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Police Spokesman Clarifies IGP’s Crime Remarks Amid Public Concern Over Recent Killings
Modou Musa Sisawo, Police PRO
By Fatou Sillah
The Gambia Police Force has defended recent remarks by the Inspector General of Police suggesting that crime has declined in the country, saying the assessment was based on overall crime…
Supreme Court Upholds Law Expanding President’s Amnesty Powers Over Commission Findings
The Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of the Commission of Inquiry (Amendment) Act 2023, ruling that the National Assembly acted within its constitutional authority when it enacted legislation allowing the President to…
Supreme Court Orders New Trial in Kumba Sinyan Murder Case, Upholds High Court Practice Directions
Defendant, Kumba Sinyan, Late Lamarana Jallow, and a panel of the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has ordered that the murder case against Kumba Sinyan be tried afresh, rejecting an appeal by the Attorney General and reaffirming the…
Darboe Warns IGP Against Serving Political Interests After Supreme Court Rules Ex-Auditor…
Lawyer Lamin J. Darboe, leader and secretary general of the National Unity Party
By Makutu Manneh
Senior Counsel Lamin J. Darboe has urged the Inspector General of Police to recognize that the office is established to serve the…
Counsel Says Reinstating Former Auditor General Would Not Serve Gambia’s Interests
Lamin J. Darboe, Lawyer for the former Auditor General
By Makutu Manneh
The lawyer for former Auditor General Modou Ceesay said Tuesday that although the Supreme Court found his client's removal from office unconstitutional,…
Supreme Court Rules Removal of Auditor General Was Unconstitutional, Awards Modou Ceesay D4 Million
A panel of Supreme Court Justices
By Court Reporter
The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that the removal of former Auditor General Modou Ceesay from office in September 2025 violated the Constitution and the National Audit…
Magistrate Rejects Bid to Drop Charges Against Jobarteh, Orders Trial to Proceed
Principal Magistrate Krubally
Magistrate Krubally has refused a prosecution application to withdraw all four criminal charges against Abdul Wahab Jobarteh, ordering the case to proceed to trial with the prosecution required to present…
UTG Students Petition Interior Ministry Over Security Following Killing of Former Student Leader
By Seedy Jobe
Students at the University of The Gambia, joined by the family, friends, and colleagues of the late Yunusa Mbye, on Thursday submitted a petition to the Ministry of Interior calling for urgent measures to address…
Supreme Court Set to Rule on Landmark Constitutional Case Involving Ousted Auditor General
Chief Justice Hassan B. Jallow
By Staff Writer
The Supreme Court of The Gambia is expected to deliver a landmark judgment on July 7, 2026, in a constitutional case that has drawn significant national attention and raised…
Court Sentences Man to Death for 2023 Murder in Brufut, Ghana Town
Justice Jaiteh of the High Court has convicted Ismaila Janneh of murder and sentenced him to death for the fatal stabbing of Alieu Jallow during a confrontation in Brufut Ghana Town in December 2023.
In a judgment delivered before a…