GPU renews call for gov’t to scrap repressive media laws

Doha, Qatar, 12 September, 2019: A “yearning for education” exists throughout the world, the President of the Republic of The Gambia has said while...

The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has warned individuals and organisation involved in the collection of voters’ cards from their owners,...

The World Bank 2019 Country Policy and Institutional Assessment Report (CPIA), has taken a closer look at debt management as the median government...

Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development (QF) is a non-profit organisation that supports Qatar on its journey to becoming a...

Returnees in NBR and CRR were recently trained on job search skills, self-esteem building, interview techniques and CV writing. The training which...

Sheikh Omar Faye, the newly appointed minister of Defence has underscored the significance of democracy, while emphasising the need for Gambians to...

State House, Banjul, 11 September 2019 -His Excellency, President Adama Barrow and the Emir of the State of Qatar, His Highness Sheikh Tamim Bin...

Banjul, The Gambia—The Gambia Government will formally release the much-awaited Janneh Commission on the financial activities of former President...

All is set for the launching of a new book titled Servant of The People, written by a renowned Gambian author, Dr. Jeggan C. Senghor, a former senior...

Banjul, The Gambia— The Gambia government has freed 17 more detainees from the Remand Wing of Mile Two Central Prison. Initially, police had...

The University of The Gambia through funding from the German Ministry of Higher Education and Research on Wednesday has opened a new building at the...

The Barrow Fans Club on 7 September, 2019, held a rally at Bakau Newtown amid drumming, singing, dancing and clapping. Supporters of President...

Senegambians and other foreign students currently studding in the U.K. may be allowed to stay longer in the country under a new proposal according to...

State House, Banjul, 11th September 2019 - Following a conducted tour of facilities being built ahead of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Doha, His...

Police in Basse in have arrested one, Gibbi Gisseh, a native of Mankamang Kunda in the Jimara District of URR for reportedly beating his wife, which...

In an effort to support the National Development Plan (NDP) of the country, preparations are underway to organise an International Investment...

On Saturday 7 September 2019, the British High Commission, held a ceremony at the Jeshwang cemetery to commemorate those who lost their lives in the...

Being a place of leisure and ideal place to escape the harsh winter months of Scandinavia, Europeans would enjoy not only the three ‘S’ but also...

The Gambia participated in this year’s Tokyo International Conference on African Development TICAD in Yokohama from 28th to 30th August 2019. The...

The people of Sutukoba village in the Upper River Region over the weekend inaugurated a solar milling machine worth D540, 000. The machine was...

Banjul, The Gambia— Following intense investigations into allegations of fraudulent procurement and acquisition of Gambian diplomatic passports, The...

Adama Barrow, the president of the Republic of The Gambia says the country is going through a phase of transformation, which calls for strong...

The Commonwealth Association of Technical Universities and Polytechnics in Africa (CAPA) has awarded its 2019 Award of Excellence for Development in...

Taking a brief look at life well spent in office by the late Gambian President Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara. In this interview with Hassoum Ceesay, a...

President Adama Barrow has warned that it is not acceptable for anyone entrusted with a position and undermines the government’s policies and...

Sittokoto Kassama, ward councillor for Salikenni has lamented over the current state of agriculture and system of farming in The Gambia,...

State House, Banjul, 4 September 2019 - President Adama Barrow has decided to publish the full report of the Commission of Enquiry into the Financial...

The Gambia Revenue Authority (GRA) will host one of the biggest international conferences dubbed General Assembly of the West African Tax...

His Excellency Sulayman Alieu Jack, The Gambia’s ambassador to the African Union and who is also the High Commissioner to the Republic of Kenya on 3...

Cabinet deliberated on a paper presented by the Hon Minister of Transport, Works and Infrastructure seeking approval for the ratification of the...

Pakalinding, Jarra West District, LRR – The 4th edition of the National Youth Summer Camp on Entrepreneurship, Leadership, and Information Technology...

(Thursday, 5th September 2019 Issue) Police in Bansang have arrested four suspects in connection with the deaths of 15 cattle belonging to one Jarga...

(Thursday, 5th September 2019 Issue) State House, Banjul, -President Adama Barrow was informed that The Gambia government and a consortium of...

(Thursday, 5th September 2019 Issue) The resting place of the remains of the first Gambian President Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara has been rated and...

(Thursday, 5th September 2019 Issue) The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy (MOPE) on Wednesday validated the Renewable Energy (RE) Entrepreneurship...

(Thursday, 5th September 2019 Issue) President Adama Barrow convened a Special Cabinet Meeting on Wednesday 4 September, 2019 to discussthe Cabinet...

Lack of rains in the past months had been a nightmare for many farmers in the country especially those who had already planted their crops and hit by...

The arrival in the number of tourists in 2018 surpassed an annual growth target of 21.3 percent as embedded in National Development Plan (NDP),...

President Adama Barrow Applauds Sir Dawda Jawara Family, Gambian People and Friends of The Gambia His Excellency President Adama Barrow wishes to...

Personnel of the Police Intervention Unit (PIU) that were deployed at the Kanifing Magistrates’ Court during the trial of Gambian rapper Killa Ace...

Magistrate Donn-Njie of the Kanifing Magistrates’ Court on 3 September, 2019, transferred the case involving Ali Cham alias Killa Ace and 36 other...

Activists and families members on Tuesday frowned at personnel of the Police Intervention Unit (PIU) for manhandling some accused persons as the case...

State House, Banjul, 3rd September 2019 -Rtd. Hon. Tony Blair, Chairman of the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change (TBI) and former long-time UK...

Abdoulie Sanyang, deputy Inspector General of Police has said that The Gambia Police Force (GPF) often lacks the capacity for fulfilling tasks...

Women rice growers at Banko rice fields at Sanyang, Kombo South have raised concern over the ongoing sand mining activities of the Gambia Angola...

A private group, called Exchange between Gambia and Limousine, acronym EGALISE has initiated social economic projects in The Gambia. Limousine is...

Catholic Development Office (CADO), The Gambia in partnership with Catholic Relief Service (CRS) are currently organising a six day seminar on Social...

NATIONAL ASSEEMBLY OF THE GAMBIA 29TH AUGUST 2019TRIBUTE TO ALHAJI SIR DAWDA KAIRABA JAWARA FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE GAMBIA ...

Police have confirmed the arrest of more individuals in connection with the diplomatic passport fraud. On 23 August 2019, the Inspector General’s...

On 31 August, 2019, the vice president of the Republic of The Gambia, H.E. Dr. Isatou Touray, accompanied by the Honourable Minister of Foreign...

The ambassador of Israel to Senegal overseeing The Gambia, Roï Rosenblit and his entire staff have paid tribute to Gambia’s former statesman Sir...

Emmanuel Daniel Joof, chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has said that police as protectors of the law have both a legal duty...

Article 19 over the weekend held its first Media Development Indicator’s Assessment (MDI), which involved representatives of media houses in the...

Sanna Dahaba, chief executive officer of National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA), has affirmed that no support is adequate when it comes to...

Pa Modou Njie, who was charged with causing actual bodily harm and wilfuldamage to property, recently cried bitterly after pleading guilty before...

Lady Chilel Njie-Jawara imposed by her own cultural qualities to remain an everlasting icon, star and role model for the older and younger generation...

The governor of the Central Bank of The Gambia on Thursday disclosed in a press conference that the stock of domestic debt stood at D32.5 billion as...

Omar A. Jallow who is widely called O.J., and also the former Agriculture minister under the late president, Sir Dawda Kairaba Jarawa has paid...

On 30 to 31 August the UK Minister for Armed Forces, Rt Hon. Mark Lancaster concluded his trip to West Africa with a two day visit to The Gambia. ...

The former minister of the Interior has been appointed consul general of the Republic of The Gambia in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, effective 21...

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of the Gambia met on Thursday to assess recent economic developments and set the key policy...

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of The Gambia (CBG) has on Thursday reviewed the Gambia’s exchange rate development and...

The Executive Secretary of the TRRC, Dr. Baba Galleh Jallow, was the keynote speaker at a conference on African truth commissions held at the campus...

Former Gambian president and independence hero, Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara was finally laid to rest after a befitting, emotional state funeral service...

Mourners flocked into the National Assembly Complex on Thursday to pay their last respect to former Gambian president, Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara, who...

Magistrate M.S. Jallow of the Kanifing Magistrates’ Court on 28 August, 2019, ruled in favour of the prosecution in the case involving Alagie Darboe...

As tourism stakeholders in Destination Gambia warm up to attend the 14th edition of this year’s African Travel Market (AFTM) popularly known as...

On Tuesday 27 August the British High Commission hosted a reception to celebrate and bid farewell to 11 recipients of this year’s Chevening awards....

President Adama Barrow has declared a seven-day national mourning period from Tuesday 27 August to Monday 2 September 2019, in respect of the passing...

Collins Chinaka Onwukmwe and Musa Barry were on the 27 August, 2019, convicted by Magistrate Mam Samba of the Kanifing Magistrates’ Court for...

State House, Banjul, August 27, 2019 – His Excellency, President Adama Barrow has expressed his desire to bequeath a better Gambia that is imbued...

Participants from all over the world are preparing to attend Asia-Pacific Climate Week 2019 (APCW 2019, 2-6 September) in Bangkok, where they will...

National Assembly Select Committee on Health, Children, Disaster and Humanitarian Relief has concluded a four-day visit to the communities of CRR and...

The lack of access to employment opportunities among Gambian youth is widely cited as a major contributing factor to irregular migration. According...

Participants from all over the world are preparing to attend Asia-Pacific Climate Week 2019 (APCW 2019, 2-6 September) in Bangkok, where they will...

The nation in mourning as its founding father Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara has passed away on Tuesday 27 August 2019. He was 95. President Adama...

Ousman Bah, Basiru Gaye, Demba Njie, Sarjoe Fatty, Hadim Muna Samasa, Omar Jabbie, Ebrima Bah, Dodou Njie, Jahe Kanteh, Muhammed Fadia, Lansana...

State House, Banjul, August 27, 2019 – His Excellency, President Adama Barrow has received the news of the passing of former president, Sir Dawda K....

The Gambia has for the first time held a Chief Executive Officers’ conference (CEOs) on the theme: Connecting and Creating National Development. ...

Animal Welfare Advocate Association at The Gambia College vaccinated 150 animals in Upper River Region (URR) recently during their one week...

As an institution assigned to administer and manage arts and culture related affairs in the country, the National Centre for Arts and Culture (NCAC)...

Minister of Environment, Natural Resources and Climate Change, Lamin Dibba, has ridiculed the ongoing reports making rounds on social media about...

The European Union ambassador to The Gambia, Atila Lajos, has given assurances to His Excellency, President Adama Barrow that his government can...

Lack of rains in the past weeks has been a nightmare for many farmers in the country especially those who had already planted their crops. This has...

German refugee helpers in Germany have written a Statement of concern to the Gambian leader, Adama Barrow, and copied to the Executive and...

A young Gambian author, Bintou N. Sanneh has completed a set of two books within a span of six weeks at the Ebedi International Writers Residency...

In what can be described as unprecedented in the country’s creative and performing sector, 53 artists from The Gambia music industry have gained...

Following reports that on Saturday 10 August, four members of Yahya Jammeh’s hit-squad known asthe “Junglers” (Malick Jatta, Omar A. Jallow, Amadou...

Two protocol officers of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Gambians Abroad have been arrested in connection with diplomatic...

The British Petroleum company (BP) has recently organised a meeting with the coastal community of Sanyang and other settlements along the coastline...

Following series of confessions before the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) by members of the hit-squad (‘junglers’) of the...

The Gambia’s Vice President Dr. Isatou Touray, accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Mamadou Tangara, Monday August 26 will leave The...

State House, Banjul, 25th August 2019 – His Excellency, President Adama Barrow received with sadness news of the demise of The Gambia’s Honourary...

After her testimony last week before the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC), the anonymous witness who claimed she was a rape...

Banjul, August 24th, 2019 – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Gambians Abroad of the Republic of The Gambia learns with...

Siaka Jatta, President Adama Barrow’s political adviser has welcomed the new Cabinet appointments, saying he believes that the new appointees would...

President Adama Barrow has appointed Sheikh Omar Faye, as his defense minister in a mini cabinet re-shuffle he effected on Thursday. Until this...

The European Union Ambassador to The Gambia Attila Lajos has weighed in on the issue of whether or not President Adama Barrow should step down at the...

Njie Manneh, a former student of Brikama Ba and one of April 10/11 victims Thursday told the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC),...

Musa Kanaji, one of the April 10/11 victims on Thursday told the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) chaired by Lamin Sise how he...