ActionAid Gambia unveils 5-year plan to advance justice, equality, climate resilience

The new strategy themed: ‘Advancing Social Justice, Gender Equality, and Climate Resilience’ sets an ambitious tone for the next phase of ActionAid’s journey in The Gambia. It outlines clear priorities: climate justice, women’s leadership, youth...

A collective voice for gender justice: From grassroots action in Nigeria to policy impact in The Gambia

BY ANIBE IDAJILI AND OUSMAN MARONG The sun in Kontagora, a town in Nigeria’s Niger state, felt like a premonition of an impending violation one afternoon in March 2025. Amina was just a four-year-old girl with innocent, bright eyes until...

Gambia still has the most powerful passport in West Africa

- Advertisement - The Gambia maintains its position as having the most powerful passport in West Africa. In its latest report published earlier this week, Henley Passport Index ranked The Gambia as having the 73rd most powerful passport out of 199...

Gambian diplomat calls for tougher laws to tackle dangerous street drifting

Haggi Jawara, a veteran diplomat and The Gambia’s Consular in Angola, has issued a stern warning to authorities over the unchecked rise of street drifting, a reckless driving trend that has turned quiet neighbourhoods into danger zones and left...

Gambia U-17 return home after participating in WAFU-A CAF U-17 Cup of Nations

Serekunda Police Arrest Suspect in Murder of Missing Nigerian National

By Nelson Manneh The Gambia Police Force (GPF) has arrested a Gambian national, Wurry Barry, in connection with the disappearance and killing of 44-year-old Nigerian national, Gabriel Adiaga, whose partially burned body was discovered a day after...

Malagen flags dehumanizing speech by President Adama Barrow against political opponents

A one minute and 36-second video has surfaced online showing President Adama Barrow addressing a gathering in his hometown of Mankamang Kunda, in the Upper River Region of The Gambia. In the video, the president, speaking in Mandinka, recalled how...

Gambia’s World Cup journey gives hope for a better future

- Advertisement - As a football personality that played football at international level for decades representing The Gambia, also a veteran sports Administrator having headed a Nations Sport Association (Basketball, Volleyball and Handball) In...

GAMBIA’S WORLD CUP JOURNEY A hope for the future

- Advertisement - By Baboucarr Camara Communications Director, GFF Since they got to Mauritius for the final 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Seychelles, the Scorpions didn’t train. Uncertainties surrounded the situation that the game might...

Gambia hosts seminar for religious, traditional leaders on human rights

The three-day seminar expected to end today, Thursday 16 October 2025, was held at the Kairaba Beach Hotel, Banjul. The convergence brought together religious and traditional leaders from different African countries, including Cameroon, Nigeria,...

Gambian Delegates Attend China Seminar on Rural Development

By Ndey Sowe, Reporting from Beijing, China After hours of travel across continents, passing through the bright terminals of Addis Ababa and finally touching down at Beijing Capital International Airport, a sense of purpose filled the air. Among...

The Gambia, politics and leadership 2026 – an advice 

- Advertisement - Dr Elhajj Badara Alioune F Taal Delray Beach, Florida, US The Gambia is positioning itself for another presidential elections in 2026 and all parties are sending their individual jabs at each other strategically to secure the...

Gambia maul Seychelles 7-0 in World Cup qualifiers

The Gambia made an astonishing start to the match and opened the scores through striker Adama Sidibeh in the 2nd minute of the match. Abdoulie Manneh extended The Gambia's lead in the 24th minute of the match thus the first half ended 2-0 in...

ROOTS, GSCC graduates 123 young entrepreneurs in LRR to boost agribusiness

The three-month initiative, held under the theme “Strengthening the Capacity of Youth-Based Matching Grant Beneficiaries to Formalise, Grow, and Sustain Their Enterprises through Coaching and Mentorship,” equipped young Gambian entrepreneurs with...

Gambia’s First Lady calls for united action to strengthen Africa’s healthcare

Welcoming delegates, policymakers, and her “sister First Ladies” from across Africa, Madam Bah-Barrow described the gathering as “a meeting of powerful partners united by a shared goal and more empowered future for our nations.” “As we convene for...

Sanjally Bojang:  The farmer who said no to President Jimmy Carter and the kingmaker of Gambian politics

- Advertisement - By Gaia S Child When President Jimmy Carter, the world’s most famous peanut farmer, invited him to America, Sanjally Bojang smiled and declined. “It is too difficult for a farmer to leave his crops and his land,” he said. That...

NHRC Highlights Human Rights Situation in The Gambia

By Binta Jaiteh The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has presented an overview of the current human rights situation in The Gambia, including updates on monitoring the Government’s White Paper on the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations...

Survivor’s voice inspires Global call to end torture in Gambia

Among the participants was Nigerian survivor Ogoke Ngozi, who shared her personal story of survival and recovery. “I came into contact with United Against Torture shortly after my ordeal. They rehabilitated me, empowered me, and gave me the...

GAMBIA BEAT SEYCHELLES 7-0 IN FINAL WORLD CUP MATCH

- Advertisement - The Gambia secured its biggest win in international football with an emphatic 7-0 win over Seychelles Sland in the final World Cup qualifing match. The only other pervious big day for The Scorpuios was a 6-0 demolition of Lesotho...

ECOWAS Supports The Gambia’s First Specialised Drug Treatment, Rehabilitation Centre Construction

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission, through its Department of Human Development and Social Affairs, is constructing a National Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation Centre in Banjul, The Gambia. As part of the project’s...