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The Government of the Gambia has completed the payment of D4, 964, 400 (US$100, 000) compensation to the family of Chief Ebrima Manneh, a journalists believed to have been killed by state agents in 2006. The sister of the killed…

November 29, 2018: Fajara: The Gambia Press Union (GPU) has learnt with deep sadness and great shock the sudden death of Mr Swaebou Conateh, a veteran Gambian Journalist and publisher of the Gambia News and Report weekly magazine. As was…

Gambia said the killing of the Saudi journalist at the country's embassy in Turkey is a crime it "vehemently condemned" though it also praised steps taken by Saudi.  Gambia Government has cautiously condemned what it call the…

Dawda Docka Fadera, High Commissioner of the Republic of The Gambia to Canada, on 13th November 2018 presented the letter of recall of his predecessor and his Letter of Credence to the Right Honourable Julie Payette, Governor General of…

In the past few weeks speculation in the town has increased over the Gambian government seeking youth employment opportunities in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia. I am not an economic expert but I struggle with the idea that Saudi Arabia…

Vice president Ousainou Darboe said Gambia must have policies in place to protect its women folks since there are adequate laws to tackle gender base violence.   From 2014 to 2017, the Gambia has recorded 1,576 cases of gender base…

The Government said the families of those who were killed and those who sustained injuries or lost their properties will be compensated by the state. Though it is not clear how much is involved but Minister Abubacarr Tambadou said a…

State House, Banjul, Wednesday 28th November, 2018 - The Public is here by informed that His Excellency, President Adama Barrow will travel to Dakar, Senegal to attend the 62nd Congress of Liberal International from the 29th – 30th…

State House, Banjul, Wednesday 28th November, 2018 - The Secretary-General of the OIC-Gambia Secretariat, the national body tasked with the responsibility to host the 2019 Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Summit in The Gambia,…

The Honourable Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Gambians Abroad, Dr Mamadou Tangara, on Wednesday 28th November 2018, officially opened a two-day capacity building workshop on international conference management.…