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The long-standing partnership between the cities of Banjul and Nanning reached another milestone as Banjul Mayor Rohey Malick Lowe met with her counterpart, Mayor Hou Gang, in a ceremony marking renewed cooperation and the inauguration of key projects. During the…

The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, and the Secretary-General of the United Nations, H.E. António Guterres, today co-chaired the Ninth African Union–United Nations Annual Conference at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The two…

The Council of Ministers met on Wednesday, November 12, 2025, at the Presidential Palace under the chairmanship of His Excellency Mr. Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye, President of the Republic of Senegal. The session covered key national issues, including defense modernization,…

𝗕𝘆 𝗣𝗮 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗼𝘂 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗺 The Coalition of Progressive Gambians (CoPG) took to the streets on Saturday, November 8, 2025, demanding the re-tabling of the 2020 Draft Constitution and accountability from government officials. The protest, held one year after the group’s…

In fulfilment of Section 222 (15) of the 1997 Constitution of the Republic of The Gambia, President Adama Barrow has successfully concluded his nationwide “Meet the People Tour,” which ran from November 18 to December 9, 2024. This tour was…

As modernisation sweeps across The Gambia, a deeply rooted cultural practice faces an existential threat: the tradition of Fula facial marks. Once a vibrant emblem of identity and heritage for the Fula people, these markings are becoming increasingly rare in urban…

Kora, the 21-string West African ‘harp-lute’ of the Mandinka ethnic group played by members of the four griot (hereditary musician) families, namely Kouyateh, Jobarteh, Suso and Conteh, is a xylophone founded in The Gambia – a tiny West African country…

One among the most talented writers and movie directors in The Gambia whose name rings a bell, and attracted many artists, and producers in The Gambia film industry is Pa Modou Cham AKA Gambian Odumu. This young admirable soft spoken…