The Gambia News

An aptly-named visitor visited a Petersfield church hall to collect gifts for children in Africa.

It is becoming increasingly clear that The Witch Hunt in the Gambia, the disappearance of Chief Manneh, the rigorous pursuit of libel as a crime which led to the incarceration of journalists for expression of opinions and the issuing of threats of death or harm to perceived dissidents have put the country in focus in domains like ECOWAS, the US ...

Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 2:12 a.m. BANJUL, Gambia - A human rights activist says he's been denied entrance to Guinea, where he planned to investigate a massacre of opposition supporters earlier this year.

Press Freedom gained ground this week from Washington to New York. Yesterday, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee passed the Daniel Pearl Freedom of the Press Act, which would compel the State Department to broaden as well as deepen its reporting on press freedom conditions worldwide to congress.

The state of media freedom in Southern Africa remains gloomy despite years of advocacy for free press.

Monday, 16 November 2009, 2:42 pm Press Release: Commonwealth Human Rights Director Letter to Trinidad and Tobago PM on Gambia Dear Sir: I write as the Director of the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative .

Mr Patrick Manning His Excellency the Prime Minister Republic of Trinidad and Tobago Port of Spain Dear Prime Minister Manning: I write as the Director of the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative .

The third conference of African National Human Rights Institutions will be held in Banjul, Gambia, from 8-10 November 2009.

A 28-year-old woman has been found guilty of murdering her 76-year old husband by a court in The Gambia.

Construction of buildings in the Urban area depend largely on sand excavated from the beach.

LOAD of goodies is on its way to children in a poor African country, thanks to the combined efforts of many Plymouth people.

Limya Eltayeb, the UNDP deputy representative in The Gambia has said that HIV/AIDS is not only a health issue, but also influenced by social and economic factors and as such, it requires multi-sectoral response.

The Gambian leader, His Excellency Sheikh Professor Alhaji Dr Yahya Jammeh has reiterated his unrelenting commitment towards ensuring that corruption and mismanagement of public properties does not exist in the government machinery.

It is a common saying that your best friend is the one who assists you to become what you want to be.

Cash recovered from criminals has been given to Malmesbury charity Jole Rider to teach bike maintenance skills to children in danger of being expelled from school.

An International Monetary Fund mission led by Mr. David Dunn visited Banjul October 23-November 5 to assess performance at end-September for the sixth and final review of The Gambia's three-year program under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility .

The friend of a man murdered by his wife in The Gambia has spoken about how he found the body at a holiday home.

A 28-year-old Nigerian woman has been found guilty of murdering her 76-year-old husband by a court in The Gambia.

You may not have ever heard of this large rat, but if you are thinking of adopting one as a pet there are several things you should know before looking for one.

The director of the fisheries department, Nfamara Dampha, and the Armed Forces spokesperson, Lt.