The Janneh Inquiry Commission is an independent body with clearly defined remits beyond which they have no power. Secondly, neither [Alhaji] Kurang nor [Amie] Bensouda has any power or authority to decide anything for the Commission. Both are there merely to assist the Commission and are answerable to the Commissioners. […]

The Accra-based Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has pinpointed some faults of The Gambia government. The complaint – contained in a submission to the Human Rights Commission ahead of the review of The Gambia’s report with regard to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights – blamed the […]

By Abdoulie John The Gambia’s Attorney General and Minister of Justice Aboubacarr Tambadou has denied a possible link between the fertilizer scandal and the sacking of former Agriculture Minister Omar Amadou Jallow. “The relieve by His Excellency of former minister of agriculture has nothing to do with the fertilizer issue,” […]

A sympathetic Gambian is leading fundraising campaign for a Malian girl who needs money to remove facial mumps. Lamin B. Keita opens a GoFundMe [https://www.gofundme.com/surgery-bill-to-remove-facial-mumps?utm_source=internal&utm_medium=email&utm_content=cta_button&utm_campaign=upd_n] account for Kadiatou Dembele and asks people to donate and help spread the word to bail out a girl “whose face is about to be […]

By Abdoulie John President Adama Barrow assured members of the investigation panel into Faraba Banta bloody protest that government will do everything to allow them to deliver on expectations. “I assure you of my government’s maximum support in providing the right environment for you to carry out your assignment effectively, […]

The Gambia is hosting its first-ever N’ko sympossium on the promotion of learning and teaching of N’ko, Mandinka scripts invented by Guinean writer and inventor Souleymane Kante. Promotionand Education in the Gambia is pleased to inform that it is holding it is first ever symposium on promotion of teaching and […]

By Seedy Fofanah Nights in the villages were extremely interesting and enjoyable especially when every inch of the land was generously lit by the ever-silent but gliding graceful moon. Night is meant for people to get to relax and take stock of the day’s activities after a long day’s toil. […]

By Seedy S. Fofanah, Former Lecturer at UTG Being born and grown up in a relatively rustic big village was something I had never chosen but would probably have opted for that if I had the opportunity. In any case, that was my beginning as nature would have it. My […]

We need to be real when we say it is time for work. This is all we need as a country to develop. Let there be young Gambians trained in bread making in both local and modern ways. Our civil servants, carpenters, electricians and market vendors etc, must not treat […]

By: Professor Alhagi Manta Drammeh (PGCerTHE, FHEA, FRSA, UK) “He has succeeded who purifies it” (Qur’an 91:9) and “Just as We have sent among you a messenger from yourselves reciting to you Our verses and purifying you and teaching you the Book and wisdom and teaching you that which you […]

I’M A PROUD MANDINKA “VILLAGE BOY”! (WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO MY FELLOW OTHER TRIBES!) If you are a Mandinka be proud of it. If you are Sarahule, Njako, Serer, Wolf, Fula, Jola, Karoninka, Aku and all other tribes in our belove country be proud of your tribe. I am […]

President Adama Barrow has described the Faraba incident, which led to the killing of three civilians, as one of the “the saddest days” of his life. “We cannot afford a repetition of what used to obtain [to take place] in the new Gambia. Yesterday was the saddest day of my […]