EU Ambassador to The Gambia Attila Lajos said:  “In this time of crisis we all must play our part and take up responsibility, and so does the European Union” The European Union is a global actor and as such, it bears a specific duty to address global threats and to […]

Banjul, The Gambia – In the midst of the global COVID-19 pandemic, The United States is taking decisive action to inform and safeguard U.S. citizens overseas, protect the homeland, advance the Administration’s commitment to building global health security capacity for this and future outbreaks, and reduce the impact on U.S. […]

Fears over health systems prompt states to take early preventative measures March 18, 2020 5:00 am by David Pilling in London, Joseph Cotterill in Johannesburg and Neil Munshi in Lagos Many African states are taking earlier action than Europe to suppress coronavirus in an effort to stamp out a disease […]

The Gambia has reported its first Coronavirus case, exactly four months after the pandemic first broke out in the Central China city of Wuhan. The Gambia’s Health Minister Dr. Ahmadou Samateh revealed the news on national television on Tuesday night. Chinese government records showed the first Coronavirus was discovered on […]

The public is hereby informed that His Excellency, Adama Barrow, President of the Republic of The Gambia and Commander-In-Chief of The Gambia Armed Forces, acting in accordance to Section 190, sub-section (1a) of the 1997 Constitution of the Republic of The Gambia has made the following appointments: Major General Yakuba […]

As part of the efforts to curb risks of spreading the Coronavirus, the Office of the Secretary General has sent out a circular informing all Ministers, Permanent Secretaries, Clerk of the National Assembly, Heads and Directors of Government Departments and Agencies, Managing Directors and Director Generals of Public Enterprises and […]

Gambian and Senegalese Experts and Ministers have started the second Presidential Council Meeting between their two governments in the Senegalese capital of Dakar, from the 10th – 12th March 2020.   The Presidential Council Meeting will be preceded by the Experts Meeting, which will work in sub-committees to discuss Defense […]

Gambian President Adama Barrow has relieved the Chief of Defence Staff from office. The news of General Masaneh N. Kinteh’s removal is contained in a news dispatch from the President’s office. No reasons have been advanced for the removal from office of a man who has been leading the army […]

His Excellency, President Adama Barrow has expressed hopes, and prayed that new roads constructed and inaugurated by his government will connect hearts and communities in The Gambia. In a span of one week, the Gambian leader inaugurated a 121 kilometres Lamin Koto-Passamas Road in rural Gambia and another 13.5 kilometres […]

By Momodou Faal, Information Officer Ministry of Health A three day review and Validation of the draft National Occupational Health and Safety Policy for Healthcare Workers in the Gambia supported by the University of Maryland kicked off on Tuesday at Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital. Speaking on behalf of the Minister […]

A three-year peace building, security and stability (PSS) intervention by the ECOWAS in partnership with the European Union that began in December 2016 and ended December 2019, is currently undergoing a multi-sectoral scrutiny at the Tendaba Camp in LRR. The regional PSS project was mandated to support the implementation of […]

By Abdoulie John Both state and defense lawyers have condemned in the strongest terms attacks on the judge presiding over the case of Three Years Jotna leaders. The condemnation came after some people used social media to haul insults on Justice Amina Saho-Ceesay, casting doubt on her integrity. Justice Aminata […]