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Gambia government bids Iran goodbye
The Gambia and the Islamic Republic of Iran have broken diplomatic ties following reports that Iran was involved in an illegal arms shipment to...
Gambia: President accused of locking up rivals
Former heads of the navy and army have been charged with plotting to overthrow Gambian President Yahya Jammeh, but the president has been accused...
Drug cartels losing ground in African drug war?
Security authorities in The Gambia have seized about $1bn worth of cocaine on transit from South America to Europe. The authorities also seized large...
African governance architecture meeting adopts way forward
The Meeting on the African Governance Architecture which was being held in Banjul, The Gambia, from the 15th of March, ended today with the...
Gambia: President’s death threats spark protests around Africa
Human Rights groups in Africa are demanding that the African Union human rights commission Headquarters be removed from Gambia following a fierce threat made...
Gambia: President threatens journalists on national television
President of Gambia, Yahya Jammeh threatened journalists during a televised speech Wednesday. "Any journalist who thinks he or she can write what he or...
Lessons on Malaria control from The Gambia
When it comes to fighting malaria, Gambia is leading the way. Engaged in a relentless battle against this disease since the beginning of this...
Anti-American prostest in the Gambia, Gambian national charged
A Gambian national, Momodou Bojang, has been charged for staging anti-America demonstration in The Gambia without any authority and is standing trial in...
President of Gambia sacks ministers
Gambia 's President Yahya Jammeh has sacked the Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology, Mr. Crispin Gery Johnson, and his Communication, Information and...
British dies mysteriously in the Gambia
The Gambian police are investigating the mysterious death of a British national, Mr. Jonathan David Pools, whose body was found on Tuesday near the...
Dutch arrested in The Gambia for indecent acts with Gambian men
A magistrate court in Banjul has ordered 79-year-old Dutch, Frank Boers to pay a fine of 100,000 Gambian dalasis (approximately US$ 4,00 0 )...
UK nationals jailed in The Gambia for incitement of rebellion against the government
The Banjul Magistrate's Court on Tuesday sentenced a British couple, David and Fiona Fulton, to one-year imprisonment each in hard labour for sedition. The...
Gambian journalists living in fear under reign of terror
On 15 December 2008, Reporters Without Borders expressed its disgust at the obstruction and bad faith of Gambian authorities, who have allowed continuing impunity...
President Jammeh distributes free sheep !
Gambian President Yahya Jammeh Monday distributed rams to needy Muslims across the country as part of Edi-el-adha, locally known as Tobaski.
Distributing the rams, Jammeh...
UN investigation team concludes search into alleged mass killings of W/Africans in The Gambia
A team of United Nations (UN) and the African Union (AU) has concluded a one-week investigation into the alleged killing of West Africans in...
British ‘Christian’ couple arrested in The Gambia
A British couple, David Borland Fulton and wife Fiona Rachel, is being detained at the Gambia police headquarters in Banjul for allegedly publishing negative...
President Jammeh gives strong warning to ministers
Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh swore in the newly-appointed Health Secretary (Minister), Dr Mariatou Jallow on Friday with a warning to ministers to either work...
President of Gambia resumes his controversial medical treatments
Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has resumed his controversial treatment programme with the third batch of over 700 hypertension patients, sources confirmed Tuesday. At the...
The Gambia fires another magistrate
Another Gambian magistrate, Johnny A. Njie, has been sacked by the country's Judicial Service Commission, authoritative sources confirmed Monday. Njie who served as a...
Rule of terror: Gambian gov’t killing and torturing citizens
A global rights body, Amnesty International (AI), has launched a report titled "fear rules in Gambia", and urged African leaders to quickly "address the...
Gambian High Court remand policemen and three others on robbery charges
The High Court in Banjul Monday remanded five men, including two policemen, pending trial for robbery charges, authoritative sources in Banjul confirmed. Justice Joseph...
Gambia’s Independent Electoral Commission to observe US elections
Gambia's Independent Electoral Commission's (GIEC) chairman, Mustapha Carayol, will observe the US 2008 election programme at the invita t ion of the International Foundation...
More butchers arrested in The Gambia for disobeying President
A magistrate court in Gambias commercial town of Serre Kunda has convicted two more butchers, Fatou Jeng and Essa Ngum, imposing a fine of...
Ghana beats and eliminates Gambia in African Youth Championship qualifiers
Ghana defeated Gambia 1-0 Sunday evening in the qualifying series for the 16th African Youth Championship, slated for Algeria in 2009. The goal was...
The Gambia declares holiday to honour National team despite failure to advance in joint 2010 CAN / WC qualifiers
Soccer-loving citizens of The Gambia were observing Monday (13Oct) as a public holiday, declared by President Yahya Jammeh to honour the national football team,...
Football : Gambian national team the Scorpions in Senegal for joint 2010 CAN – WC qualifiers
Gambian senior national team, the Scorpions, departed the Banjul International Airport Friday for Dakar to take on the Lions of Senegal in the joint...
The Gambia sends 101 deportees from Spain back to the European country
The Gambia has returned 101 citizens deported from Spain to the European country because it failed to abide by an agreement signed between the...
Butchers convicted for failing to comply with President’s ultimatum on prices
A magistrate's court sitting in Gambia's provincial capital of Brikama has convicted and sentenced three butchers to three months' jail term with hard labour...
Gambian official to send butchers to prison for not obeying President
A Mayor in Gambia's second capital of "Serre Kunda", Yan kuba Colley, has vowed to jail butchers who fail to respect presidential ultimatum over...
Football : Italian coach of Gambian national U-20 team resigns
The Italian-born head coach of Gambia's U-20 soccer team , Lorenzo Rubinacci, has resigned his post due to pressing family matters. Rubinacci's resignation is...