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President Barrow recounts dark moments in 2018
President Adama Barrow has recounted what he considers his dark moments in 2018 in a New Year message to Gambians on Monday night.
The Gambian leader said the Faraba Incident, a protest that led to the killings of 3 protesters and…
GPU takes its legal reforms agenda to CRC
The chairman of the Constitutional Review Commission told journalists on Monday that he favours self-regulations as oppose to government regulation of the media. “Anything imposed is not a good idea,” he said.
The Gambia Press Union…
President Barrow declares Tuesday as public holiday
The president of the Gambia, Adama Barrow, has declared Tuesday January 1, as public holiday, a news release from the presidency on Monday stated.
The public holiday is in observance of the advent of the New Year.
“On behalf of the…
TRRC contracts QTV to record sessions for media use
The Truth, Reconciliation and Reparation Commission briefs media as it prepares to begin hearings on January 7
The Truth, Reconciliation and Reparation Commission (TRRC) has announced on Monday that it has contracted QTV to provide…
Almamy Taal fired as legal adviser at OIC secretariat
The legal adviser at the secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Almamy Taal, has been relieved of his duty.
Taal, who confirmed his sacking to Kerr Fatou on Sunday, has vowed to challenge the decision. The decision to…
Hamat Bah reelected as NRP leader
Hamat Bah, the leader of the National Reconciliation Party, has gone unchallenged at the party’s recent congress concluded in Jarra Soma on Sunday.
Bah, a founder leader of NRP, has led the party since its formation in 1996.
Almost all…
Papa Njie elected as new PPP leader
Papa Njie has defeated Bakary Bunja Darboe, former vice president of the Gambia for ten years and minister under both Presidents Darwda Kairaba Jawara and Yahya Jammeh.
The Peoples Progressive Party has elected Papa Njie as its leader…
Chinese Foreign Minister to visit Gambia in Jan.
The foreign minister is visiting at the invitation of Gambia’s Foreign Affairs Minister Mamadou Tangara.
Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi will pay an official visit to the Gambia and two other African states from…
GDC re-elects Mama Kandeh as party leader
The founder leader of the Gambia Democratic Congress (GDC) has been reelected for another term as the leader and secretary general of the party.
At the party’s congress in Basse, Mama Kandeh has secured his second mandate to lead the…
‘When we took over, Gambia was deemed an improbable nation’—OJ
The Peoples Progressive Party is beginning an election of its leadership on Saturday, December 29, and former vice president Bakary Darboe is among the contenders for its leadership.
The acting secretary general of the Peoples…