore blocks A1, A3, A4 and A6 are open for licensing. Speaking to journalists at a press...

The issue of whether to deport Gambians or any other migrants from Europe is not decided by the European Union, the EU Ambassador clarified. ...

The Government of The Gambia has announced that offshore blocks A1, A3, A4 and A6 are open for licensing. Speaking to journalists at a press...

Interior Minister Mai Ahmad Fatty on Thursday met with the Prime Minister of Senegal Abdoulla Boun Dione, assuring him of greater cooperation in the...

The umbrella body of The Gambia’s private sector has rolled out another opportunity for the general public to benefit from the fortune of a car and...

The Strategic Framework for Media Sector Reform in The Gambia was on Thursday 17 August 2017 launched at the Ocean Bay Hotel and Resort where it was...

Karamo Jawara, principal banking officer at the Central Bank of The Gambia, yesterday made some startling revelations at the commission of inquiry...

The Gambia government and European Union have restarted the process of signing a free trade deal, dubbed Economic Partnership Agreement – EU’s...

The leader of the National Transitional Movement of the Gambia (NTCG) has said he has spent over D19 million towards the fight against Jammeh. A...

The Gambia Police Force has issued a press release calling on the people to stop the habit of erecting tires and pecks and placing big stones on...

Fajara 16 August 2017 – President Barrow has stressed the importance of peaceful coexistence among Gambians of all faiths. Receiving Archbishop...

The Ministry of Information and Communication Infrastructure (MoICI) and Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA), in partnership with Girls in...

The Attorney General and Minister of Justice has withdrawn the criminal charges preferred against five former officials of the Ministry of...

The Gambia’s Accountant General Momodou Lamin Bah has appeared before the commission of inquiry into the assets and financial transactions of former...

Omar Beyai, founder, chairman and secretary general of All Peoples’ Party (APP) – an unregistered political party – has accused the government of...

Hon. Minister of Lands and Regional Government, Lamin N. Dibba, has said land is a very critical matter in the West Coast Region, caused by...

The Constitutional Court of Senegal has rejected the petitions of opposition parties against the results of the parliamentary elections held on 30...

A team of 40 people from civil society organisations, Ministry of Justice, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and other relevant...

The Gambia Democratic Congress (GDC) has been denied a police permit to hold a political rally in Brikama on Saturday, the campaign manager said. ...

With effect from 21 August 2017, all transport tariffs and fares will be reduced, the Minister of Transport, Works and Infrastructure, Bai Lamin...

The Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in The Gambia was on Friday unveiled at its office in Bijilo to make it a fully-fledged embassy in the...

The Government of The Gambia has shown full commitment to the protection of the environment as a vital component of sustainable development and has...

The Commission of Inquiry into the Assets and Financial transactions of the former President, Yahya Jammeh, commenced on 10 August, 2017 at the...

The UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has now officially declared that “most visits to The Gambia are troubled-free”. As opposed to...

The information and communication minister has said that “unnecessary secrecy” in government often leads to poor governance and defective...

President Adama Barrow led his fifth cabinet meeting in State House, Fajara, yesterday. The meeting discussed decisions taken at its last meeting...

Kebba E. Jallow, the first elected chairman of Kanifing Municipal Council (KMC), has said he is considering whether or not to contest for the...

There can be no genuine reconciliation in The Gambia without truth; the truth of human rights violation must be told and the perpetrators known, said...

Gambia Teaching Trust (GTT) is to hold the maiden national teachers award night where the Teacher of the Year will go home with a prize of D1...

The new Gambian government continues to build its diplomatic relations globally.President Adama Barrow yesterday received letters of credence from...

The newly-elected president of the Rotary Club of Brusubi, Mr Sana Jaiteh, has disclosed that the club is working assiduously to commence their...

A fire outbreak at the studio of Brikamaba community radio in the Central River Region south has claimed equipment and facilities worth over...

Italy yesterday donated 40 pickup trucks to The Gambia, as the two nations ponder fresh endeavours to stem the problem of irregular migration. The...

Kory Ndiaye, one of the 15 representatives of the diaspora into the Senegalese national assembly, has described the just concluded parliamentary...

A victim of human trafficking has told stories of how her employers subjected her to abuse and exploitation during her years of work in Lebanon. ...

Seven people armed with gun have robbed Hajo Jarra Pharmacy in Essau village early hours of Friday morning, between the hours of 02:00 to 03:30,...

The Gambia will benefit from the second phase of the West African Regional Fisheries Programme (WARFP) and the expected investment for country from...

The menace of corruption has led the UN Resident Coordinator in The Gambia to describe corruption has the biggest threat to development. Madam Ade...

The West African Institute for Financial and Economic Management (WAIFEM), in collaboration with the Central Bank of The Gambia (CBG), yesterday...

The reduction of malaria in the Upper River Region is due to the strengthening of cross-border health surveillance system with Senegal, said Lamin...

Fajara 8 August 2017- The non-profit Gambia Teaching Trust has introduced a one million Dalasi Award in recognition of the most outstanding Gambian...

The ECOWAS Heads of Immigration Services have endorsed the proposal by the Nigerian government for the establishment a Migration Training Academy as...

Mambury Njie has been appointed new managing director of the Gambia National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) with immediate effect, according to...

The Gambia government is not reaching out to the Swiss authorities to extradite Ousman Sonko, the Minister of Justice has said over the weekend. ...

The crown jewel of the truth and reconciliation exercise being initiated by government is putting former president Yahya Jammeh on trial “for the...

The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights has found the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo responsible for the 2004 massacre of...

The National Assembly member for Banjul North has gone back to the electorate of his constituency to report what transpired in and out of parliament...

The Gambian authorities have contacted the Public Prosecutor’s Office in Switzerland requesting for the possible extradition of the ex-Interior...

The Electoral Commission of Senegal has released on Wednesday, the provisional results of the country’s parliamentary elections, held on 30 July...

The acting vice president of The Gambia has said the government of President Adama Barrow would not interfere with the operations of any project. ...

The European Union (EU) is determined to translate its commitment to action to support the government of President Adama Barrow, said EU director for...

The Government of The Gambia through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Gambians Abroad (MOFA) has announced its resolve...

Hon. Saikou Marong, National Assembly member for Latrikunda Sabiji, has said he has a lot of development projects for his constituency as promised...

The new coalition government headed by President Adama Barrow has received a thumbs up as a sign of approval or rather encouragement by the European...

China is ready to enhance cooperation with Gambia in infrastructure, agriculture, tourism and other fields, said Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi...

A four-year project to reduce micro nutrition deficiencies of women and children in The Gambia through sustainable and integrated approaches to food...

One of the key challenges of Gambian women in breastfeeding is inadequate support from male partners at home and in workplaces, the health minister...

The United States Ambassador to The Gambia, Carolyn Patricia Alsup, yesterday presided over the swearing in ceremony of 16 Peace Crops Education...

The government needs to settle down and know that there is a long way ahead, said Hon. Halifa Sallah, adding: “We are just crawling; we need to stand...

The European Union (EU) yesterday announced a new disbursement of D1.25 billion grant to The Gambia government as budget support. “This budget...

Fly Mid Africa on Monday started a two-day meeting to review its performance, strengthens and weaknesses, after 60 days of operations. The review...

The European Union has informed President Adama Barrow that it has committed 8 billion dalasis available as budget support to The Gambian government....

After almost two years of waiting, Trust Bank Ltd has finally given the people of Brikama what they have been waiting for. At 08:00am on the 31st...

Access Bank Gambia Ltd has officially launched a new product called Yorkka sa am am promo (meaning SAVE TODAY TAKE TOMORROW). The launching of the...

The new Inspector General of Police on Tuesday 27 July 2017 started a nationwide familiarization tour. The tour is aimed at visiting officers and...

At least 100 taxi drivers were on a sit down strike yesterday in protest of “the numerous restrictions” they face on the highway in the hands of the...

President Adama Barrow has called on the people of Foni to work together to turn the country around positively. The President made the call...

Shortage of essential drugs at public health centres in The Gambia would come to pass as the government is working on ensuring an uninterrupted...

Lawyer Hassan Martin, a human rights lawyer cum political activist, has advised the coalition government to do away with party interest. “Let them...

Trust Bank Gambia Limited has presented a cheque for D50,000 to the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) for disaster victims. The donation,...

Authoritative sources have disclosed to this medium that every judge in the high court would henceforth hear criminal cases starting from the next...

The Minister of Youth and Sports, Mr Henry Gomez, will be embarking on a nationwide familiarization tour of departments, offices and projects under...

According to official sources, The Gambia’s Foreign Affairs Minister Ousainou Darboe left Banjul over the weekend for one-week official visit to the...

Gambian author and historian has called on the Barrow administration and the President himself to suspend – if he could do that, through executive...

African migrants including some Senegambians based in Calais who attempted to cross over to the United Kingdom are at the present time ‘’facing...

At least hundreds of Senegalese voters were prevented from casting their ballots in parliamentary elections on Sunday because of delays in issuing...

GTBank Gambia on Friday 28 July 2017 handed over 50 bags of rice and 50 packets of corrugated iron sheets to the National Disaster Management Agency...

Sheriff Kumba Jobe, the defence counsel in the case involving Babucarr Njie, a soldier who was found with a pistol at the King Fahd Mosque in Banjul,...

President Adama Barrow has said his government intends to construct a bridge over the Banjul-Barra crossing point, which serves the crucial link from...

Minister of the Interior, Mai Ahmad Fatty, has said he did not take any bribe for awarding contracts to Semlex and did not also award them any...

The Gambia government has committed to increasing funding to fight money laundering and terrorism financing as efforts to tackle the crimes are...

The Child Protection Alliance (CPA) with funding from Save the Children International organised a workshop for members of the Regional Technical...

The Federal Criminal Court (TPF) of Switzerland has denied ex-Gambian minister of the interior of $14,000 (equivalent to more than D644,000) he...

Amadou Sanneh, Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, has said that both agriculture and tourism sectors didn’t fare well last year. “The...

A 19-year-old student of Gambia Senior Secondary School, Dominic Arthur, who hailed from Ghana Town, Brufut Village, has bagged 9As in the West...

The general public is hereby informed that issuance of clearance for factory tinted vehicles has commenced and as such, all tinted vehicle owners are...

The cash-trap Gambia government is soliciting the support of donors and other development partners to implement its four-year National Development...

Child Protection Alliance (CPA) recently concluded a two-day legal reform workshop on physical and humiliating punishment vis-à-vis positive...

“HEALTH Madam Speaker, Improvements to water quality are linked to health outcomes across the country. Alongside providing people with safe...

Senegal’s Chief of Defence Staff, Lt. General Cheikh Gueye, is currently in The Gambia on a 3-day visit to his Gambian counterpart and the Gambia...

The Ministry of Finance with support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), yesterday hosted a daylong donor conference at the Kairaba...

Major Lamin K. Sanyang has been appointed as the new Gambia Armed Forces Public Relations Officer replacing Lt. Colonel Omar B. Bojang, who is set to...

The Embassy of the People’s Republic of China has clarified the duty-free trade agreement signed by the governments in Banjul and Beijing, saying...

The pictures in this piece speak for themselves that residents of Jarra Kani-kunda village in the Lower River Region definitely need emergency...

Increasing number of civil society organisations (CSOs) from all over West Africa are being armed with the tools and knowledge to effectively fight...

Chinese products now have an unhindered access to the Gambian market with the free trade agreement signed by the governments in Banjul and Beijing. ...

Gambian business tycoon Amadou Samba has dismissed reports in social media that he was arrested in Dakar. “If I was arrested would I have been...

Contrary to reports in social platform and some newspapers in Banjul and Dakar that former First Lady Zineb Jammeh is in Dakar on a business trip, a...

The country’s pioneer daily newspaper company, the Daily Observer, has come under fire from its own staff who are calling for the resignation of...

Swiss-Gam Solidarity, a charitable organization based in Switzerland, on Monday presented cash prizes to five outstanding students of Sukuta Lower...