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State House, Banjul, 25th March, 2019 – President Barrow has once again reiterated that the empowerment and development of young people occupies a special attention in the development blueprint of his government. The President made the…

The Gambian police said on Monday that the Gach security company’s importation of the guns were done with the parameters of legality. The police said on Monday that the Gach Security Company, a company that is being investigated for…

In the morning of July 22, 1994, as rumours of soldiers heading for Banjul grew clearer, country’s former vice president Saikou Sabally reportedly told the Americans that former President Dawda Kairaba Jawara has made a request to be on…

It is said that a person, in writing about himself or herself, writes about his or her age, its trials and tribulations, triumphs and glories, and wishes and aspirations for the future. The book ‘A Date with Destiny’ is therefore not only…

Alagie Kanyi told the Kanifing Magistrate Court on Friday that Yankuba Touray and Fatoumatta Jahumpa Ceesay have called him to discourage him not to appear before the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparation Commission (TRRC). Kanyi first made…

With mounting interest I follow the debate on whether there is authorisation under the 1997 Constitution of the Republic of The Gambia (“the Constitution”) for His Excellency, Adama Barrow, President of the Republic of The Gambia, to fire…

Gambian soldier, jailed and tortured by colleagues, narrates the scary atmosphere in Yundum Barracks on the day close to two dozen soldiers were executed in 1994.    Lt Colonel Babucarr Sanyang, a native of Kombo Busra who lives in…

The mandate of the ECOMIG forces in Gambia expires in August 2019 but the Nigerian military leader said their forces are expected to be in Gambia for about a year. This signals an extension of the ECOMIG mandate whose presence in Gambia is…

Press Release issued by GPU Fajara, 20th March 2019: The Gambia Press Union has learnt with regret the unfortunate incident between Mr Sheriff Bojang Jr who happens to be the president of the Union and Fatu Network editor, Lamin Baba…

The November 11, 1994 executions of close to two dozen Gambian soldiers were believed to have been led by Peter Singhateh, Edward Singhateh, Sadibu Hydara, Sanna Sabally and Yankuba Touray. WO2 Lamin Colley, a military medic who claimed…