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Brigadier General Mamat Cham has apologized to the Gambians for his role in the 1994 military takeover.   The leader of the United Democratic Party, Ousainou Darboe, has refused an offer of a cabinet position from Yahya Jammeh and his…

The Senegalese Government under the leadership of former president Abdou Diouf has assured Yahya Jammeh and his collaborators that they will not intervene following the military takeover, Brigadier General Mamat Cham told the Truth…

  By Saikou Jammeh TIME Magazine in the lands of Mansa Abubakari II, once raved: Our nation calls for leadership. Is there any leader at home? Things have fallen apart. The drums of war are ‘brrrumbling’. This is no rub-a-dub, this is…

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani met on Tuesday with the Gambian Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Co-operation and Gambians Abroad, Mamadou Tangara, who is currently…

State House, Banjul, 15th January, 2019 – His Excellency, President Adama Barrow on Tuesday received in audience the Caliph General and senior eminent members of the Mass Kah brotherhood at the State House in Banjul. Members of the…

The Turkish government has donated military equipment to the Gambian army at the country’s defence headquarters in Banjul on Tuesday bringing its support to country’s military to $1.4M (D70 million) from 2018 to now. “This cooperation…

The fifth witness before the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparation Commission Aboubacarr Jeng was a senior police officer at the time of the 1994 coup. A former secretary to the Military Junta that overthrew Gambia’s first leader Dawda…

The fifth witness before the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparation Commission probing the human rights violations of former dictator Yahya Jammeh has described the 22 July 1994 military takeover as a "fluke". Aboubacarr Jeng, a senior…

  State House, Banjul, 14th January, 2019 – His Excellency, President Adama Barrow, received at the State House in Banjul a group of investors from the Arab Republic of Egypt today.    The Egyptian investors expressed interest in…

The survey has also indicated a rise in youth unemployment figures from 38% to 41%. Over one hundred thousand Gambian children are subjected to child labour, a significant number of which are working in dangerous conditions, according…