A notorious and feared member of former President Yahya Jammeh’s hit squad known as the Junglers has been reportedly arrested in Casamance, Southern Senegal, by a joint security operation of Gambia and Senegal on Saturday, November 29, 2025. Media reports indicated that the Spokesperson of the Gambia Armed Forces (GAF), Malick Sanyang, confirmed Manjang’s arrest,…
TAKE-M, an academic pacesetting organisation that promotes education in The Gambia, has continued its unique efforts at building and developing the talents and intelligence quotients of Gambian students with strategic subjects or disciplines in learning. After its recent impressive brain-racking Building-Word Competition for students from various basic and secondary schools in West Coast Region, TAKE-M…
Grieved by the untimely demise of sports journalist and news presenter, Pa Barrow, 39, the Gambia media fraternity has mourned the award-winning journalist who died at his residence in Fajikunda, Kanifing Municipality, in the early hours of Saturday, November 22, 2025. He was laid to rest in his home village of Naini Sukuta on Saturday,…
The United Nations resident coordinator for Gambia has underscored that enough is not being done and that institutions and stakeholders are not moving fast enough to address children’s needs and other threats. Mr. Karl Frédéric Paul lamented that, with only five years remaining to achieve the SDGs, the gap between promise and reality remains far…
Picture Credit: UNICEF The Gambia The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) The Gambia has Monday, November 18, 2025 celebrated 60 years in The Gambia as it continuously endeavour to champion children’s issues in the country. In an event held at the Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara International Conference Centre in Bijilo, the UN agency brought together…
Picture Credit: UNICEF The Gambia Mohammed B.S. Jallow, the Vice President of the Republic of The Gambia, has hailed the efforts of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) The Gambia, especially their intervention in the area of health and education. VP Jallow extended gratitude to UNICEF for the critical support, saying The Gambia has made…
Government officials and disability-rights advocates have renewed calls for strict enforcement of The Gambia’s Persons with Disabilities Act, 2021, as nationwide sensitisation sessions begin across the regions. The engagements led by the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Welfare and the National Advisory Council for Persons with Disabilities (NACPWD) kicked off on November 13, 2025…
The Gambia Chapter of Africa Missions Global has launched an AI Education App for Gambian students to embark on AI learning journey. In this direction, 1000 students across all schools in The Gambia have been offered the opportunity to register for the course paid for by Africa Missions Global (AMG). The launch of the AI…
President Adama Barrow has inaugurated the 84.5-kilometer Nuimi-Hakalang road, connecting settlements in Lower and Upper Nuimi and Jokadou districts in the North Bank Region. This road project is expected to significantly enhance connectivity and economic activity across the region. The road’s completion ends “decades of brutal hardship” for residents, who previously took treacherous journeys on…
All Gambia is invited to witness historic moments of a grand crusade taking place at the Independence Stadium from Thursday to Sunday (6-9 November this year) organised by Pastors Alliance of The Gambia together with The World Harvest of the United States of America. The Historic Nationwide Gospel Crusade is purposed to share a strong…
