President Adama Barrow Declares Another Public State Of Emergency
Acting on the power vested on him, President Barrow extends the State of Emergency by 21 days following a defeat in parliament on Monday 18th May 2020. The 1997 constitution, under section 76 empowers the President to veto any motion which is defected at parliament. The President by virtue of his executive powers can always pass a motion. Today More...
Court fines Killa Ace D18,000
Gambia’s famous rapper Ali Cham AKA Killa Ace was on Monday sentenced to a fine of eighteen thousand dalasis or in default to serve one-year imprisonment after he was convicted on various criminal charges including More...
*Gambia Press Union Reacts To Assault On Journalists Covering The President’s Tour*
*Fajara, 21st November 2019:* The Gambia Press Union has been informed of disturbing news from journalists covering the ongoing Meet the People’s Tour of President Adama Barrow. The Union has been informed More...
Finance Minister lays 2020 Estimates
The Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs on Monday laid estimates of revenues, recurrent and development expenditure for the fiscal year 2020 before deputies at the national assembly in Banjul. The National More...
Constitutional Review Commission Presents Gambians with a Draft New Constitution
The Constitutional Review Commission (CRC) of the Gambia on Friday presented the Gambians with a new draft constitution for scrutiny and review. The draft among others sets a two-term limit for the post of President. More...
“My Mandate Is Finish Constitutionally But I Will Not Resign” Sheik Momodou Lamin Touray Of The Supreme Islamic Council
Momodou Lamin Touray, president of the Gambia Supreme Islamic Council (SIC), has confirmed that his mandate as President of the council has elapsed but he will not resign. Imam Touray made this declaration during More...
Ghana: Victims’ Families Of 2005 Migrant Massacre want To Testify Before TRRC
Ghanaians who survived the unlawful killing of 56 West African migrants in The Gambia and the victims’ families have requested to testify at the ongoing Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC). More...
TRRC To Submit Interim Report In December/January
The Executive Secretary of the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) Dr. Baba Galleh Jallow has revealed that the interim report of the TRRC will be submitted in late December 2019 or early January More...
Senegal President Pardons Khalifa Sall, Ex-Mayor Of Dakar
Senegal’s President Macky Sall has pardoned the former mayor of Dakar, and political rival Khalifa Sall, 63, who had been sentenced to prison for 5 years in August 2018 for fraudulent use of public funds, More...
President Barrow Addresses National Assembly
As mandated under the constitution of The Gambia, The president Adama Barrow addresses the deputies at the national assembly on Thursday 19th September 2019. The state of the nation address by the president More...
