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Justice Ebrima Jaiteh of the High Court High Court Judge, Justice Ebrima Jaiteh, on Tuesday nearly ordered the committal of State Counsel S.L. Jobarteh to Mile 2 Prison for contempt of court following a tense exchange during…

Hon. Justice Sidi K. Jobarteh Justice S.K. Jobarteh of the High Court of The Gambia has upheld the substance of a three-month prison term and a D2,000 compensation order against a Guinean national convicted of cable theft,…

Justice I. Janneh The High Court in Bundung has sentenced Mbye Manneh to life imprisonment for the rape of his 14-year-old niece, an act committed inside the victim’s family home. Manneh, who lived in the same compound and was…

Dawda Jallow, Minister of Justice The Attorney General’s Chambers and Ministry of Justice said on Tuesday that it had begun reviewing the circumstances surrounding the death of Omar Badjie and had requested the full police case file, a…

Principal Magistrate Krubally A man arrested with more than two kilograms of cannabis at the Banjul ferry terminal was fined 150,000 dalasis on Monday or face two years in prison, after pleading guilty to a charge of drug…

Principal Magistrate Krubally A magistrate’s court in Banjul has fined a Senegalese migrant laborer and ordered him to compensate a man he struck with a beer bottle in a case that has drawn attention to a brief but violent encounter at…

By Seedy Jobe A coalition of 15 opposition political parties, movements, and civil society organizations concluded its third strategic session on Saturday, May 2, 2026, adopting key governance frameworks as part of efforts…

Counsel K. Jallow, representing Fatou Camara—one of three women standing trial over the death of an infant allegedly subjected to female genital mutilation (FGM)—has filed a no-case submission, urging the court to acquit her…

A woman has been fined a total of D150,000 after a Banjul court found her guilty on three counts of drug possession for attempting to smuggle narcotics into Mile 2 Central Prison concealed inside a bowl of rice. …

Scenes from the court The trial of Kemo Fatty, Alieu Bah, and Omar Camara over charges of unlawful assembly and common nuisance reached a critical juncture this week at the Kanifing Magistrates’ Court, where defence and prosecution…