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GAMBIA: President Barrow Inaugurates National Muslim Elders Advisory Council

His Excellency President Adama Barrow, on Friday, officially inaugurated the National Muslim Elders Advisory Council (NMEAC) during a courtesy call on him at the...

GAMBIA: The Contract between NAWEC and Karpowership to Expire in May 2025

The contract between the National Water and Electricity Company (NAWEC) and Karpowership, the Turkish floating power plant that has provided 40% of the nation's...

GAMBIA: Legacy of Injustice. Stand against the Salagi Demolitions

The State of the Gambia is a colonially created institution crafted in a manner that it serves and benefits, first and foremost the officials...

GAMBIA: EFSCRJ Welcomes the Reparations Commission

We have learnt with pleasure that the members of the Reparations Commission have been sworn-in today before the President at State House. The Commission is...

GAMBIA: Chief of Staff Said Leaked Document to be Investigated

The government will look into the circumstances surrounding the leak of a letter that requested payment for security and other officials who accompanied President...

GAMBIA: Dr. Ismaila Ceesay Refutes Claims that Government was Obstructing KMC’s Road Construction Projects.

In an interview with Petter Gomez on Coffee Time, Dr. Ismaila Ceesay, Minister of Information, Media, and Broadcasting Services, responded to queries regarding the...

GAMBIA; Dr. Momodou Sedat Jobe’s Passing is a Huge Loss for The Gambia

Gambians in large numbers attended the mournful interment of Dr. Momodou Lamin Sedat Jobe at the Pipeline Mosque yesterday. He was eighty-one. The Jobe family, government...

GAMBIA: Public Outrage Regarding the Leaked D3.6M Security Per Diem for the President’s Mother’s Overseas Medical Trip

Following the revelation of a proposed GMD 3.6 million per diem allocation request for a security detail to accompany the President's mother on a...

GAMBIA: State Pursues Dismissal of the FGM Ban Case Currently Before the Supreme Court

The State has filed a preliminary objection to the lawsuit aiming to remove the ban on female circumcision, also referred to as female genital...

GAMBIA: Mbolo Association Co-Founders Testify Regarding their Interactions with BCC

On Monday, Malang Sambou and Sílvia Llopart Gracia, co-founders of the Mbolo Association, presented their testimonies to the local government commission of inquiry regarding...

GAMBIA: Laptops Stolen from the SIS State Intelligence Agency Headquarters.

Is President Barrow angry with Civil Servants, as manifested in his Koriteh message to Banjul Muslim Elders at the State House? Why the anger?...

GAMBIA: Dr. Momodou Lamin Sedat Jobe was a Remarkable Statesman and a Champion of Democracy

The passing away of Momodou Lamin Sedat Jobe yesterday in Dakar brings a profound sense of grief and deep admiration for a remarkable statesman,...

GAMBIA: MoHERST Unveils Design for New UTG School of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences

The Ministry of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology (MoHERST) is currently holding a press briefing to unveil the architectural designs for the long-anticipated...

GAMBIA: The Residents OF Salagi Condemn Unexpected House Demolitions

After government officials abruptly demolished their homes and complexes, Salagi residents expressed their intense anger and sadness. Numerous impacted locals assert that the exercise was...

GAMBIA: In a Period of Three Months, GRA Generates D6.7B.

Yankuba Darboe, the Commissioner General of the Gambia Revenue Authority (GRA), announced yesterday that the authority has generated D6.7 billion during the months of...

GAMBIA; Mayor Bensouda Demands National Unity and Denounces the Politicisation of Market Fires

Talib Ahmed Bensouda, the Mayor of the Kanifing Municipal Council (KMC), has voiced significant disappointment regarding what he termed the politicisation of recent fire...