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Gambia’s new bridge built to connect Senegal’s south, Cassamance, to its North, Dakar and also Gambia’s north and its south banks will be temporarily closed to traffic for about 15 days this month, said a Government press release on…

By Baba Galleh Jallow, the executive secretary of the TRRC The TRRC will resume hearings with the opening of its fifth three-week session on Monday, June 10. During this session the Commission will continue hearing testimonies from…

Gambian president Adama Barrow told Muslim leaders at State House on Tuesday that the OIC summit in Saudi urged member countries to assist Gambia to successfully host the 2022 summit. The 15th session of the summit of heads of state and…

The Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission in the Gambia runs a 2. 8 million dollars budget for 2019. It is part of a larger effort in transitional justice programs that costs a lot in this poor country. One of the surprising…

The Minister of Information, Ebrima Sillah, has dismissed rumours of the sacking of Tourism Minister Hamat Bah, Government Spokesperson Ebrima Sankareh and Director of Press and Public Relations at the Office of the President Amie Bojang.…

By Madi Jobarteh Let me say upfront that feudalism and the caste system in any form should be criminalised and abolished by law in the Gambia if we are to truly uphold the Constitution of the country as a Republic. In a republic all…

Dakar, 27 May 2019 - The Governments of Senegal and The Gambia, in partnership with the NGO Safe Hands For Girls, are convening the first African Summit on Female Genital Mutilations (FGM) and Child Marriage (CM). The meeting will be…

By Madi Jobarteh The Gambian dalasi, like any other national currency, is not only an economic and financial tool but it also represents a social, cultural and political identity of the Gambia. For that matter in producing a new national…

The community of New Yundum have responded to what they said were false allegations made against them last week by Mai Ahmed Fatty, leader of the Gambia Moral Congress and presidential adviser. Mai held an emergency press conference at…

Gambia is the 93 least corrupt nation out of 175 countries, according to the 2018 Corruption Perceptions Index The ambassador of the European Union to the Gambia has urged authorities to establish measures to tackle corruption in the…