Two Gambian women who were racially attacked on the streets of a small Germany town of Rottenburg on December 19 this years have been hospitalised with serious injuries and minor injuries. The racist criminal behaviour of the attacker shocked and horrified residents to the core. Church groups and local politicians, headed by the […]

  US Drop  Gambia from trade benefits program Reporting by Krista Hughes A road to Gambia’s isolation The United States will drop South Sudan and Gambia from a duty-free trade program as of Jan. 1, according to a presidential proclamation on Tuesday that said the countries failed to meet the […]

By Amadou Scattred Janneh The decision on Tuesday, December 23rd by the White House to strip The Gambia of its designation as a beneficiary of preferential status under the U.S.’ African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) is a clear indication that the international community has had enough of Yahya Jammeh’s […]

‘Minister Touray called on development partners including the private sector to support the country’s economic development agenda.’ Delayed and erratic rains this year would cause an expected dent of 15 per cent in agricultural produce, declared Finance Minister Kebba Satou Touray, while delivering the country’s national budget speech at the […]

Many young journalists have bitterly complained about the way the Gambia Press Union (GPU) executive handled the affairs the journalist union. Another issue of concern to the attendees of the GPU is the unavailability of enough seat at the congress hall today.  In this article below, a whistle blower thought […]

Amnesty International has issued an urgent action, urging people to petition the Gambia government on prosecuting human rights defenders. Below is a communique from the UK based rights group. Human Rights Defender Facing Possibility Of Jail Gambian human rights defender Sait Matty Jaw is facing trial on 23 December, along […]

‘The Murder Leaves Scar On My Heart’ Being among the police officers who responded to his shooting, life from that day had never been the same for me again. While I held his head in a pool of blood, I looked into his innocent face with disbelief as my tears […]

Introduction by Dida Jallow-Halake This is a rather unfortunate case because the Gambian does not seem to be a “criminal” in the true sense of the word. He just appears to be a “hot head” and the crime for which he was convicted happened on a football pitch (I recall […]

Written By Siray Touray (U.K) Brand Gambia has been tarnished for a long time since the day unruly soldiers landed on the Executive seat of power. The Gambia’s high office is blemished and ransacked with vigour and unprofessionalism by the ruling APRC. The brand that the world came to accept […]

  Reporters Without Borders 15 December 2014   GAMBIA   Ten years have passed since Reporters Without Borders and Agence France-Presse correspondent Deyda Hydara was shot dead in Banjul on his way home from The Point, the newspaper he helped to found – ten years in which his murderers have […]