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Kenneth Y Best Founder, Daily Observer
By Sheriff Bojang Jr
The Daily Observer has been in the news for the past two weeks for all the wrong reasons. The Gambia's leading...
Omar Bun Jeng: Ace preacher
By Omar Jabang
According to excerpts from his biography being kept by his son in his homestead in Gunjur, the ancestors of Omar Bun Jeng...
Kenneth Y Best Founder, Daily Observer
The Daily Observer has been in the news for the past ten days for all the wrong reasons. The Gambia's leading daily was closed...
Seedy Njie: APRC Spokesman
Alagie Manneh
Adored by APRC vanguards and hated with passion by all other Gambians who oppose former president Jammeh's stranglehold onto power, Seedy Njie, is...
Babou Ceesay:Top British Gambian actor
In mid-April nominees for the 2017 British Academy's Television Awards were announced. Among them was Babou Ceesay, star of Showtime and Sky Atlantic's drama...
Salieu Taal: Chairman,’Gambia Has Decided’
By Alagie Manneh
Salieu Taal, Esquire, is one of the most successful young lawyers in the country and has won praise and respect in many...
Book titled President Barrow launched
By Omar Bah
The Minister of Women's Affairs overseeing the office of the Vice President, Fatoumatta Jallow-Tambajang over the weekend launched a book titled...
Former Observer journalist talks about Chief Manneh
Pa Ousman Darboe was a senior reporter at the Daily Observer. He claimed to have been an eyewitness to the arrest and subsequent disappearance...
Momodou Cadi Cham
Former Minister, Tumana politician
In this edition of Bantaba, firebrand politician and former Tumana Member of Parliament in the PPP government, talks to Ebrima Baldeh...
Baba Leigh
Imam, Kanifing East Mosque
One of the defining characteristics of President Yahya Jammeh's 22-year rule over The Gambia was a widespread fear of speaking out....
Legal analysis of the Gambia’s 2017 National Assembly election results
On Thursday 6th April 2017, The Independent Electoral Commission (I.E.C.), under the able Chairmanship of Mr. Alhaji Mommar Njai, competently conducted The Gambia's National...
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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...