His Excellency, President Adama Barrow will on Saturday, December 15th, 2018, lay the foundation stone for a 50KM road and four bridges in the Upper River Region. The road and bridge projects for Basse-Koina road, Basse – Wuli and Fatoto–Passamas crossings, Chamoi bridge, and Suduwol, respectively, constitute the first major […]

“In this New Gambia, I urge all of you to be alert and resistant to those who seek to devaluate your commitment to your party with inducement,” Mr. Darboe told delegates that stormed Pencha Mi Hall at Paradise Suites Hotel, Kololi. The above quotation indicating political corruption is the biggest […]

My President, Our President! I understood you were not in town during the long anticipated UDP National Congress which was successfully held from 7 to 9 december 2018. I am not sure whether it was coincident or a well calculated plan for you to be out of the country during […]

#HearMeToo PRESS RELEASE ON WOMEN’s March The general public is hereby invited to Women’s’ March scheduled on Monday the 10 December 2018. The March is part of events marking the 16 Days of Activism against Gender Based Violence and Human Rights Day Theme: “Gender-based violence and equal opportunity for women […]

By Saul Saidykhan www.mantankara.com An hour into my first visit in January, I got a taste of the new normal in Gambia though I didn’t realize it at the time. One of my sisters’ in-law had arranged for an informal Currency Exchanger to convert some dollars for me into Dalasi. […]

By Natta Mass, www.mankajang.com The issue of citizenship has stirred the most passionate debates among us and a lot of my fellow countrymen are concerned about people being rendered stateless if the constitution takes a position that citizenship by birth cannot be automatically granted unless one of the child’s parents is […]

PRESS RELEASE! UNVEILS CROWDFUNDING TO CONNECT GAMBIAN ENTRPRENEURS TO INVESTORS LOCALLY AND ABROAD   The Gambia Chamber of Commerce in collaboration with Vision Global, a Digital Marketing Firm have rolled out the new GCCI superwebsite, a website built to serve the interests of general population, investors and most importantly to serve as […]

By Saul Saidykhan Having spent a combined total of seven weeks in Barrow’s Gambia, one thing stuck out for me: the Gambia has changed significantly, but not in a good way generally speaking. There is simply no enforcement of standards – ethical, socio-cultural, or administrative where they exist at all. […]

< div class=”mceTemp”> Author Dawda Bah’s book will make you smart!Here is my own take of the book THE SECRET POWERS OF MEDITATION: Become Healthier, Wealthier and Happier. Do you want to live a thriving, joyous, and prosperous life? If you do, then you need to discover the power of […]

On October 9th, 2018 the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Aboubacarr Tambadou, said during a news conference held at his office located in the capital city Banjul that The Gambia is not yet ready to hold trials involving the “Junglers” – a hit squad which operated during Jammeh’s regime, […]

The Gambia has lost one of her glorious sons in the person of Dr. Sulayman Nyang. Dr. Nyang, a former Professor and Chairman of African Studies Department at Howard University in Washington D.C., died on Tuesday. The 74-year-old man died after he had hospitalized for stroke. The former deputy Ambassador […]

I wish to use your widely read media to express my sincere thanks and appreciation to his excellency, President of The Gambia, Adama Barrow, his government and the entire citizens of The Gambia on the just ended visit of Sheikh Mufti Ismael Menk to the country. Mufti Menk is a […]