[The Point] Assan Camara was on the 29th June 2021 brought before Magistrate F.B. Jallow of the Kanifing Magistrates' Court, charged with possession of firearm without authority, contrary section 8 and punishable under section 25 (2) of the Arms and ...

[The Point] The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has announced that 720,394 Gambians have so far registered for the 2021 Presidential Election slated for 4 December.

[The Point] The director of Finance and Accounting at The Gambia Revenue Authority (GRA), Alhaji Saihou Denton, has been confirmed as new chairman of the Finance Committee of World Customs Organisation (WCO). He is also the elected chairman of the Wo...

[The Point] Dr. Alieu Gibba, a senior lecturer and president of the University of The Gambia's Faculty and Staff Association (UTGFSA) has debunked claims advanced by the university, describing it as lack of integrity and merit.

[The Point] Fisheries sector is an important contributor to the gross domestic products of any nation. The sector plays greatly to the food security needs of millions around the globe.

[Foroyaa] The Gambia Revenue Authority (GRA) in collaboration with World Customs Organization (WCO) and donor support from Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC), held a two-day virtual workshop on accession to the revised Kyoto Convention. The vir...

[Foroyaa] The two sides of Manduar had never been divided. They walked shoulder to shoulder to bring about change in 2016. They have no reason to sow the seed of intolerance. None will derive benefit from it. All the people need clen drinking water, ...

[Foroyaa] The hue and cry over the advertisement regarding the position of UTG Vice Chancellor has reached its crescendo. It is quite baffling that a simple and straight forward matter like this is threatening to tear the university apart. The Govern...

[Foroyaa] The situation at Manduar village in West Coast Region has calmed now as mediation efforts by government and IEC officials and villagers seem to be working.

[New Dawn] Calls for free and fair election

[Foroyaa] Since independence village heads and district chiefs have never been allowed to stand above partisan politics so that they can decide the affairs of people resident in the villages and districts who belong to different political parties.

[Foroyaa] Child and youth empowerment and development organisation, The Rural Child (RC) in partnership with West Coast Region Migration Information Center (MIC) last Saturday conducted the second edition of their Moonlight Storytelling at Tubakuta V...

[Foroyaa] Officials of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) and senior Police heads on Tuesday headed a peace mediation team in Manduar, after the people from Manduar Mandinka-Kunda and Manduar Touba (Wollof)-Kunda, clashed over alkaloship and ...

[Foroyaa] The Gambia has on Tuesday 29th June 2021 recorded ten (10) new cases taking the total number of COVID-19 cases ever confirmed in the country to six thousand and seventy-nine.

[Foroyaa] The Gambia Police Force on Tuesday 29th June 2021 said a joint operation by the Police, GRA-Customs, Public Health and Environmental Inspectors has been activated to enforce the Tobacco Control Act and Regulations.

[Foroyaa] Stakeholders have proffered recommendation that rescinding the National Assembly's decision is a topmost pre-requisite in a bid to revive the draft constitution from its current state of coma.

[Foroyaa] Justice Basiru V.P. Mahoney has given Mayor Rohey Malick Lowe, the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) and the Attorney General, three days to reply to the voters' card attestation case brought to Court by two civil society groups and th...

[The Point] For the first time, Africa-focused startup funding has crossed the $1 billion mark. Last year, African startups received a total of $1.3 billion, with over half of the total funnelled into fintech businesses.

[FrontPageAfrica] Banjul -- As The Gambia prepares for Presidential and Legislative Elections in December of 2021, the Honorable Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament, Rt. Hon. Dr. Sidie Mohamed Tunis commissioned a visit of the Chairman of the Parliament...

[The Point] James F. Gomes, the minister of Fisheries, Water Resources and National Assembly Matters has informed the lawmakers that, a combined total of D461,621,022.01 (four hundred and sixty-one million, six hundred and twenty-One thousand and twe...

[The Point] The Gambia Ports Authority this weekend clarified that it has no intention of acquiring the KGV or Banjul Mini Stadium as part of a 38,000 square meters extension plan.

[The Point] In many sub-Saharan African countries the plight of albinos leaves much to be desired. This group of people continues to face systematic attacks and discrimination based on certain myths and superstitious believes.

[The Point] Gamtel will rub shoulders with Banjul United in their rescheduled fixture of the on-going Gambia Football Federation (GFF) Division One League today, Tuesday at the Late Ousman Saho Football Field at Yundum at 4.30 p.m.

[The Point] Gambia and AS Roma midfielder Ebrima Darboe over the weekend paid a courtesy call on the President of The Gambia Football Federation (GFF) Lamin Kaba Bajo at Football House in Kanifing.

[Foroyaa] Two students at the Gambia College are seeking financial assistance in order to pay their tuition fees.

[Foroyaa] The Gambia High Commission to the United Kingdom, on Saturday 19 June 2021, bade farewell to the out-going High Commissioner, His Excellency Mr. Francis Blain, at a ceremony held at the High Commission's conference room in London.

[Foroyaa] U.S. Defense Attaché and Senior Defence Official Colonel Michael Lee made his first visit to The Gambia on Monday June 21, and met with representatives of the Gambian government and armed forces to discuss areas of cooperation and opportun...

[Foroyaa] Mayor Ahmed Talib Bensouda last Thursday inaugurated a new market in Tallinding called Gilifity Kunda Market worth 3.5 million.

[Foroyaa] A citizen who has reached the mature age of 18 years without a voter's card is an alien in his own country. Such a person cannot take part in determining how a country is governed.

[The Point] In an audience with the Secretary General of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference, Dr. Yousef Bin Ahmad Al-Othaimeen, President Barrow assured him that The Gambia is on track to host the forthcoming OIC Summit to be held in The Gamb...