The Electrocution … At Brikamaba the apprentice, hanging by one arm on the back of the gele-gele, assured me that the vehicle was traveling to Janjangbureh ‘Macatty’ so, as I was going there, I clambered aboard the rusty wreck and squeezed in beside a lady with an infant in one hand and a chicken in…
Momodou Sabally, special adviser to President Adama Barrow, has strongly criticised the Chair of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) following alleged comments made about an investigative report published by The Republic. “Describing the NHRC’s stance as “despicable and deplorable,” Sabally emphasised that his remarks reflect his personal views and not his official position. In…
The Gambia Press Union (GPU) notes with concerns the arrest of two journalists and an attempt to arrest a third while they were covering a protest organised by a group of activists known as Gambians Against Looted Assets (GALA). The journalists, Sheriff Conteh of In-depth Media, Alieu Ceesay of Alkamba Times, were arrested in Banjul…
The Gambia Press Union (GPU) has learnt with shock an attempt by the leadership of the Media Council of The Gambia (MCG) and the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to get The Republic to issue a statement that seeks to exonerate former justice minister Abubacarr Tambadou of any alleged wrongdoing in a story published by…
Mai Ahmad Fatty, leader of the Gambia Moral Congress (GMC), has commended the Majority Leader of Parliament, Hon. Billay G. Tunkara, for presenting a Motion for the Plenary to discuss the National People’s Party (NPP) proposal of a Parliamentary sub-committee investigation into alleged improper disposal of public assets looted by ex-President Jammeh, worth over 300…
In response to Government of The Gambia’s “Official Statement on Asset Recovery Process” dated 5 May 2025, the political movement Tabax Rewmi has lambasted government over the asset sales, citing opacity and “shameless exploitation” of the process. The movement did not just place all blame on government, it also lambasted Gambian political parties for “collusion”….
Brufut Horizon, a charitable foundation in The Gambia, has given a helping hand of 4 projectors to the Ministry of Defence. Leaders of the foundation, established in 2013 and registered in 2022, with its headquarters in Brufut Town, Kombo North, West Coast Region of The Gambia, presented the projectors at the Defence Ministry complex in…
The Local Government Commission of Inquiry on Tuesday heard testimony from Peter Vanslanbrouch, a Belgian national and former project coordinator for the CityLink Ostend-Banjul partnership, as part of its ongoing investigation into the financial and administrative conduct of local government councils across The Gambia from 2018 to 2023. Led through his testimony by Lead Counsel…
The ECOWAS Regional Agency for Agriculture and Food (RAAF) convened its twelfth Strategic Orientation Committee meeting in Lomé, Togo, on May 2, 2025, marking a critical moment for evaluating progress in implementing the region’s agricultural development goals. This session focused on reviewing the Agency’s 2024 activity report and financial performance, and approving the proposed 2025…
The Coalition of Progressive Gambians (CoPG) has called on government to be transparent on how former president Yahya Jammeh’s assets were acquired and sold after the establishment of the commissions set up by the current government to look into financial irregularities of the second regime. The CoPG believes recommendations, and their execution, by the commissions…
