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International

Gambia’s Gets First Visually Impaired Female MP

Ndey Yassin Secka-Sallah is one of the three females to be appointed into the National Assembly Gambia President Adama...

International

Gambia’s UDP Takes Control of Post-Jammeh Parliament

The Gambia’s United Democratic Party (UDP) emerged from decades in opposition in the country’s parliament to take...

International

Barrow Still Not Party Member

Gambia's victorious UDP party has told the BBC that President Adama Barrow is still not a member of the party However,...

Headlines

Gambia’s Opposition UDP Wins Absolute Majority From Jammeh Party

The Gambia's longtime opposition won an absolute majority in parliamentary elections, easily defeating the party of...

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The Vote Gambia’s President Barrow Must Win

Gambians will today vote for members of their one-chamber parliament. They are the first polls since Yahya Jammeh left...

Headlines

Gambians Head To Polls For First Post-Jammeh Vote

Gambians head to the polls on Thursday for the first time since the departure of longtime leader Yahya Jammeh, with...

Headlines

Dancing In the Dark With Jammeh’s Diehard Supporters

They came to dance in green t-shirts adorned with Yahya Jammeh's grinning face and to sing the old songs of adulation...

Headlines

Gambia Ruling Coalition Breaks Up Ahead of April Poll

The Gambia's ruling coalition has broken apart ahead of a parliamentary poll next month, dealing a blow to new...

International

Remains of Opposition Activist Solo Sandeng Exhumed

Police in the Gambia say investigators have exhumed the body of Solo Sandeng who died in custody during the...

Headlines

Gambian Police Launch Probe Into Journalist’s Beating

Gambian police have launched an investigation into a violent public assault of a reporter by supporters of President...

Headlines

Gambian Journalists Pressure Govt After Attack On Reporter

Journalists in The Gambia on Tuesday urged the country's new leadership to uphold their pledge to respect media freedom...

Opinion

Yahya Jammeh’s Ouster By ECOWAS Is A Noble Idea!

Moments before his assassination in June 1992 in the city of Annaba, the Algerian Head of State Muhammed Boudiaf was...

Opinion

Jammeh Deserves Hard Butt-Kicking

Even by West African standards, The Gambia, with a population of just under 2 million, is a very small country....

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Akufo-Addo Congratulates Gambia’s President-Elect

Ghana’s main opposition leader Nana Akufo-Addo has congratulated president-elect of The Gambia, Adama Barrow. The...

International

Don’t Light An Electoral Bushfire

The Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh has warned his supporters that violence was like "bushfire" that could destroy the...

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First Female Gambian Presidential Candidate Withdraws

In a statement sent to AFP, Isatou Touray said she was dropping out of the contest "so as to offer my unflinching...