Thursday, October 16, 2025

General News

Majority, Minority Leaders Say Reforms Initiated to Avert Duplication in Gambia’s...

By Kebba AF Touray The Gambia’s Majority and Minority Leaders, Hon. Bilay G. Tunkara and Hon. Alhagie S. Darboe, have informed their colleague members of...

Ambassador Bah Meets With US Democratic Congresswoman Gwen Moore

A press release from the Government of the Gambia says that His Excellency, Momodou Lamin Bah, the Ambassador of the Republic of The Gambia...

First National Women in Media Summit Held

By Ndey Sowe The Young Women in Media and Information Literacy Initiative (YoMIL) has hosted The Gambia’s first annual national women in media summit, marking...

DCAF Concludes Oversight Institutions Reform Training Week

By Ndey Sowe The Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance (DCAF), in partnership with The Gambia’s Office of the Ombudsman, has concluded a five-day training...

Justice Minister Calls for United Fight Against Rights Abuses

By Kebba AF Touray Dawda A Jallow, the Minister of Justice, has reaffirmed the commitment of the Gambia to the African Charter and called for...

Economist Warns U.S. Remittance Levy Could Impact The Gambia

By Amadou Manjang The United States is currently considering a proposal to impose a 5% levy on all international remittance outflows, a move that could...

The Irony of Gambia’s Free Education Policy

By Nelson Manneh To level the playing field in The Gambia’s education sector and provide equal opportunities for children from poor backgrounds, the government introduced...

GRA, WCO engages security officials on border management 

The Gambia Revenue Authority (GRA), in collaboration with the World Customs Organization (WCO), officially opened the Coordinated Border Management (CBM) Workshop today at the...

NHRC Launches Nationwide Dialogue to Enhance Accountable, Participatory Governance

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), with support from the European Union (EU) through the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Thursday May 22 launched...

New Turkish Cultural Center Pledges Stronger Ties with Gambian Artists

By Ndey Sowe The Yunus Emre Institute Turkish Cultural Center officially opened its doors in Banjul with a dialogue meeting aimed at fostering cooperation and...

TANGO Sensitises 45 Women Leaders on Post-TRRC Activities

By Amadou Manjang The Association of Non-Governmental Organisations (TANGO), with support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), has sensitised 45 women leaders, lady councillors,...

EBID Disburses Over D144 Billion to Finance More Than 300 Projects,...

By Kebba AF Touray The ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) has disbursed more than $2.5 billion—approximately D144 billion—towards financing over 300 development projects...

Fortune beat Bombada to reignite title hopes

By Momodou Jarju Fortune FC Wednesday defeated Bombada FC 2-0 at the Box Bar Mini Stadium in Brikama in game week 25 of the male...

Gambia Armed Forces Graduates 351 New Recruits

By Makutu Manneh The Gambia Armed Forces (GAF) on Wednesday graduated 351 new recruits during a passing out parade held at McCarthy Square in Banjul. The...

ECOWAS Court Reiterates Commitment to Independent Judiciary, Democratic Society

By Kebba AF Touray The Director of Administration and Finance at the ECOWAS Court of Justice, Dr. William Towah, said a strong and independent judiciary...

Communities in CRR North Sensitised about 2024 Draft Constitution

By Mariama Marong Communities in the Central River (NRR), North of the Gambia, have recently engaged their National Assembly Members in a consultative dialogue on...

Drug Law Enforcement Apprehends 31 Suspects in Seven Days for Alleged...

By Nelson Manneh Officers from the Drug Law Enforcement Agency (DLEA) arrested 31 individuals within a seven-day period on allegations of possession of illicit drugs,...

Justice Ministry Selects Chair, Two Commissioners for Anti-Corruption Commission

By Nelson Manneh The Ministry of Justice has announced a major milestone in The Gambia’s anti-corruption drive, confirming the selection of a Chairperson and two...

Rongo Donates Traffic Cones to Banjulinding Police Station

By Nelson Manneh Momodou L. Jarju, popularly known as Rongo, donated seven red traffic cones valued at over 10,000 dalasis to the Banjulinding Police Station...

NCAC Holds Consultations on National Languages Policy for The Gambia

By Ndey Sowe The National Centre for Arts and Culture (NCAC) on Tuesday, 20th May 2025, continued its national consultations for the formulation of The...