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Works Minister Says 2000 Kilometer Rural Roads Need Urgent Repair

By: Kebba AF Touray The Gambia’s Works Minister, Bai Lamin Jobe, told lawmakers that about 200 kilometers of rural roads are in dire need of...

Minister Joof Challenges UTG Lecturers to Add Value on Research

By Mariama Marong The Minister of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology, Badara Joof, on Wednesday the 24th of March, challenged lecturers of the University of...

Brikamaba Health Facility Receives Over D6 Million from RBF-Minister Samateh

By: Kebba AF Touray The Gambia’s Health Minister, Dr. Ahmadou Lamin Samateh, has told the national assembly that Brikamaba Health Facility has received over six...

After Decades of Abuse, Gambia Launches Prisons Rapid Assessment Report

By Mustapha Jallow The Gambia Government in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on Wednesday launched the Prisons Rapid Assessment Report, Photobook and...

Groundnut Season to End By 31st March

By Kebba Mamburay The marketing manager of the Gambia Groundnut Corporation (GGC), Ms. Fatim Leigh, said the groundnut season will soon come to an end...

Preserving the Gambia’s Recent Gains and Reviving the Economy After COVID-19...

BANJUL, The Gambia, March 18, 2021— Following two years of strong growth, at 6.1% in 2019 and 7.2% in 2018, The Gambia’s economy has...

Lawyer Yanks Darboe’s Alleged “Seditious” Video Played in Court

By Yankuba Jallow The alleged seditious video featuring Lawyer Yankuba Darboe of the United Democratic Party (UDP) was on Tuesday, 23rd March 2021 played before the...

Is the new Election BILL proposing reduction of Constituencies?

QUESTION OF THE DAY That is how many National Assembly members who received the   election Bill thought. Reliable information revealed that the cut and paste...

Magistrate Discharges Sanyang Youths, Faults Prosecution’s Tactic to Legitimize Detention of...

By Louise Jobe & Hatab Nyang A trial magistrate in Brikama has on Wednesday, 24th March discharged twenty-two Sanyang youths, who were facing charges of arson...

Court Issues Bench Warrant for Arrest of Individuals Charged With Hacking...

By Yankuba Jallow & Mariama Marong Principal Magistrate S. Jobarteh of the Banjul Magistrate’s Court has on Tuesday, 23rd March issued a bench warrant for the...

Police Charge 22 Sanyang Youth with Arson, Other Offences

By Louise Jobe The Police have pressed four criminal charges against twenty-two youths from Sanyang following last week’s violent protest which led to the burning...

Gambia Registers 48 New COVID-19 Cases

By Nelson Manneh The Gambia has on Monday 22nd March 2021 registered forty-eight new cases of the deadly coronavirus diseases, bringing the total number of COVID-19...

Lawmakers Receive First Dose of COVID-19 Vaccine

By: Kebba AF Touray Photo: Ousman Sillah receiving COVID-19 vaccine Scores of Gambian lawmakers on Tuesday 23rd March 2021 received their first dose of COVID-19 Astrazeneca vaccine...

Justice Minister Presents Elections Bill 2021 before Lawmakers

By: Kebba AF Touray The Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Dawda A Jallow, has on Monday 22nd March 2021, presented a bill entitled Elections Bill...

Police Reveal Preliminary Assessment of Properties Damaged in Sanyang Riot

By Nelson Manneh The Gambia Police Force has on Tuesday 23th March 2021 indicated that preliminary assessment of properties damaged revealed that 13 fishing boats,...

Police Arrest 50 People Following Riot in Sanyang

By: Nelson Manneh Police said investigation into the violent protest in Sanyang led to the arrests of 50 individuals, who are currently helping the Police...

Is the problem in Sanyang a legal , security or a...

A Nation has to have values and system of addressing problems that are known and acceptable to its population. Once this is the case the...

National Assembly Adopt Report that Seeks to Ensure Quality in Tertiary...

By: Kebba AF Touray The National Assembly has on Tuesday 23rd March 2021, adopted the report of the Legislative Committee on Education. The report and the bill...

Yankuba Touray Says Fatoumata Jahumpa did not Intervene on his Behalf

By Yankuba Jallow & Mariama Marong Counsel Kimbeng T. Tah for the Attorney General has on Monday, 22nd March 2021 continued with his cross-examination of...

“Yahya Jammeh ordered the killing Of West African Migrants,” Says WO2...

By Nelson Manneh Lamin Sillah, Warrant Officer Class 2 of the Gambia Armed Forces, on Monday 22nd March 2021, told the Truth, Reconciliation and reparations Commission...