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Gambia government has issued a statement urging the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Canada to search means to deescalate their diplomatic crisis that strained relations between the two countries. Below is the release issued on Saturday: The…

Mustapha K Darboe My favourite dub poet Uncle Mutabaruka was once asked if he had ever been jail, agitated he appeared, and replied “I am still there trying to escape”. For most of us, this is ridiculous because someone who is going…

The Attorney General’s Chamber and Ministry of Justice said on Friday that they are concerned about reports circulating in the media that they have advised the suspension of the Gambia Football Federation executives. The National Sports…

A small Italian town in Tuscany became the setting for aggression against an immigrant late last week, when a Gambian national managed to escape injury despite facing gunshots and return home to a parish that hosts him and another 100…

The National Assembly Select Committee on Youth and Sports has denied claims made by the National Sports Council that they have recommended the suspension of executive members of the Gambia Football Federation. The lawmakers have asked…

The executive director of the National Sports Council has written to the Gambia Football Federation informing them about their decision to rescind the suspension of their three executive members. In a letter dated 9 August and signed by…

Gambian police have arrested five of the fourteen remand prisoners who have escaped from Old Jeshwang last week, police spokesperson David Kujabi, has told Kerr Fatou. “The four were arrested day before yesterday and one arrested…

Press freedom activists and human rights defenders have denounced the attack on the GRTS camera crew on Saturday and demand urgent investigation. Gambian police are investigating the attack on the camera crew of the Gambia Radio and…

Acting in accordance with Section 24 (1) of the TRRC Act, 2017 the Executive Secretary of the TRRC has appointed Alagie Barrow as Director of Research and Investigations for the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission. Barrow…

The Minister of Youths and Sports has rescinded the decision of the National Sports Council which suspended three executive members of the Gambia Football Federation, Kerr Fatou has learned. The NSC has issued a statement on Tuesday…