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Minister Yankuba Sonko Ministry of Interior Kotu Your appointment as the Minister of Interior has come at a significant juncture in the history of the Gambia hence the decisions and actions you make in your new portfolio henceforth will…

Hundreds of young leaders from across the African continent will converge in Banjul, The Gambia for the first-ever Young African Leaders’ Awards, slated for 29th September 2019. The awards, which is the brainchild of the African Youth…

By Mamadou Edrisa Njie Rice production in The Gambia is characterized by low productivity and production, consequently resulting in low revenues for farmers engaged in the rice value chain. Rice yields in the country have remained…

At least one million Gambians think that the regional forces who were deployed to the country to uphold the 2016 election results should leave, said survey conducted by Afrobarometer. Afrobarometer is a nonpartisan research network that…

Yankuba Sonko, a former chief of the Gambian police, has been appointed as an Interior Minister on Thursday. Sonko replaced Ebrima M. Mballow who is now reportedly re-deployed to the Foreign Service. Sonko was Gambia’s longest serving…

Since the group of youths including Raptivist Killa Ace were arrested and detained and then released on bailed on Monday August 19 they are yet to appear before any court of law. Rather they have been asked to be reporting to police…

The 150 contingent includes 115 soldiers and 35 members of the Police Intervention Unit (PIU) led by Major Ousman Bah. One hundred and fifty Gambian soldiers have left the country on August 21 for Senegal to be trained as members of the…

By Siaka Jatta, Political adviser to President Adama Barrow Kindly accept this statement as an expression of my utter dismay and indignation at the recent comments made by one Madi Ceesay, a national assembly member for the United…

The leader of the People’s Progressive Party, Papa Njie, has cautioned the Government to be alerted to a possible food crisis in the country if the drought being experienced in farming communities continues. In a press statement issued…

A former minister of environment, Bai Mass Taal, and four former top Government officials have written an open letter to President Adama Barrow urging him to rescind the decision to de-reserve a portion of Salagi Forest. Below is the…