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Police Approve Permit for UMC Rally At the Buffer Zone
By Staff Writer
The Gambia Police Force has approved a permit for the United Movement for Change to hold a public rally on May 16, 2026, at the Buffer Zone, allowing the emerging political group to proceed with a…
Airport Drug Unit Arrests Guinean National with 42 Packs of Suspected Cannabis at Banjul Airport
Seized suspected Cannabis
By Makutu Manneh
The Drug Law Enforcement Agency, The Gambia (DLEAG), says its airport command has arrested a 33-year-old Guinean national, Badieka Drame, after authorities allegedly discovered…
High Court Acquits Three Women in Infant Death Case, Citing “Investigative Lapses”
Justice I. Janneh
By Staff Reporter
A High Court judge in Bundung on Wednesday acquitted three women charged in connection with a female genital mutilation procedure that prosecutors said led to the death of a one-month-old…
Attorney General Cites Funding Constraints in Implementing Post-TRRC Justice Plan
Dawda Jallow, Minister of Justice
By Makutu Manneh
The Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Dawda Jallow, has identified inadequate funding as a significant challenge to the implementation of the government’s post–Truth,…
Attorney General: Preference for Private Practice Hindering Appointment of Gambian DPP
Dawda Jallow, Attorney General and Minister of Justice
By Makutu Manneh
The Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Dawda Jallow, has said the government continues to face challenges in appointing a Gambian as Director of…
Justice Jaiteh Nearly Commits State Counsel for Contempt in Banta Keita Case
Justice Ebrima Jaiteh of the High Court
High Court Judge, Justice Ebrima Jaiteh, on Tuesday nearly ordered the committal of State Counsel S.L. Jobarteh to Mile 2 Prison for contempt of court following a tense exchange during…
High Court Corrects Sentencing Error, Orders Immediate Release of Cable Thief but Upholds…
Hon. Justice Sidi K. Jobarteh
Justice S.K. Jobarteh of the High Court of The Gambia has upheld the substance of a three-month prison term and a D2,000 compensation order against a Guinean national convicted of cable theft,…
High Court Sentences Uncle to Life Imprisonment for Rape of Teenage Niece
Justice I. Janneh
The High Court in Bundung has sentenced Mbye Manneh to life imprisonment for the rape of his 14-year-old niece, an act committed inside the victim’s family home. Manneh, who lived in the same compound and was…
Justice Ministry Seeks Police File in Death of Omar Badjie, Signals Possible Prosecution
Dawda Jallow, Minister of Justice
The Attorney General’s Chambers and Ministry of Justice said on Tuesday that it had begun reviewing the circumstances surrounding the death of Omar Badjie and had requested the full police case file, a…
Man Convicted in Ferry Terminal Drug Case Is Fined Instead of Jailed
Principal Magistrate Krubally
A man arrested with more than two kilograms of cannabis at the Banjul ferry terminal was fined 150,000 dalasis on Monday or face two years in prison, after pleading guilty to a charge of drug…