The Gambia Press Union (GPU) condemns in the strongest terms the physical assault on a reporter for the online platform, Kerr Fatou, by President Adama Barrow’s photographer. Modou E. Njie of the Office of the President physically assaulted Buba Gagigo of Kerr Fatou who was covering President Barrow’s registration for […]
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Putting Education at The Heart Of The AU-EU Partnership For A Better Futur
The COVID-19 pandemic has compounded the learning crisis in Africa by severely limiting access education. By early April 2020, the crisis had left more than 20 million pre-primary, 160 million primary, 56 million secondary, and 8 million tertiary level learners out of school with no access to continued learning and […]
Police Launch All-out War On Criminals
The rise in crime rate in the country has forced the Gambia police to intensify their strategy to wage an all-out war on criminals. The police effort to bring back normalcy amids heightened fears has started paying off as evidenced in the arrest and detention of gang suspects in Manjai […]
Dissecting Ideology And Political Allegiance
By Suntou Touray, in Political Sabbatical The assumption that people are involved in politics mainly because of advancing a singular ambition for an individual to be Head of State, and the total and complete worldview of everyone to be a follower who doesn’t have the ability to think and decide […]
UDP Leader Touts IGP’s Professionalism
The leader of the United Democratic Party Lawyer Ousainou Darboe has commended the former Inspector General of Police Mamour Jobe for rendering “great service to the Gambia Police Force, he served for many years as the head of the Police Training School and during the difficult days of the dictatorship […]
Thione Seck Recalled As “A Legend”
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) — Thione Ballago Seck, born in a family of praise or “griot” singers and one of Senegal’s beloved music stars over the last four decades, has died at the age of 66 in Dakar on March 14. Tributes poured in after […]
Barrow Mourns IGP’s Untimely Death
President Barrow mourns the untimely death of IGP Mamour Jobe His Excellency President Adama Barrow was this evening shockingly informed of the untimely death of the Inspector General of Police Mamour Jobe. Sixty-One year old Jobe passed away at the Medicare Clinic after battling a short illness. Upon hearing […]
Nigeria Trip – Did Darbo & Co. Know Independent, Democracy & Republic?
The Gambia A Republican Constitution for The Gambia Abuja/Nigeria Trip – Did O/Darbo & Co. Know Independent, Democracy & Republic? The election victory of December 2016 and The Prior Agreements of The Coalition 2016 offered Gambia golden opportunities of ‘a people-centered political correction’. Mr. Ousainou Darbo freed […]
My Tribute to Alhagi Baa Trawally
By Salieu Taal Inna Lillahi Wa inna Lillahi Raji’oon “every old man that dies, it’s a library that burns” Amadou Hampate Bah Another tree has fallen. I did not know Uncle Baa Trawally very well but heard his name mentioned by my late father ( Ebou Momar Taal of blesseth […]
Nigerian Victim Calls for Justice at Gambia Truth Commission
For Immediate Release Human Rights Watch Nigerian Victim Calls for Justice at Gambia Truth Commission Ex-President Jammeh Linked to 2005 Murder of 59 West African Migrants A Nigerian man whose brother was among about 59 West African migrants killed in Gambia in 2005 by a paramilitary unit controlled by […]
President Barrow Mourns Caliph’s Death
President Barrow Sends Condolences to the Family of Alhajie Yusupha Darboe Gambian President has joined thousands of people in the country and beyond to mourn the death of the Caliph of Basori in Kombo East. In a press statement published below, President Barrow said the death of Alhajie Yusupha Darboe […]
Banjul American International School U.S. High School Program Expanding in 2021-22
For Immediate Press Release Banjul American International School U.S. High School Program Expanding in 2021-22 Banjul American International School (BAIS) located on Atlantic Road in Fajara, announced the expanded launch of its U.S. High School program in 2021-22. The BAIS Board of Directors voted at their Board meeting to maintain […]