Gambia News Live

22/05/2024

The Gambia Football Federation (GFF) has appointed Johnny McKinstry as the head coach of the men's senior side.

15/05/2024

Updates:
Ousman Sonko has been guilty of committing crimes against humanity by the federal criminal court in Bellinzon, Switzerland.
The former interior ministry, Ousman Sonko has been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment in Switzerland.

30/04/2024

The Kanifing Municipal Council (KMC) and Longjian Road & Bridge Corporation has signed a D300 million road network project for the construction of 15.4 km roads and 5.9 km of drains within the municipality.

The project is scheduled to begin next month and will involve the construction of two bridges, eleven strategically important roads, and the Bakau drainage network, which will take three years to complete

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25/04/2024

Update on the accident involving Senegalese 🇸🇳 ECOMIG soldiers.

24/04/2024

Eeh Gambia. 🤦🏽‍♂️🙆🏽‍♂️😂😂

17/04/2024

The recent chaotic scenes at the Banjul Barracks crossing is unprecedented. Travelers scrambled to find other form of transportation causing a lot of frustration and delays for many people. The lack of ferry services has caused distrustion to essential travel plans.

The authorities are making efforts to resolve this issue as soon as possible.

16/04/2024

A system failure at Banjul international Airport causing passengers to queue for hours to get their boarding pass. Many might likely miss their connecting flights in Morocco 🇲🇦.

09/04/2024

As a new moon was not sighted Saudi Arabia and neighbouring countries on Monday evening after Maghrib prayers, will fast one more day. Therefore, the first day of Eid will then be celebrated on Wednesday, April 10.

Eid Mubarak in Advance.

28/03/2024

Get ready for a historic moment as The Gambia prepares to welcome 57 heads of state for the 15th Banjul Summit of the OIC. All eyes will be on The Gambia on May 4-5, 2024.

25/03/2024

President Barrow congratulates President-elect Faye.

16/03/2024

Dr Ismaila Ceesay wrote this on X formerly known as “twitter” but now appointed as the minister of information.

What’s your take ?

15/03/2024

The Minister of Petroleum & Energy Abdoulie Jobe, has been redeployed to the Ministry Tourism & Culture.

10/03/2024

Ramadan Kareem to all our followers. May Allah accept our fasting, prayers and zakat in this holy month.

08/03/2024

Whilst the politicians are busy taking on the women’s right again on FGM, let’s take a moment to celebrate the achievement of Fatou Sanneh at the World Para Athletics Grand Prix in Tunisia. She is is bringing home the Bronze medal.

Congratulations Fatou Sanneh.

25/02/2024

A fatal car accident took place at the Sukuta Jabang Traffic Light, where a BMW collided with a streetlight pole just a few meters from the roundabout.

The number of accidents in the country is out of control. 😖😖

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24/02/2024

On Thursday night, four armed men broke into Yona and Western Union branches in Kiang Keneba and stole a more than D180,000 worth of cash sources has revealed. This is a developing event. More updates will follow soon.

Is the security in the country collapsing?

18/02/2024

The Gambia men’s football team FIFA ranking has dropped to 130 position following the AFCON.

18/02/2024

Happy Independence Day.

🇬🇲For The Gambia Our Homeland 🇬🇲

24/01/2024

Congratulations To The Scorpions 🦂
🇬🇲💪🏾

23/01/2024

One Word for the Lads?

17/01/2024

Here we go boys. Let’s repeat the history!

💪🏾🇬🇲💪🏾

15/01/2024

The National Team has been awarded diplomatic passports ahead of their game against our rival neighbouring country- Senegal.

💪🏾🦂🇬🇲

11/01/2024

This is horrifying for our national team.

The coach, Tom Saintfiet, said he and his players feared for their lives after the plane taking them to the Africa Cup of Nations made an emergency landing, delaying their arrival at the tournament in the Ivory Coast.
The squad set off from Banjul on Wednesday for the short trip to Yamoussoukro, where they will play their opening two group games, but minutes after take-off they turned around because of a lack of oxygen inside the plane, he said, adding: “Luckily for us, the pilot recognised the problem and after nine minutes in the air turned around to land again. We all fell asleep.” 😳😳

20/12/2023

Breaking News:

UDP Campaign Manager Momodou Sabally Resigns amid speculation of joining NPP! ☄️🔥

Momodou Sabally, has officially tendered his resignation letter as the campaign manager of the UDP with immediate effect.

His letter reads: “
I write to formally inform you of my decision to resign as national Campaign Manager of the United Democratic Party.

It is a difficult decision to take, but it is my opinion that this is in the best interest of both the party and myself in view of current circumstances.

Accordingly, I have also decided to cease to be a member of the UDP. I wish to take this opportunity to express my profound thanks and appreciation to the leadership and members of this great party for all the love and support that they have shown me during the period I spent as a member of this great party.

In view of these circumstances, I will also surrender to you today the party pickup vehicle that has been assigned to me for the past years. Kindly extend my special thanks and appreciation to the Party Leader and Secretary General for many reasons that I cannot state in one letter.

Thank you for your usual cooperation and support. May Allah Bless the great UDP.”

01/12/2023

A long waited justice has been passed in Germany 🇩🇪.

Press release: German Court decision on Bai Low.

03/11/2023

IOM facilitated the voluntary return of 136 stranded Gambian migrants from Libya 🇱🇾

They will be finally reunited with their families.

22/09/2023

The Gambia's currency, the dalasi, continues to hold its position as Africa's strongest currency this year, according to the central bank governor. The dalasi has appreciated by 0.9% against the U.S. dollar so far, outperforming 23 other African currencies monitored by financial analysts.

The central bank attributes this strong performance to increased inflows from remittances and tourism, as well as external budget funding and disbursements under an International Monetary Fund (IMF) program. The governor anticipates a further rise in the dalasi's value against major trading currencies, primarily the U.S. dollar, due to expected growth in remittances.

In the first two months of this year alone, Gambia received $129.7 million from its citizens residing abroad. This marks a significant increase compared to $507 million in remittances received in 2022. The number of tourists visiting the country also increased substantially last year, jumping to 174,490 from 102,460 the previous year, following a decline to 89,232 in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Source: Yahoo finance and Bloomberg

22/09/2023

The vice president of The Gambia Muhammad Jallow at the UN general meeting.
To watch full recording, please click link here: http://gadebate.un.org/en/78/gambia-republic

His Excellency Mohammed Jallow spoke at the General Debate of the 78th Session of the General Assembly

16/09/2023

Breaking News:

Momodou Sabally, the UDP's campaign manager, and Sheriffo Bayo Sonko, the Brikama Area Council's nominee for councillor, have both been taken into custody.
More updates to follow.

14/09/2023

Captain Omar Colley spoke to the BBC about his experience on the the earthquake which happened in Morocco 🇲🇦 few days to their game against Congo.