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Foni Bolong Oyster/Cockle Co-Management Plan Validated

By Madiba Singhateh The Foni Bolong Oyster and Cockle Co-Management Plan was officially validated on Thursday, 10 April 2025, in Foni Bullock.  The event was organised...

Digital Economy Minister Calls for Strategic Rethink of ICT Sector

By Kebba AF Touray The Gambia’s Minister of Digital Economy, Lamin Jabbi, has called for a strategic reassessment of the country’s Information and Communication Technology...

Basketball Stakeholders deliberate on challenges despite recent successes at AGM

By Momodou Jarju Stakeholders from the basketball community—including administrators, coaches and players—last Saturday deliberated on the challenges they are grappling with and proposed solutions to...

Security Council Bill Proposes Punishment for Disclosure of Confidential Documents

By Kebba AF Touray The recently passed National Security Council Bill has imposed five years of imprisonment or one hundred thousand Dalasi as punishment for...

PPP Aspirant for Half-Die Ward By-Elections Submits Nomination Papers

By Nelson Manneh The Progress People’s Party (PPP) aspirant for the Half-Die Ward By-Elections on Saturday, 12 April 2025 submitted his nominations paper at the...

Public Service Minister Announces 15% Increase in Police Rent Allowance

By Kebba AF Touray The Minister for Public Service, Baboucarr Bouy, has informed Members of the National Assembly that the rent allowance for police officers...

Witness Tells U.S. Court He Refused Jammeh’s Order to Assassinate Journalist...

By Mustapha Jallow Second Lieutenant Pharing Sanyang of the Gambia Armed Forces has testified in a U.S. federal court that he rejected a direct order...

Lawyers Argue Late Budget Submission Violates Constitution

By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) Lawyers for Sait Matty Jaw, Madi Jobarteh, Coach-Pasamba Jow, and Baboucarr Sufism Nyang have urged the Supreme Court to declare the...

Baba Badjie Testifies in Land Dispute Between 2 Families in Foni...

By Louise Jobe Baba Badjie, the principal complainant in the ongoing land dispute between the Badjie Kunda Family and the Sanyang Kunda Family of Chabai...

State Lawyers Defend Late Tabling of Budget, Urge Supreme Court to...

By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) State Counsel representing the Clerk of the National Assembly, the Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, and the Attorney General have...

Election Bill Obliges IEC to Secure Presidential Candidates

By Kebba AF Touray The Elections Bill 2021 obliges the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) to provide enough security for candidates vying for the Office of...

IS GABON OUT OF THE WOODS OR REPEATING THE SAME STORY...

Gabon’s fourteenth dynasty was toppled by coup d’état, led by someone close to the ruling family. Exited by the 40-year-old dynasty, many Gabonese decided...

WHAT IS DRIVING THE GAMBIAN ECONOMY

In 2024 The Gambia exported the sum of 3.4 billion dalasi. Remittances in 2024 was 775 million dollars (55 billion dalasi) and tax revenue...

Victims Mark Another April 10 & 11 Without Reparation 

A Sense of Disappointment By Amadou Manjang As The Gambia commemorates the April 10 and 11 student massacre, victims and their families are once again marking...

NPP Candidate for Half-Die Ward Files Nomination Papers

By Nelson Manneh Mr. Barthalomeh Bolo Colley, the NPP candidate for the forthcoming Half Die Ward By-elections, submitted his nomination papers to the Independent Electoral...

Lawmakers Demand Urgent Reforms Amid Alarming National Challenges

By Kebba AF Touray During the National Assembly's adjournment debate, Gambian lawmakers raised alarm over several pressing national issues, calling for immediate and coordinated government...

WHAT ARE THE APRIL 10/11 SURVIVORS SAYING?

Six years after the 1994 coup, the post-coup government which had more than 50 percent in the National Assembly were unnerved by student demonstrators...

SG Nyang details how equipping referees will raise basketball level in...

By Momodou Jarju The Secretary General of The Gambia Basketball Association (GBA) Alieu Nyang has detailed some of the efforts they are doing in terms...

Medina United close gap on GPA with back-to-back wins

By Momodou Jarju Photo: Medina United put pressure on leaders GPA in second tier. © Media United. Title contenders Medina United FC have closed the gap...

DETAILS OF CORONER’S INQUEST STILL UNCLEAR TO FOROYAA

As a paper committed to propagating, preserving, upholding, respecting and defending human rights we express concern that Bora Colley has been detained without trial...