Ex-CEO Jonga Questioned about Unlawful Payments for Dakar Trip
By Makutu Manneh
Modou Jonga, a former Chief Executive Officer of the Brikama Area was questioned about a mysterious transaction in which they made two...
Man Sentenced to 15 Years Imprisonment for Rape
By Lamin Fatty
Justice Landing. M. Sanneh of the Basse High Court on Monday, 29July 2024 convicted and sentenced one Bojang Jallow for rape and other...
Celebrating a milestone in Genomics Research
On Thursday, August 8, 2024, the Medical Research Council Unit: The Gambia at The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (MRCG at...
ECOWAS Parliament Finance Committee Co-Chair Tasks Lawmakers to Promote Transparency
By Kebba AF Touray
The Co-Chair of the ECOWAS Parliament Joint Committee on Administration, Finance and Budget Public Accounts Macroeconomic Policy and Economic Research, Rt....
WHAT IS LAWFUL ARREST?
Citizens have the right to exercise their freedom of association and assembly in their homes, at their verandas without interference. A person can only...
THE BORDER CHALLENGES AND THE SOLUTION
The Gambia is a transit zone for vehicles plying between Northern and Southern Senegal. Drivers of the two countries have been complaining of the...
Insight into Non-Enforcement of Tobacco Control Act 2016
By Nelson Manneh
In December 2016, the Gambia government adopted an Act called the Tobacco Control Act which entered into force on December 17, 2018....
Jabang Residents Call for Urgent Intervention by Gov’t to Resolve Land...
By Assan Bah
The residents of Jabang in the West Coast Region (WCR) have called on the Gambia government to intervene in their long-standing land...
Alleged Illegal Sand Mining Unleashes Devastating Impact on Gunjur Beach
By Louise Jobe
Information received by this medium reveals some serious devastating impacts of illegal sand mining during the night by individuals and its negative...
African migrants, refugees face terrible conditions in Tunisia as raids continue
By Biran Gaye
Dozens of sub-Saharan migrants and refugees are living in heartbreaking conditions in Tunisia, facing severe difficulties in accessing basic necessities as local...
GAF Detains Former Brigadier General Colley
By Hatab Nyang
The Gambia Armed Forces have confirmed that a former Brigadier General, who left the Gambia Armed Forces following the departure of Yahya...
Eleven Senior Secondary Schools Benefit From Media, Information Literacy Training
By Sariba Manneh
The Open Media Centre (OMC), together with UNESCO, recently conducted a three-day media literacy training for eleven senior secondary school from all...
LLA Project Launched to Address Challenges Posed by Climate Change
By Assan Bah
The Gambia Red Cross Society (GRCS), on Friday, 9th August 2024, launched the Scaling up Locally-Led Adaptation and Transforming Humanitarian Responses to...
NCCE, UNDP Challenge Women to Contest Leadership Positions
By Mustapha Jallow
The officials from the National Council for Civic Education (NCCE) in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) had challenged Gambian...
ECOWAS Commission Team to Evaluate Humanitarian Relief for Disaster Victims
By: Kebba AF Touray
A team from ECOWAS is scheduled to embark on a field validation to monitor and evaluate humanitarian relief assistance to flood...
Gambia-Turkish Business Council Meets President Barrow to Discuss Investment, Trade Opportunities
By Makutu Manneh
Members of the Gambia-Turkish Business Council met President Adama Barrow last Friday, to discuss investment and trade opportunities between the two countries,...
Former BAC CEO Continues His Testimony
By Makutu Manneh
During Thursday’s proceedings of the Local Government Commission of Inquiry, Modou Jonga, the Former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Brikama Area Council...
TVET Continental Strategy Aims to Address Growing Youth Unemployment
By Kebba AF Touray
Mr. Ousman Sillah, the Secretary General of the sub-Saharan Africa Skills and Apprenticeship Stakeholders Network (SASASNET) and former Member of the...
IN THE FACE OF SO MANY LAND DISPUTES, WHAT IS THE...
The primary role of the land commission should have been to do a proper inventory of all state owned lands and map out the...
THE DANGERS OF FRAGILE DEMOCRACIES
Fragile democracies like that of Ali Bongo of Gabon which are based on patronage and intimidation as well as coups d’état as we now...
