Transport, Works and Infrastructure Minister Ebrima Sillah recently went on a nationwide tour to inspect Gunjur, Sanyang and other road construction projects. The Gunjur 4.5k road project, which connects the Brusubi-Kartong to the beach, is currently in progress under a Gambian-owned construction company Green Vision International. The Sanyang seaside is a 4.5km road project being…
Bakary S. Jarjue, candidate of the main opposition United Democratic Party, has been chosen by the electorate of Massembe ward as their councillor. Joseph Colley, vice chairperson of the Independent Electoral Commission, announced the results and gave notice of the total number of votes cast in the by-election on Saturday. The UDP candidate got 700…
The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Welfare has joined forces with the ECOWAS Gender Development Centre to organize a three-day national training workshop, focusing on preventing and responding to Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and sexual harassment. The three-day training, which got underway on Thursday at the Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara International Conference Centre, brought together…
The All People’s Party (APP) Sobeyaa alliance, led by international Gambian lawyer Essa Faal, has condemned the arrest on Monday, 17 February, of Luis Boutanos “for merely exercising his democratic right to free speech”. The APP Sobeyaa states that Boutanos’s only crime was raising the failures of the Barrow Government, the arrest for which, the…
The United Democratic Party (UDP) strongly condemns the arrest of Mr Luis Boutanos, a Gambian citizen, on 17th February 2025, for expressing his frustration with the Barrow Government’s governance of The Gambia. Mr Boutanos’ arrest, reportedly stemming from a social media video in which he criticised the government, is a blatant violation of his constitutional…
President Adama Barrow has set the pace to light The Gambia following the country’s 60th Independence Anniversary. On Thursday 20 February 2025 the President presided over the inauguration of a high voltage energy infrastructure project at a high-profile inauguration function in Salaji, which was part of the Independence anniversary breakthroughs. Undertaken by the National Water…
Gambia and Guinea Bissau information ministers have discussed plans to ensure effective communication between the two sister countries for national and regional development. Dr Ismaila Ceesay, the Minister of Information, Media, and Broadcasting Services, has expressed determination to strengthen cross-border communication between both countries as he welcomed Guinea Bissau Communications Minister Florentino Fernando Dia to…
Head of International IDEA Gambia Office, Jainaba Faye, has underscored the significance of the legislature to effective governance. At the opening ceremony of a two-day capacity building training for staff of the National Assembly communication unit, Madam Faye stated that the National Assembly serves as central pillar to effective governance by ensuring sound policies, decisions…
Statement from the Ministry of Information, Media and Broadcasting Services on the Commemoration of World Radio Day under the theme “Radio and Climate Change” Fellow Gambians, The Government of The Gambia through the Ministry of Information, Media and Broadcasting Services joins the international community in commemorating World Radio Day which is celebrated on February 13th…
The Government of The Gambia, in collaboration with its development partners such as the World Bank, European Union and European Investment Bank, is set to inaugurate a mega infrastructure project aimed at modernizing the country’s energy sector. The inauguration of the high voltage infrastructure flagship project of the National Water and Electricity Company, under the…
