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Sand at ‘Bolonyo Fenyo’ Reserve Wetland Threatened...

With Madiba Singhateh Welcome to another edition of the Environment Column. In Today’s column, we will look into the issue of sand mining and its...

Bush Fire Ravages Foni Bondali Forest

By Madiba Singhateh  Welcome to another edition of the Environment Column. In this weeks’ edition of the Column, we will look into aftermath of the...

Furious TRRC Witness Admits Responsibility Of 8 Deaths

By Momodou Jarju Babucarr Jatta, the former Chief of Defense Staff has admitted before the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) that he failed to...

PS Fisheries Expresses Concern over Illegal Fishing Activities

By: Makutu Manneh The Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Fisheries has on Thursday said most of the local fishermen and trawlers operating in Gambian...

Redeployment of 95 GAF Personnel to Other Security Services in the...

By: Mustapha Jallow The Ministry of Defence has instructed the Gambia Armed Forces (GAF) to redeploy ninety-five personnel from the Gambia Armed Forces to other...

ICC Postpones Confirmation of Charges Hearing In Al Hassan Case

Today, 18 April 2019, Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC) decided to postpone the commencement of the confirmation hearing in the...

URR Farmers Worried About Disease Outbreak On Their Farm Animals

By: Lamin fatty Farmers in URR are worried about a disease outbreak on their farm animals in particular equines (donkeys and horses), which is...

National Climate Change Secretariat, Technical Committees Launched

By Nelson Manneh The National Climate Change Secretariat, National Climate Change Council and the Technical Committee Policy on the Climate was yesterday April 17th 2019,...

Government Signs Health Agreement With Development Partners

By: Ndey Sowe The Government of the Gambia through the Ministry of Health, has signed an agreement with development partners called Gambia’s Health Compact. This Compact,...

TRRC: Mum Lost Consciousness After Her Only Son Died Mysteriously

By Momodou Jarju Ya Bajen Ceesay Jaiteh, the younger sister of late Ousman Koro Ceesay, said their mother, Fatoumatta Sanyang, lost consciousness when she heard the death...

TRRC Exhumes Remains of 7 November 11 Fallen Soldiers

By Yankuba Jallow Investigators and Researchers of the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) have on Wednesday exhumed the corpses of seven soldiers who were...

The Bakers, Flour Producers, Middlepersons And Consumers

Bread is a core driver of the informal sector in The Gambia. Food is an indispensable commodity. Each person must eat every day to...

Bikers Deny Responsibility for Increase In Bread Price

By Awa Touray / Nelson Manneh  Bikers who serve as the middlemen in the distribution of bread from bakeries to shops, have on Tuesday told...

Never Again! What Does This Mean?

QUESTION OF THE DAY ‘Never Again’ is the slogan adopted by the TRRC. This slogan however has different interpretations. Gambians must interrogate what it means...

NEA Officer Says Chinese Factory Operating Illegally In Nyambai Forest

By: Mustapha Jallow Lamin Samateh, the Programme Officer at the Environmental Legislation Unit of the National Environmental Agency (NEA), has on Thursday alleged that a...

Breaking News: Remains of November 11 Soldiers and Officers Found

By Yankuba Jallow Remains of soldiers and officers executed during the November 11 foiled coup attempt have been found at Yundum barracks and are being...

At The TRRC: Lamin Kabba Bajo Testifies

By: Kebba AF Touray Lamin Kabba Bajo, a former Interior Minister under the then administration of former President Jammeh, yesterday Tuesday April 16th testified before the...

Farmers in URR Harp on Security of Their Domestic Animals

By Lamin Fatty Farmers in Wulli and Sandu, have expressed concern about the security of their domestic animals and small ruminants especially cattle and sheep. Samba...

TRRC: Witness Suspects $35 Million Caused Koro’s Death

Mustapha Marong, ex Attorney General and Minister of Justice during the AFPRC regime suspects that the murder of late minister of finance in the...

14-team Lower Basic School ActionAid Tourney Underway in Niumi

By: Abdoukabir Daffeh A fourteen-team tournament featuring lower basic schools drawn from Niumi has teed off with ActionAid International The Gambia its backer. Aimed at promoting children’s...