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Gambia registers 25th COVID-19 Case

By Nelson Manneh A 58-year-old woman was recently confirmed positive of the Coronavirus following her return from Senegal. The woman, together with her husband, was on...

The State And The Councils In Delivering Food Aid

The Councils are executive bodies. They collect taxes, make by-laws and execute to provide services. That is why Councils are to play a prominent...

How Could We Succeed In Combatting Covid 19?

QUESTION OF THE DAY A declaration of a state of emergency is simply a way of alerting the whole nation that COVID 19 is a...

Patrol Troops Deployed Upon Senegalese Soldiers Entering Gambian Territory

By Mustapha Jallow Gambian troops have been deployed to the village border of Sare Omar after villagers confronted Senegalese soldiers for wrongly entering their territory...

Mayor Bensouda solicits more support from Government to councils

By Yankuba Jallow Talib Ahmed Bensouda, the Mayor of Kanifing Municipality has called on the central government to support councils by divulging some of its...

Kanifing Municipal Council Launches 50,000 Face Mask Initiatives

By Yankuba Jallow Talib Ahmed Bensouda, the mayor of Kanifing Municipality on Thursday, 21st May 2020 presided over the launching ceremony of fifty thousand (50,000)...

CSOs want IEC to conduct voter registration before referendum

By Yankuba Jallow Civil society organizations (CSOs) in The Gambia have called on the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) to honor its mandate by conducting voter...

Salagi Demolition Clash: 11 Men, 2 Women Charged With Obstruction

By Mustapha Jallow The Gambia Police Force have charged eleven men and two women for obstructing a Police Officer during a clash with law enforcement...

Detention without Trial Still Exists

By Mustapha Jallow Five soldiers and one civilian have been detained by Gambian authorities without their appearance before any Court of Law for trial. This...

What is the land Commission Doing?

QUESTION OF THE DAY Land has led to killing in Kombo South. It has led to destruction of property in many other areas. Demolitions are...

A Nation In Search Of A Way Forward Nation Focus...

Political leaders and their supporters have a choice. They could either be focused on the Nation or on Barrow. If they are “nation focus” they...

GFA PRESS RELEASE ON RECENT DEVELOPMENTS ON COVID-19 What next- a...

We come back to express our very deep concern over the way and manner that a major national crisis continues to be handled without...

CDS Drammeh Calls on GRA Commissioner General

By: Kebba AF Touray The Chief of Defence Staff of the Gambia Armed Forces (GAF) Major Yakuba Drammeh, has called on the Commissioner General of...

Human Appeal International provides food Aid to vulnerable Institutions

By: Kebba AF Touray Human Appeal International, charity organization based in Ireland, on Wednesday embarked on a distribution of food aid to three institutions within...

Isatou Auber Faal gets top appointment at OACP Secretariat

Quadrangle, Banjul, 21st May 2020 - In the capacity of the Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, Honourable Mambury Njie as the current President...

Police clash with Residents of Sukuta Over Demolition Exercise

By Mustapha Jallow Dozens of houses and fences have been demolished in Sukuta-Salagi as the police clashed with the residents over land dispute. At least 15...

Kanifing East COVID-19 Taskforce Sensitize Market Vendors on Social Distancing

By Nelson Manneh Kanifing East COVID-19 taskforce comprising the security forces embarked on a sensitization exercise to all markets within the Kanifing Municipality and engage...

EFSTH Discharge Gunshot Victim

By Mustapha Jallow Omar Solly, who was admitted at Edward Francis Small Teaching hospital in Banjul after he sustained gunshot injury on his arm, was...

Lawmakers Refer Motion on Appointment to Armed Forces Council to Appointment...

By: Kebba AF Touray The National Assembly has deferred a motion for the Appointments of Retired Colonel Momodou Ndow Njie and Mr. Yusupha Dibba as...

Too Many Cooks Spoil The Soup

Opinions are opinions and we all have the freedom of expression to make our voices heard. This is a good thing. The truth however...