Letter from Muhammed Ceesay, Project Manager, Activista/Gambia
On
CLIMATE CHANGE
A lethal product of Capitalism
Final Part
Scientific timelines on global temperatures indicate that, 2020, five years after the Paris Agreement, was one of the...
GPU, CSO Coalition welcome the passing of Access to Information Bill...
The Gambia Press Union and the Civil Society Coalition on Access to Information welcome the passing of the Access to Information Bill 2021 by...
Youth Parliament Tasks Government, Legislature to Revive Draft Constitution
By: Kebba AF Touray
The National Youth Parliament (NYP) has tasked the Gambia Government and the National Assembly to take steps and explore genuine efforts...
Interior Minister Says Gambia Remains Hostile Ground for Drug Trafficking
By: Kebba AF Touray
Yankuba J.N. Sonko, the Minister of Interior on Friday 25th June 2021, disclosed that the Gambia will remain a hostile ground...
Retired GRA Staff Awarded Certificates in Honour of Their Services
By Mustapha Jallow
The Gambia Revenue Authority (GRA) on Tuesday awarded four of its retired staff with certificates, cash and gifts, in honor of their...
Gambia’s House of Fashion Prepares to Showcase Designs of Gambian Tailors
With Makutu Manneh
Welcome to another edition of the Arts and Culture, the Column that seeks to promote Arts, Music and Culture in the Gambia....
World Food Program Hands Over Four Automated Weather Stations to Government
By: Kebba AF Touray
The United Nations’ World Food Program (WFP) with funding from the European Union, on Wednesday 30th June 2021, handed over four...
UTG Management Responds To Staff Association Admidst Strike Action
When the UTG Staff Association threatened to go on strike on Thursday, management issued a statement published below but this did not deter the...
NALA Executive Secretary Responds To Allegations By Legal Staff
By Kebba Secka
Ahmed Kemo Ceesay, Executive Secretary of National Agency for Legal Aid in a telephone conversation on Thursday July 1st refuted some of...
7 Arrested Manduar Youth Released
By Mustapha Jallow
Seven (7) youth of Manduar were finally released on bail from the Brikama Police station on 30th June and 1st July 2021,...
IEC Finally Allows Voters’ Registration In Manduar-Touba
By Mustapha Jallow
Officials of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) accompanied by Police commissioners on Thursday allowed attestation for voters’ registration to take-place in Manduar-Touba...
Gambia University Staff Continue Sit-Down Strike
By Yankuba Jallow
Staff working at the University of the Gambia (UTG) have started a sit-down strike on Thursday in demand of welfare and related...
NEVER AGAIN: The Manifesto of an Unlikely Candidate (Part Three)
By Baba Galleh Jallow
Fellow Gambians,
It is high time that together we all loudly say enough is enough and Never Again to the chronically poor...
Shelter Afrique, Africa’s finance and housing ministers issue joint declaration on...
The Yaoundé Declaration aims to tackle the continent’s affordable housing crisis
Yaoundé, Cameroon: July 1st, 2021 – African Ministers and Heads of Delegation of Ministries in charge...
How To Restore Peace In Manduar
The two sides of Manduar had never been divided. They walked shoulder to shoulder to bring about change in 2016. They have no reason...
Can A Court Inquire Into IEC’S Decision To Authorise The Mayoress...
QUESTION OF THE DAY
According to section 127 of the Elections Act,
“(1) Where and issue arises relating to electoral matters which is not addressed by...
UTG Management’s Response Staff Association
The hue and cry over the advertisement regarding the position of UTG Vice Chancellor has reached its crescendo. It is quite baffling that a...
Gambian Refugees in Senegal Ask Government to Respect Their Rights
By Yankuba Jallow
Residents of Kerr Mot Hali, who are currently in exile, have renewed their call to the Gambia Government to respect their rights...
Calm Restored in Manduar
By Abdoulie Fatty
The situation at Manduar village in West Coast Region has calmed now as mediation efforts by government and IEC officials and villagers...
Villagers of Busura Win Case against Alkalo of Talokoto
By Louise Jobe / Yankuba Jallow
On 1st June 2021, the West Coast Regional Group Tribunal presided over by three Chiefs, decided in favour of...