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Oil explorer FAR’s company-making first well in The Gambia has failed, and its shares are diving, reported Upstream on Friday morning. The well is the offshore Samo-1, which analysts at Canada-based bank Canaccord Genuity described last…

Gambia's former ruler Yahya Jammeh has ruled the small nation with an iron fist. In 22 years of his rule, anyone who dared him endured the wrath of his entire security apparatus. However, on December 1 he was defeated by President Adama…

Gambia government plans to implement stricter fiscal measures that could help the country save up to D1 billion in 2019, country’s communication minister said on Thursday. Following a Cabinet meeting on Thursday, Ebrima Sillah said the…

Internet freedom in The Gambia has improved remarkably in the past year as internet users experienced less restrictions under President Adama Barrow, according to the 2018 Freedom House Index. The index which was released recently said…

The leadership of the Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction party has dismissed claims that they may have held discussions with President Adama Barrow over potential political alliance in country’s coming elections.…

Acting in accordance with Section 15 (1a) and (4) of the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission Act, 2017, the TRRC has delivered an urgent request to the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare to set up a Medical Board to review…

Gambian man allegedly tied to dead Canadian drug dealer arrested for marijuana possession after tip-off from Taiwanese wife  A Gambian man was arrested for possession of marijuana after police were informed by his Taiwanese wife, Taipei…

The allege attack on the Gambian national was not by ECOMIG but Senegalese soldiers who often time operate on the Gambian side of the border based of the two countries’ March 2018 defense agreement, Kerr Fatou has learned. The leader of…

A young man believed to be a Senegalese nationality is currently in police custody on suspicion of destroying pipes belonging to the National Water and Electricity Company. The young man who was arrested on Tuesday has been taken to the…

According to the statistics from Gambia's only mental health institution, Tanka Tanka, about 60% of their patients are suffering from drug related problems, said officials.   The Director General of the Drug Law Enforcement Agency,…