His Excellency the Vice President of the Republic of The Gambia, Mohammed B.S Adama Barrow, has officially handed over groundnut threshers to communities across the country as part of his ongoing nationwide field visit. The beneficiary communities include Fass Omar Saho, Ndungu Charren, and Kerr Alhagie Karu in the North Bank Region; Jala Koto, Boiram,…
His Excellency the Vice President of the Republic of The Gambia, Mohammed B.S. Jallow, on Monday officially launched the Resilience Building Vulnerable Youth and Women Support Project (RB-VYWoSP) in Chamen Nianija, Central River Region, a transformative national initiative aimed at empowering vulnerable youth and women while strengthening social protection systems across the country. The colourful…
The National Social Protection Agency (NSPA) with funding from Africa Development Bank (AfDB) and the Government of the Gambia has launched the Resilience-Building Vulnerable Youth and Women Support Project (RVWYSP) in Nianija, Chamen Central River Region (CRR) North. The multimillion-dollar project, launched on Monday 11 May 2026, is funded by the African Development Bank and…
President Adama Barrow on Saturday inaugurated the 12-kilometre Brufut–Madiana–Banyaka–Kunkujang Mariama Road Project, a major infrastructure initiative aimed at improving transport connectivity in the West Coast Region. The inauguration ceremony, held at Madiana Lower Basic School, attracted residents and beneficiaries from Kombo North and Kombo South, alongside government officials and community leaders. Implemented by SSTP Construction…
President Adama Barrow has described Gambia’s opposition parties as “suitcase and social media parties” ahead of December 2026 polls and daring rivals to face him one-on-one. At a recent road inauguration in Madiana, Barrow criticised the wave of new political parties, calling some “briefcase parties” with little grassroots support. The “social media parties” jab refers…
Members of Gambia Against Looted Assets (GALA) on Saturday strongly condemned the arrest of some of their members during the group’s one-year anniversary commemoration at the Youth Monument in Westfield, describing the action as an attack on transparency, accountability and democratic freedoms. Speaking at a press conference, GALA member Kemo Fatty said that at least…
A one-day journey around the world shows there’s a lot more to the ‘life’ of water than meets the eye Water, the late, great Nigerian Afrobeat mega star, Fela Anikulapo Kuti for many good reasons said, “no get enemy.” Water is essential to all known life, being used to transport nutrients, regulate body temperature, and…
CUBE The Gambia has launched a pilot program introducing its locally developed AI-powered learning platform, the CUBE AI Tutor, to secondary school students in Region 1. The pilot launch, conducted on April 30 and May 6, 2026, engaged one hundred and fifty (150) students from St. Augustine’s Senior Secondary School, St. Joseph’s Senior Secondary School,…
Beyond the Notes from Santa Marta Oilwatch statement on the Fossil Fuels Phase-out Conference For thirty years, Oilwatch International and its affiliates have demanded that fossil fuels be left in the ground. This has been projected as the sensible thing to do if the world is to avert future deterioration of the climate crisis propelled…
The painting you see here was painted in The Gambia. I have not seen any depictions of drowning migrants or sinking Pirogues, except for a few photos on Facebook, probably for very good reasons. Just the other day a friend of mine showed me a photo on his mobile of a beautiful young girl with…
