Referencing to the press release issued in December 2024, the Auditor General (AG) wishes to once again remind those charged with governance of public institutions (i.e. Board and Management), of their statutory responsibility to prepare and submit their financial statements by 31st March 2025, for audit. This reminder also extends to public institutions whose audits…
Talib Ahmed Bensouda, the mayor of Kanifing Municipal Council (KMC) and the UDP’s chairman of the campaign and organising committee, has said the United Democratic Party’s victory in Kiang Masembeh ward by-election serves as a big blow to the ruling National People’s Party (NPP), after they have been alleged to have spent six million dalasis on the campaign. Mayor Bensouda was speaking to the media just after the…
The community of Berending in the Kombo South District, West Coast Region (WCR), have pleaded with the government to lift the embargo on land they claim to legally own, after a court ruling. The said area was a subject of dispute between Berending and the Darboe Kunda clan of Gunjur. According to the villagers, both…
The Gambia Pharmaceutical Association (GaPA), established in 2017 to unite the country’s pharmaceutical importers and wholesalers, has entered a new chapter of growth and expanded influence following its Inaugural Annual General Meeting held on February 26, 2025, at EMJ Pharmaceuticals Headquarters in Yundum. The landmark meeting marked a significant milestone for the association, whose members—primarily…
Gambia Revenue Authority’s Commissioner General Yankuba Darboe has underscored the graveness of the illegal flow of finances across borders and shores of Africa to other nations around the world. The national revenue generation kingpin hammered home the fact that illicit financial flows remain a grave threat, draining billions of money annually from Africa through tax…
On behalf of the United Democratic Party (UDP) and on my own behalf, I hereby acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 23 February, 2025 congratulating me and my party on our victory in the Masembeh Ward by-election, held on 22 February, 2025. I would like to express my appreciation of the content and tone of…
The Edward Francis Small Centre for Research and Justice has expressed concern over the “administrative action” by the Gambia Police against former police public relations officer ASP Binta Njie for comments she made on social media. The human rights and justice body states: “In the wake of the Masembeh by-elections, one Baboucarr Bahoum, a known…
Food import and export company Rahma Gambia Limited, owned by international Gambian entrepreneur and scholar, Monday laid the foundation stone for the construction of a state-of-the-art multi-purpose food processing factory in Foni Kanfenda. Entrepreneur Alassan Gent Ceesay, based in the United Kingdom, executed the venture in collaboration with business partners and government stakeholders. The historic…
The state of South Carolina in the USA recently honoured the Minister of Petroleum, Energy, and Mines, Nani Juwara, with a special congressional commendation in a move to acknowledge his visionary leadership in the country’s energy sector. The certification of recognition was accorded during the African Leadership Magazine Persons of the Year Awards in Morocco…
Having successfully held a debate competition for schools in the North Bank region, where Kerewan Senior Secondary School emerged victorious, University of The Gambia Debate Association (UTGDA) has ended its nationwide debate rounds and advocacy tour. The 15-days country-wide exercise led the UTGDA to the five regions across the country, where over 300 basic and…
