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APRC Says Barrow Cannot Win Next Election
By Omar Bah
The deputy spokesperson of opposition Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction, has said despite all the noise around President Adama Barrow, he cannot win the next presidential election.
Speaking at the party's mega rally controversially dubbed Homecoming of Babili Mansa, Dodou Jah said President Barrow simply lacks the capacity to turn the 2021 election...
Jizzle’s album launch draws huge crowd
By Omar Bah
Multiple award-winning Gambian Afro-pop sensational rapper, Jizzle, on Saturday stormed Gambian music with a great bang drawing huge crowds that filled the...
TRRC visits scene of Koro burning, traces witch hunting trail to Sibanor
On the evening of Thursday, November 21, the last day of the TRRC's public hearings on the witch hunt in Jambur, some Commissioners and...
Barrow unveils plans to transform Basse as second capital
By Tabora Bojang on tour
President Adama Barrow has unveiled an initiative to construct a dry port as part of his government’s plans to transform...
APRC Says Barrow Cannot Win Next Election
By Omar Bah
The deputy spokesperson of opposition Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction, has said despite all the noise around President Adama Barrow, he...
Jizzle’s album launch draws huge crowd
By Omar Bah
Multiple award-winning Gambian Afro-pop sensational rapper, Jizzle, on Saturday stormed Gambian music...
TRRC visits scene of Koro burning, traces witch hunting trail to Sibanor
On the evening of Thursday, November 21, the last day of the TRRC's public...
Barrow unveils plans to transform Basse as second capital
By Tabora Bojang on tour
President Adama Barrow has unveiled an initiative to construct a...
Governor dismisses accusation of negligence after orderly flees with D.4M
By Tabora Bojang
The Governor of URR has dismissed claims linking her office to off book practices after a policeman escaped with over four hundred...
W/African insurers discuss implications of free trade on insurance sector
At least 150 insurance professionals from across West Africa on Friday ended a two-day conference to discuss strategies to position the insurance industry to...
Afnow Gambia donates materials to schools, hospital in Gunjur
By Aisha Tamba
In observance of world orphans' day, the Abubakar Siddique Foundation for Needy and Orphans Welfare (Afnow) Monday donated materials to five schools...
Sabally to address international conference on the blue economy
Former Presidential Affairs Minister and International Speaker Momodou Sabally will later this week make a presentation at an international conference on the blue economy...
President Barrow visits community garden that yields D3 million in one season
Upper River Region, 23rd November 2019 - Members of the community horticultural garden in Nema Fass saved a staggering amount of over three million...
GAP Accuses Barrow Of Using Tour To Consolidate Support
By Omar Bah
General Lamin Bojang, the leader of opposition Gambia Action Party has accused President Adama Barrow of using his constitutionally mandated meet the...
Governor dismisses accusation of negligence after orderly flees with D.4M
By Tabora Bojang
The Governor of URR has dismissed claims linking her office to off book practices after a policeman escaped with over four hundred...
W/African insurers discuss implications of free trade on insurance sector
At least 150 insurance professionals from across West Africa on Friday ended a two-day conference to discuss strategies to position the insurance industry to...
Afnow Gambia donates materials to schools, hospital in Gunjur
By Aisha Tamba
In observance of world orphans' day, the Abubakar Siddique Foundation for Needy and Orphans Welfare (Afnow) Monday donated materials to five schools...
Sabally to address international conference on the blue economy
Former Presidential Affairs Minister and International Speaker Momodou Sabally will later this week make a presentation at an international conference on the blue economy...
President Barrow visits community garden that yields D3 million in one season
Upper River Region, 23rd November 2019 - Members of the community horticultural garden in Nema Fass saved a staggering amount of over three million...
GAP Accuses Barrow Of Using Tour To Consolidate Support
By Omar Bah
General Lamin Bojang, the leader of opposition Gambia Action Party has accused President Adama Barrow of using his constitutionally mandated meet the...
Governor dismisses accusation of negligence after orderly flees with D.4M
By Tabora Bojang
The Governor of URR has dismissed claims linking her office to off book practices after a policeman escaped with over four hundred...
W/African insurers discuss implications of free trade on insurance sector
At least 150 insurance professionals from across West Africa on Friday ended a two-day...
Afnow Gambia donates materials to schools, hospital in Gunjur
By Aisha Tamba
In observance of world orphans' day, the Abubakar Siddique Foundation for Needy...
Sabally to address international conference on the blue economy
Former Presidential Affairs Minister and International Speaker Momodou Sabally will later this week make...
President Barrow visits community garden that yields D3 million in one season
Upper River Region, 23rd November 2019 - Members of the community horticultural garden in Nema Fass saved a staggering amount of over three million...
GAP Accuses Barrow Of Using Tour To Consolidate Support
By Omar Bah
General Lamin Bojang, the leader of opposition Gambia Action Party has accused President Adama Barrow of using his constitutionally mandated meet the...
Nothing can stop Jammeh’s return
Even after the Gambia Government said any suggestion that former President Jammeh will return to the Gambia soon is false, APRC interim leader Fabakary...
Nfally Fadera appointed OIC communications director
By Tabora Bojang
Nfally Fadera has been appointed as the Head of Communications at the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Gambia Secretariat, the body coordinating preparations...
Witch doctors cause 18 deaths in Jambur
By Mafugi Ceesay
A senior citizen, Abdoulie Bojang from Jambur, has told the TRRC that 18 out of 62 people from his native Jambur accused...
GPU condemns attack on journalists covering president’s nationwide tour
Press release
The Gambia Press Union has been informed of a disturbing news from journalists covering the ongoing Meet the People’s Tour of President Adama...
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Nothing can stop Jammeh’s return
Even after the Gambia Government said any suggestion that former President Jammeh will return to the Gambia soon is false, APRC interim leader Fabakary...
APRC Says Barrow Cannot Win Next Election
By Omar Bah
The deputy spokesperson of opposition Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction, has said despite all the noise around President Adama Barrow, he...
Governor dismisses accusation of negligence after orderly flees with D.4M
By Tabora Bojang
The Governor of URR has dismissed claims linking her office to off book practices after a policeman escaped with over four hundred...
Judge threatens to report state lawyers to Legal Council
By Bruce Asemota
Justice Ebrima Jaiteh of the High Court in Banjul has admonished state lawyers to be honest in their submission and not mislead...
Barrow unveils plans to transform Basse as second capital
By Tabora Bojang on tour
President Adama Barrow has unveiled an initiative to construct a dry port as part of his government’s plans to transform...
GAP Accuses Barrow Of Using Tour To Consolidate Support
By Omar Bah
General Lamin Bojang, the leader of opposition Gambia Action Party has accused President Adama Barrow of using his constitutionally mandated meet the...
Jizzle’s album launch draws huge crowd
By Omar Bah
Multiple award-winning Gambian Afro-pop sensational rapper, Jizzle, on Saturday stormed Gambian music with a great bang drawing huge crowds that filled the...
CRC members woefully, illegally and unconstitutionally failed to insert ”secular” in Section 1...
On Friday 15th November, 2019, Justice Cherno Jallow, Chairman of Constitutional Revision Commission (C.R.C.). announced the long awaited draft of our new Constitution, and...
TRRC visits scene of Koro burning, traces witch hunting trail to Sibanor
On the evening of Thursday, November 21, the last day of the TRRC's public hearings on the witch hunt in Jambur, some Commissioners and...
Judge threatens to report state lawyers to Legal Council
By Bruce Asemota
Justice Ebrima Jaiteh of the High Court in Banjul has admonished state lawyers to be honest in their submission and not mislead...
Faces2Hearts kicks-off in Gambia for an epic adventure
The Gambia has been selected as the latest destination in the European Commission's Face2Hearts campaign. This leg of the campaign will see a new...
Cumbria fire engine donated to Gambia to help save lives
A decommissioned fire engine from Cumbria, United Kingdom, is being donated to a fire brigade in The Gambia in the hope it will help...
UN expert on transitional justice to review progress in Gambia
The UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence, Fabian Salvioli, will carry out an official visit to...
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…..Crackers in Serekunda derby..
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Once a big...
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Opinions
Letters: Who is the phony and cultist APRC kidding?
Dear editor,
In the run up to their scheduled November 23rd rally, APRC propaganda machinery is working overtime deceiving the party members about the potential...
CRC members woefully, illegally and unconstitutionally failed to insert ”secular” in Section 1 of our new draft constitution
On Friday 15th November, 2019, Justice Cherno Jallow, Chairman of Constitutional Revision Commission (C.R.C.)....
Letters: Jerejef Justice Cherno! Reflections on the Draft Constitution
Dear editor,
It's an honour to join my fellow countrymen and women to congratulate the...
Letters: Evaporating candor and statesmanship in the presidency
Dear editor,
When a leader, no less a head of state travels and give speeches,...
Letters: Remove the entire draft Section 107 in the Criminal Offences Bill
Dear editor,
It is not enough for the Ministry of Justice to remove the second part of the draft section 107 regarding parental insult and...
Letters: Constructive analysis of the draft new constitution
Dear editor,
We assume this is the Public Review Phase of the first draft of the New Constitution after which observations and objections are taken...
The de-ethnicisation of Gambian society and the fluidity of tribal identity
By Dr Kebba S Bojang
'I don't have a tribe; Gambia is my tribe'. This slogan, like 'what a man can do, a woman can...
Letters : Is President Barrow a gullible novice or a shrewd politician?
Dear editor,
Many people were of the view that President Adama Barrow is gullible and may not be able to maneuver around the many political...
Letters: Is insulting now acceptable?
Dear editor,
I understand that my morality is not your morality. I also appreciate that we cannot legislate morality or behavior, but we also know...
On Lawyer Darboe and the reality of his clout in Gambian politics
By Momodou Sabally
I have never been a great fan of the Secretary General and Party Leader of the UDP, but neither have I ever...
Young Scorpions In The Dock Today ….. Gambia vs Mali at Wafu U-20
The waiting is over. The Gambia national youth team, the Under-20 is on the spotlight this afternoon in Guinea where it will take on...
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The fairy tale of the Kombo East zonal team continues. One of the newest...
Crunch Time Is Super Nawettan
Can Brufut stop Kombo East?
…..Crackers in Serekunda derby..
The first batch of quarter finals in...
Playing Football For The Gambia
By Alagie- Saidy Barrow
I was given a ticket to go and watch the game...
Quarter-finals Decided In Super Nawettan
The stage is set for the clash of the last eight in the Super Nawettan after group matches were completed last night.
Once a big...
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Key Players To Miss Tonight’s Battle Against Congo
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30 Cricketers train as umpires, scorers
By Fatoumata Joof
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President Barrow visits community garden that yields D3 million in one...
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Nothing can stop Jammeh’s return
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Witch doctors cause 18 deaths in Jambur
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GPU condemns attack on journalists covering president’s nationwide tour
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