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Alieu Momarr Njie, Chairman, Independent Electoral Commission
By Omar Wally
Alieu Momarr Njie is the son of Momarr Njie and hails from Serekunda's famous Lion House. He was the first person from...
Yankuba Colley Mayor of Kanifing, APRC mobiliser general
Yankuba Colley was born in Talinding and was educated in schools in Kafuta and Banjul. He enrolled for a computer science course in England...
Sheriff Tambadou Esq.The lawyer who swore in Barrow in Senegal
By Omar Wally
Bantaba anchor Omar Wally this week talks to distinguished lawyer Sheriff Marie Tambadou about his passion for football, New Gambia, 'Nduragate' tape...
Fabakary Tombong Jatta APRC caretaker leader
Fabakary Tombong Jatta became the shoo-in interim leader of the Alliance for Patriotic Re-orientation and Construction (APRC) after former leader President Yahya Jammeh was...
Banka Manneh Leading anti-Jammeh ‘struggler’
Banka Manneh was the chairman of Gambia Civil Society Associations of Gambia (CSAG), a “consortium” of organisations in 'The Struggle' that took the fight...
Ebou Sohna Atheist, gay rights activist
By sheriff Bojang
In this edition of Bantaba, our guest editor and proprietor, Sheriff Bojang talks to Mr Ebou Sohna about his rather unconventional beliefs...
Crusading journalist
By Omar wally
Fatou Camara is a celebrated Gambian journalist who started her career at Radio 1 FM. In 1996, she sojourned in England and...
Abdoulie J Darboe Former GAF soldier on the horrors of Nov 11th 1994
Abdoulie J Darboe, 47, is a former lance corporal in the Gambia National Army. The native of Pakaliba, Jarra, joined the military in 1991...
Hurricane Adama Barrow blows in Gambia
William Shakespeare once wrote in his lines, “the world is too much for us, getting and spending we lay waste our energy, little we...
Adama Barrow, President of the Republic of The Gambia
By Emil Touray
As part of his mid-year media engagement, the Gambian President, His Excellency, Adama Barrow, on Thursday, July 26, held a half-hour interview...
Abdoulie Janneh, Executive Director, Mo Ibrahim Foundation, on creating jobs For Africa’s youth
The Mo Ibrahim Governance Weekend, hosted this year in Morocco, the latest country to join the African Union, brought together former presidents, leaders from...
Sheriff Bojang
In 2009, Sheriff Bojang, the former managing director of the Observer Company, the publishers of the Daily Observer newspaper granted a rare interview to...
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Mai Says Civil Service Still Politicised
By Omar Bah
The leader of the Gambia Moral Congress has said his party rejects the continuous politicisation of the civil service.
“The current state of...
Mandinary demand refinery company out
By Amadou Jadama
Villagers of Mandinary have called on the government of President Adama Barrow to stop Sunny Company (Ltd) from operating in their village.
The...
Rawdatul Majaalis president refutes SIC VP’s accusations
By Amadou Jadama
Alhaji Baba Drammeh, president of Rawdatul Majaalis, a group opposed to the Supreme Islamic Council, has dismissed as “false and misleading” remarks...
Witness claims 13 died after Jammeh’s witch hunting in Foni
By Mafugi Ceesay
Karamo Sanneh, a survivor of the 2009 witch hunting has told the TRRC regional hearing that 13 people died after drinking the...
Gov’t condemns attack on journalists covering president’s tour
Press release
Following the very unfortunate fracas involving a volunteer local interpreter with the Presidential “Meet The People Tour” and three independent journalists at the...