Gambia News

GAMBIA: IMF Reaches Staff-Level Agreement with Gambia, Giving it Access to Part of $100.9 Million

The Gambian authorities and the IMF team reached staff-level agreement on the request for access under the Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF) to enhance...

GAMBIA: President Barrow’s New Religious Council: Unity or Political Divide and Rule?

Last Saturday, President Barrow officially inaugurated the National Muslim Elders Advisory Council (NMEAC), a body described as a vehicle for peace, unity, and collaboration...

GAMBIA: Another April 10 and 11 Commemoration without Reparation

The victims and their relatives are once again commemorating the April 10 and 11 student massacre in The Gambia with great disappointment because the...

GAMBIA: The NPP Candidate for Half Die Ward By-elections Submitted Nomination Papers to IEC

Thursday, April 10, 2025, Mr. Barthalomeh Bolo Colley, the NPP candidate for the upcoming Half Die Ward By-elections, delivered his nomination papers to the...

GAMBIA: EFSCRJ Objects to the Formation of the National Muslim Elders Advisory Council

The Constitution under Section 80 gives powers to the President to constitute public offices. The Constitution also gives power to the President under Section...

GAMBIA: Is the State Mandated to Cover Medical Bills for the President’s Mother?

In this interview with AG Radio, Mr. Sulayman Ben Suwareh expressed profound disdain of the misuse of taxpayer's funds following the emergence of the letter from the...

GAMBIA: What are the True Motives behind these Demolitions in Salagi?

Mr. Sulayman Ben Suwareh criticises the current demolition of homes belonging to the residents of Salagi and raises concerns about its legality. Residents of...

GAMBIA: What Accounts for the State’s Silence Regarding the many Questionable and Mysterious sudden Deaths?

Recently, there have been numerous questionable instances of purported suicide across the nation. The validity of these case scenarios involving suicide, a serial killer...

GAMBIA: What Prompted the Theft of Laptops Containing “Classified Intel” at the SIS Headquarters?

During an interview on AG Radio, Mr. Sulayman Ben Suwareh disclosed that a theft occurred recently at the Gambia State Intelligence Service (SIS) Headquarters. A...

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...