Justice Mahoney Slams Observer Newspaper With D100,000 Fine
Justice Basiru Mahoney has slammed the former pro government newspaper, The Daily Observer with a fine of D100,000 (Hundred Thousand Dalasi) for appearing late at the High...
Brussels attacks: At least 31 dead at Zaventem and Maelbeek
At least 31 people have been killed and many seriously injured in attacks at Brussels international airport and a city metro station.
Twin blasts hit Zaventem airport at...
At the UN General Assembly, Guinean Leader Defends Coups in Africa, Rejects Western Influence
By: Seringe ST Touray
Colonel Mamadi Doumbouya, the interim president of Guinea following the 2021 coup, stated that recent coups in Africa are military attempts to rectify presidents'...
Foni Kansala NAM Opposes Judicial Remuneration Bill
By: Muhammed Lamin Drammeh
The National Assembly Member representing Foni Kansala, Almameh Gibba, has strongly opposed the Judicial Remuneration Bill presented to the parliament by Attorney General and...
Deadline extended for ministers to declare assets
The deadline for ministers to declare their assets as announced by President Barrow has been extended, Information Minister Demba Jawo said yesterday.
The initial date for cabinet ministers...
GAMBIAN STAR FOOTBALLER SAINEY CEESAY MAKING QUICK PROGRESS in GERMANY
By Lamin Drammeh
Stephan Laufer, team manager of Sv Amstetten 1946, has hailed the contribution of Gambian footballer Sainey Ceesay, who scored 20 goals for Sv Amstetten in...
Palestine’s Mistake of Existence
OPINION
By Musa Touray
Sandu Kuwonku
It’s quite a misfortune to be the aggrieved party in a world that only romanticises the value of human life and displays indifference to...
Unite and make Gambia great again – Deputy Speaker
Deputy Speaker, Momodou Sanneh has challenged all Gambians despite political differences to work together in “this new dispensation of justice, democracy and good governance to make the...
APRC will not repeat mistakes under Jammeh – FTJ
The interim leader of the opposition APRC has said the former ruling party will not repeat mistakes made under former President Jammeh.
“Another APRC leadership in government will...
Africa’s top shots: 3-9 February 2017
A selection of the best photos from across Africa this week.
Image copyrightREUTERS
Witness says Gambia’s ex-interior minister oversaw interrogation, torture
By Mustapha K Darboe with New Narratives
Bellinzona, Switzerland–Demba Dem, the fourth plaintiff in the crimes against humanity trial of Gambia’s former interior minister, Ousman Sonko, testified...
Golden League Vs The People of Gunjur Intensifies. Gambia’s Sovereignty Questioned
As anger mounts in Gunjur, concerning the alleged environmental abuse by the Chinese Company Golden League, the youths of the town have vowed to intensify their pressure...
POLICE REACT TO FOROYAA NEWSPAPER’S ALLEGATION OF POLICE FAILURE TO CONDUCT CORONER’S INQUEST TO...
With reference to the August 1st, 2017 edition of the Editorial of Foroyaa Newspaper, which states “WILL THERE BE AN INQUEST THIS TIME ON ANOTHER DEATH IN...
Trump Profits Off First Presidential Mugshot in USA History
By: Seringe ST Touray
While the world has been exposed to countless images of Donald Trump, there's one that stands out distinctly, so much so that the former...
Escalating Conflict in Gaza: Rising Death Toll (20,000) and Humanitarian Crisis
By: Seringe ST Touray
Israeli airstrikes in Gaza have pushed the Palestinian death toll toward 20,000, displacing nearly 2 million people. Recent bombings targeted homes, a refugee camp,...
A DEMI GOD, A NEW PROPHET, OR A LOUSY PARROT?
By Ousman Mbowe
It is rather amazing, yet astonishing that a human being who came into this world without any power, without any strength, being carried and moved...
‘Suicide bomber’ claims to be missing Nigeria schoolgirl
Authorities in Cameroon and Nigeria are investigating a claim from a would-be suicide bomber that she was one of a group of schoolgirls abducted in 2014.
The Nigerian...
Gambian sole survivor says some 146 migrants feared dead after shipwreck
A rubber boat packed with 147 migrants sank in the Mediterranean and all but one of its passengers drowned, the sole survivor - a 16-year-old Gambian boy...
The Case Against Gambia Football Federation
Arguably, the long-suffering Gambia football fans are the most unfairly treated group of loyal supporters one is likely to encounter anywhere in Africa. Despite decades of investment...
I am not arrested, says Amadou Samba
Gambian business tycoon Amadou Samba has dismissed reports in social media that he was arrested in Dakar.
“If I was arrested would I have been able to talk...
