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State House, Banjul, 11th April 2019 – President Adama Barrow has on Thursday received in audience a group of five Members of the British Parliament at the State House in Banjul. The delegation, led by Lord German (OBE), a member of the…

State House, Banjul, 10th April 2019 - His Excellency, President Adama Barrow on Wednesday 10th August 2019, received the diplomatic credentials of ambassadors from the Kingdom of Denmark, Sultanate of Oman, and the Republic of Korea. In…

The police chief who investigated the death of the former finance minister Koro Ceesay concluded that he was murdered. He said the claim by the military rulers that he was involved in a car crash was a cover-up, though done immaturely.…

Ankara has extended its reach in Gambia to a wider range of fields, says Turkish envoy in Banjul By Sorwar Alam of Turkey News Agency Relations between Turkey and Gambia have reached such a level that Ankara’s support can be seen in…

Warrant Officer Class 2 Lamin Colley who admitted “accidentally” killing Sgt Fafa Nyang has been dismissed from the army. A highly placed source has informed Kerr Fatou that the former army medic implicated in the November 11 killings…

Lamin Senghore is nicknamed The Assassin, a title he has come to have because he was a “fast leaner”.  Senghore was seen to be largely uncooperative with the Truth Commission during his testimony on April 8. Lamin Senghore, a resident…

Turkey has given training to Gambian troops and provided military equipment and logistic support to tiny West African nation, a top Turkish military official said. Speaking to Anadolu Agency in the Gambian capital Banjul, Col. Nihat…

The lawyers representing the two accused persons said the state has brought another case against them at the High Court. The state neither confirms nor deny but argues for the accused to be discharged as they withdrew the case. Yankuba…

A former bodyguard to Edward Singhatey told the Commission on Wednesday that, as opposed to what had been said about him by witnesses, he never committed murder. Cadet Sillah, one of the six soldiers killed in Nyambai Forest is Fatty’s…

The Truth commission gets another confession from a soldier who admitted involvement in the killing of 6 soldiers in 1994. Babucarr Mboob, a former soldier in the Gambia National Army, has confessed to participating in the killing of 6…