Born in Banjul on October 29, 1954, Sheikh E T Lewis was a man of: all people, all races, all creeds and all class. He lived his life positively impacting on many other lives in the Gambia and beyond. But who was this gentleman of the finest character? Well, Sheikh […]
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Barrow’s Closing Remarks At Presidential Council Meeting
Your Excellency and Dear Brother Macky Sall, President of the Republic of Senegal; Honourable Ministers on both the Gambian and Senegalese sides here present; Executive Secretary of the Senegalo-Gambian Permanent Secretariat; Senior Officials and members of the delegations of The Gambia and Senegal to this Presidential Council Meeting; Ladies and […]
‘My Record Will Surpass Jawara, Jammeh Put Together’
President Adama Barrow has told a delegation from Basse that his intention is to deliver a development record that will surpass the 50-year record of the first and second Gambian Presidents put together. The delegation, comprising prominent and influential citizens of Basse were at the State House on Sunday, March […]
Gambia Government and Timber Trade: What Next After BBC Report?
It is more than 72 hours since BBC released a damning documentary on the illegal timber trade between the Gambia and Senegal yet the Gambian authorities remain mute. It is obvious that officials of both countries are both facilitators and beneficiaries in this illegal activity otherwise it could not have […]
Major General Drammeh Becomes CDS
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 […]
Gambia Suspends Overseas Travels
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 […]
Dakar Hosts 2nd Presidential Council Meeting
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 […]
Why I Move To Africa (Gambia)
Ricki Denise is fed up being asked why her family moves from Tennessee in the United States to the Gambia. She decides to make a YouTube video explaining how and why her parents see themselves as misfits in the United States before embarking on settling down in one of the […]
President Barrow Removes Army Chief
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 […]
The Gambia Is A Country Of Talents
The Gambia is a country full of brilliant and nice people. Not withstanding our intense self-criticism and cynism, we have so many decent and optimistic people who are among the average earners, although the biggest cynics are among the most fortunate. After attending the Sukuta-Jambang Jally road opening, I was […]
2 New Roads Inaugurated In A Week: Barrow Prays They Connect Hearts, Communities
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 […]
The Thing About International Women’s Day
It is on such internationally designated days like today, International Women’s Day when you get to see and hear international organizations such as the UN or AU, governments, presidents and political parties and indeed many of us as individuals compete in celebrating the woman. On this day everyone is celebrating […]