[The Point] African Rising in partnership with Hopes of Tomorrow on Tuesday commemorated African Liberation Day in a form of dialogue with the civil society and policymakers.

[The Point] After struggling with inadequate furniture for five years, the Jiboro Basic Cycle School in the Kombo East District has received over two dozen of furniture from the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education (MoBSE). However, the pupils a...

[The Point] Sarah's Kindergarten in Lamin village recently inaugurated a new playground for the pupils in Lamin.

[The Point] Ousainou Darboe, the secretary general and standard-bearer for the United Democratic Party (UDP) has warned that there will be security implications if the recommendations of the TRRC are not implemented.

[The Point] The Gambia Ports Authority on Monday slipped to Elite United 1-0 in their week-seventeen fixture of the on-going 2020-2021 Gambia Football Federation (GFF) Division One League played at the National Technical Training Centre in Yundum.

[The Point] Justice Aminata Saho-Ceesay of the Banjul High Court has on Monday fined the Gambia Police Force for unlawfully and unconstitutionally detaining one Adama Faal without a reasonable ground to do so.

[The Point] The independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has warned party agents against interfering, disrupting and obstructing the registration process in any registration center across the country.

[The Point] Chief Justice of The Gambia, Sheikh Bubacarr Assan Jallow recently laid the foundation stone for Sheikh Alhaji Bubacarr Zaidi Jallow Islamic Center at a ceremony held at Tabokoto.

[The Point] Sutton United Gambia over the weekend organised a wild celebration after their affiliates club, Sutton United England gained promotion to League Two (English fourth division league) for the first time in their history.

[The Point] Peace Ambassadors - The Gambia (PAG), a voluntary non-profit peace education and advocacy organisation has trained and deployed 53 observers and 6 coordinators across the country to observe the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) voter...

[The Point] The Gambia senior national team; the Scorpions yesterday held its first training session in Turkey, ahead of their first international friendly match against Niger on Saturday 5 June 2021.

[The Point] Muhammed Camara, alias Topsater, Omar Jeng, Musa Jallow and Zoo Lion were alleged before Principal Magistrate Isatou Janneh-Njie of the Kanifing Magistrates' Court to have tied up and stabbed Derick John Greening, a white man, repeatedly ...

[The Point] Every dollar invested in scaling up treatment for depression and anxiety - the two most common mental health disorders - can generate a return of $4 in terms of improved wellbeing and increased ability to work. But the most important step...

[The Point] Gamtel FC on Tuesday announced the signing of Coach Ebou Jarra as their new coach until the end of the season.

[The Point] Tommy Town Foundation, a local charity has expressed its resolve and commitment to ending stigmatisation and discrimination associated with mental health in the country.

[VOA] Gambia's truth commission has wrapped up more than two years of public hearings into alleged human rights violations committed during the 22-year rule of former dictator Yahya Jammeh.

[JusticeInfo.net] Banjul -- After more than two years of often spectacular public hearings, Gambia's Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission closed its hearings on May 28. It will present its report and recommendations in July. But a lesser ...

[The Point] Bakary Badjie, board chair Education For All Campaign Network - The Gambia (EFANet) has called on Gambia government and Local Government Authorities (LGAs) to demand action in line with the One Billion Voices campaign, among other things ...

[The Point] Voter registration is an important exercise in any country's electrical calendar. And having a vote is one important step towards exercising one's constitutional rights in an election.

[The Point] The Department of Fisheries recently announced that stakeholder agents and vessel owners who infringe vessels will face the full force of the law.

[The Point] Alagie Modi Trawally for the slave class of Garawol has sued the Governor of the Upper River Region, Chief Bacho Ceesay of Kantora and Alkalo Tachine Ceesay seeking several declarations from the High Court concerning their alleged human r...

[The Point] As the general voters' registration exercise begins on Saturday 29 May 2021 ahead of the much anticipated presidential election on 4 December, 2021, the country's Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has declared that voters' cards issu...

[The Point] A staggering number of young Gambians have lost their lives trying to escape to Europe. United Nations Environment is implementing the largest natural resource development project in the history of the country to make their lives better b...

[The Point] The first batch of National Team players and officials have safely arrived in Antalya, Turkish tourist resort on Monday 31st May 2021 where The Gambia Scorpions will embark on a two-week training camp with three friendly international mat...

[The Point] Brazzaville -- Africa needs at least 20 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in the next six weeks to get second doses to all who received a first dose within the 8 -12week interval between doses recommended by the World Health...

[The Point] Deputy permanent secretary at the Ministry of Higher Education Research Science and Technology (MoHERST) has reaffirmed government's commitment to encourage and promote private sector participation in the country's education sector.

[The Point] The Gambia Football Federation (GFF) First Division League week-17 fixtures saw dramatic encounters played over the weekend, starting on Thursday.

[The Point] Samger and Falcons last Thursday squandered two significant points in the on-going 2020-2021 Gambia Football Federation (GFF) Division Two League following their goalless draw with Young Africans and Red Hawks.

[The Point] After the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of The Central Bank met to review the economic and financial development in the first quarter of 2021, the committee observed the International Monetary Fund (IMF) growth, Bank's Composite Index o...

[The Point] Operatives of the Drug Law Enforcement Agency The Gambia (DLEAG) have arrested four suspects with almost half a tonne of suspected cannabis. The suspects were arrested at different places within the country.