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Gambia, Qatar sign four new bilateral agreements
State House, Banjul, 11th September 2019 – President Adama Barrow and the Emir of the State of Qatar, His Highness Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani presided over the signing of four new Memoranda of Understanding and bilateral agreements…
From 37 to 7 souls unlawfully jailed: Why we need to check police and the court
In our Republic the power to enforce the law falls on the justice delivery system first and foremost which comprises the police and the courts primarily. It is the police that has the authority to arrest anyone provided there was a crime…
Gambia Gov’t to publish the Janneh Commission report on Friday
The highlight of the press conference will be the D100 million accrued from the proceeds of Yaya Jammeh’s cattle and domestic articles as well as the D1 billion from his forfeited landed properties
The Gambia Government will published…
Pres. Barrow impressed by Qatar’s 2022 World Cup preparedness
State House, Banjul, 11th September 2019 - Following a conducted tour of facilities being built ahead of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Doha, President Adama Barrow has expressed his admiration for the country’s state of preparedness for the…
Qatar, Gambia keen to cement and expand bilateral relations
President Adama Barrow meets the emir of Qatar today at the Amiri Diwan
As part of strengthening bilateral relations and strategic partnerships between Qatar and the African continent, Gambian President Adama Barrow began a three-day…
Serrekunda protest: Prosecutors dropped charges against 30
The popular rapper Killa Ace remains in custody pending their bail hearing on Thursday
Prosecutors at the Attorney General’s chambers have dropped charges against 30 of the 37 youths remanded at Mile 2 over July 24 protest in…
Urgent action is necessary to sanitize diplomatic passport saga
By Madi Jobarteh
It is indeed disappointing and outrageous that such national documents as diplomatic passports could be given to family members of ministers. That does not tell well at all! As the name and purpose imply a diplomatic…
The diplomatic passport saga
Dr. Ousman Gajigo
The Gambia has been abuzz with the scandal of a large number of individuals with diplomatic passports who have no need for this privileged document. These include assorted individuals such as foreigners, as well as some…
Failed politics of unscrupulous reformers and looters.
Dr. Foday J. Darboe
The Gambia’s future is beginning to look like its vile past. The political and economic euphoria that so many yearned for three years ago seems to be crumbling. This is due, in part, to institutional weakness and lack…
Gov’t “makes significant progress” in diplomatic passport investigations
The spokesperson of the Government, Ebrima Sankareh, has claimed that the Gambia Government has made significant progress probing into the diplomatic passport saga.
In a press release on Monday, Sankareh said already the police have…