The Gambia Press Union (GPU) on Tuesday called on all journalists’ associations in the country to engage media employers on behalf of their members and to advocate for the signing of the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). Speaking at the Official Launch of the Welfare and Solidarity Committee of the Sports Journalists’ Association of The Gambia…
The President of the Gambia Press Union (GPU), Isatou Keita, has stated that women’s participation in politics is not a symbolic exercise; rather, it is a democratic necessity. She noted that, despite the active roles women play in communities, civil society, and the economy, they remain underrepresented in elected office, party leadership, and senior public…
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,…
In a bid to strengthen cooperation between the police and journalists, the Gambia Press Union (GPU) paid a courtesy call to the Gambia Police Force (GPF) at the police headquarters on Tuesday, September 30, 2025. Assistant Inspector General of Police Administration, Mr. Ebrima Bah, who welcomed the visitors and chaired the meeting, commended the initiative,…
The Gambia Press Union (GPU) and International IDEA together with the European Union and media stakeholders have validated the revised Journalism Charter. The two-day media stakeholders engagement was held at a local hotel in Kotu. The head of International IDEA Gambia office, Jainaba Faye, applauded the Gambia Press Union (GPU) for inserting provisions such as…
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…
