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By : Victor Koyi, Africa Regional Director, ChildFund International The world is reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic. Isolation, lockdowns and suppressed economic activity are already hurting families all around the world.…

Press Release Public Holidays - Good Friday and Easter Monday State House, Banjul, April 07, 2020 – The Office of the President wishes to inform the public that His Excellency,…

By Arfang M.S. Camara As the fight against the deadly coronavirus intensifies, officials of The Gambia Immigration Department (GID) at Tanji Fish Landing Site have refused the landing of three Senegalese boats carrying more than forty…

By Arfang M.S. Camara The founding father of Wallidan Football Club and former president of the then Gambia Football Association (GFA), late Alh. Ousman Basi Conateh (Fisco) was laid to rest yesterday Sunday morning at the…

By Capt. Ebou Jallo, April 4, 2020 A Black Swan event that is going to be epochal for the Gambian nation shall demand resilience from all citizens, serious reforms within the government and a re-imagination of what we hope for as…

By Arfang M.S. Camara Deputies at the National Assembly Friday adopted a motion for the extension of the period of State of Public Emergency for 45 days in The Gambia, effective from 3rd April. They said this will allow the…

Washington, April 2, 2020 - The World Bank Board approved today a $10 million grant from the International Development Association (IDA)* for The Gambia to provide emergency assistance in the face of the global COVID-19 pandemic. The …

By Simon Sabally The leaked memo from the GAF conveying the request of the Former CDS, Massaneh Kinteh, about the retention of nine soldiers and two vehicles was morally wrong but certainly not illegal on the following…

By Arfang M.S. Camara The National Assembly of The Gambia on Thursday  adjourned the motion for the extension of the State of Public Emergency for 90 days which is in accordance with section 34(2) of the 1997 constitution of the Republic…

OFFICE OF THE GAMBIA GOVERNMENT SPOKESPERSON  Press Release Dated: April 1st, 2020  RE: Gambia Government Clarification On State of Public Emergency  Following His Excellency President Adama Barrow’s Proclamation of a…