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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...

Court of Appeal Dismisses Castle Oil’s Bid to Halt Eviction over...

By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) The Court of Appeal has dismissed an application filed by Castle Oil Limited, operators of Castle Patrol Station, seeking a stay...

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...

Gov’t Mourns 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐛𝐝𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧

The Gambia government, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Gambians Abroad has expressed its profound sorrow over the tragic death of...

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...

ECOWAS Parliament Moves to Boost Accountability

By Kebba AF Touray The Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has taken a significant step toward enhancing accountability within its...

NO NEED TO OVERLOAD AN ALREADY OVERLOADED SAGA ON EX PRESIDENT...

A simple matter regarding transparency, accountability and probity is now becoming a complex matter of settling scores. The executive addressed the nation on the...

HOW IS GGC HANDLING COMPLAINTS ALLEGING UNPAID DUES FOR GROUNDNUTS DELIVERED?

Readers would recall that the GGC management promised to visit seccos and reconcile with secco managers to prevent any unsettled matter regarding the groundnut...

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...

Reports: Yusupha Sanyang to join SK Slavia Praha

By Momodou Jarju Gambian-born international Yusupha Sanyang is set to join Czech giants SK Slavia Praha in a permanent transfer from Östers IF who returned to the...

Mario Mendy Sentenced to Life Imprisonment for Murder of Maram Jaw

By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) The High Court in Banjul has sentenced Mario Mendy to life imprisonment for the murder of Maram Jaw, whom he was...

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...