Gambia News

GAMBIA: GDC Concerned over Lack of Transparency in National Identity Card Issuance Overseas

The Gambia Democratic Congress (GDC) has voiced serious concerns about what it sees as irregularities and a lack of openness in the process of...

GAMBIA: President Barrow has Dismissed the Gambia Maritime Director and Appointed Olimatou Danso in his Place

With effect from Wednesday, August 6, 2025, President Adama Barrow has reorganized the Gambia's foreign service and fired the director of the Gambia Maritime...

GAMBIA: Three Gambian Migrant Workers who Traveled to Spain Under a Bilateral Labour Agreement have Absconded

Three Gambian nationals who recently traveled to Spain under a bilateral labor agreement ran away from their assigned employment, according to confirmation from the...

GAMBIA: EFSCRJ Decries the Violation of Kexx Sanneh’s Right to Freedom of Assembly

EF Small Centre is deeply worried and condemns the decision by Alport Banjul company for arbitrarily ending their contract with citizen journalist and activist...

GAMBIA: President Adama Barrow’s Defining Choice- Legacy Or Power? – Demba Baldeh

As The Gambia stands at another crossroads in its democratic journey, one question continues to cast a long shadow over the future of the...

GAMBIA: Gambia Police Force and UNDP Inaugurate Essau Model Police Station

The Gambia Police Force, in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), on Saturday, August 2nd, 2025, inaugurated the Essau Model Police Station,...

GAMBIA: President Barrow Officiated the swearing-in ceremony of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Honourable Modou Njie

His Excellency President Adama Barrow on Thursday presided over the swearing-in-ceremony of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Gambians Abroad, Honourable Modou...

GAMBIA: The Judiciary of the Gambia Launches a Reform Committee to Restructure Land Disputes

The Gambia's judiciary established an Interdepartmental Committee to examine and reform the current system in an effort to solve the ongoing inefficiencies that plague...

GAMBIA: The Gambia and France Reaffirms Strong Bilateral Partnership

𝐁𝐀𝐍𝐉𝐔𝐋 𝟐8𝐭𝐡 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓: The Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of France, Mr. Jean-Noël Barrot, welcomed his Gambian counterpart, Mr. Sering Modou Njie,...

GAMBIA: Minister Sillah: Some Individuals are Using Protests to Provoke Violence, but NPP Youths Will also Take to the Streets

The National People's Party (NPP) plans to publicly apply for a permit to hold peaceful demonstrations in support of democracy in The Gambia, according...

GAMBIA: Essa Faal Leader of APP-Sobeya Refuted Claims of Corruption Regarding the Acquisition of Government-Owned Land

The leader of the APP-Sobeya political party, Essa Faal, has vehemently refuted claims of corruption pertaining to the purchase of land owned by the...

GAMBIA: GALA Protested Yesterday, Accusing Government Corruption and Demanding Justice for Several Scandals

Thousands of demonstrators protested on Wednesday 23 July, accusing the current government of corruption and demanding justice for several scandals that have rocked the...

GAMBIA: President Barrow Urges NPP Members to Win 75% Votes in the 2026 Elections

In a daring move as the party launches its early campaign, President Adama Barrow has urged members of his ruling National People's Party (NPP)...

GAMBIA: Former NPP Member and Recent Defector Ousainou Bai Sankareh has Formally Returned to the Party

Former National People's Party (NPP) member and recent defector Ousainou Bai Sankareh has formally returned to the party and apologized in public to President...

GAMBIA: Approval Granted by IGP for GALA’s Wednesday Protest with Certain Conditions

The Office of the Inspector General of Police (IGP) has approved the activist group Gambians Against Looted Assets (GALA) to conduct a protest on...

GAMBIA: Hon. Halifa Sallah Expressed his Disapproval of the Rejection of the 2024 Draft Constitution

The People's Democratic Organization for Independence and Socialism (PDOIS) Party Leader, Hon. Halifa Sallah, harshly attacked the National Assembly for rejecting the 2024 draft...