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Court Convicts Businessman in $135,000 Sugar Fraud Case

Court Convicts Businessman in $135,000 Sugar Fraud Case

Africa-Press - Gambia. A magistrates’ court in Banjul has convicted a businessman, Ousman Drammeh, of obtaining money by false pretenses in a long-running case...
Project Manager Convicted in Misuse of Charity Funds Case

Project Manager Convicted in Misuse of Charity Funds Case

Africa-Press - Gambia. A Banjul Magistrates’ Court has convicted a project manager, Ebrima Ceesay, for fraudulently disposing of more than six million dalasis belonging...
Yonna Group Honors Employee of the Year with Cash Award

Yonna Group Honors Employee of the Year with Cash Award

Africa-Press - Gambia. Yonna Group on Thursday recognized one of its employees, Malick Gibba, as Staff Member of the Year for 2025, awarding him...
Seven Dead and Many Rescued after Boat Capsizes

Seven Dead and Many Rescued after Boat Capsizes

Africa-Press - Gambia. At least seven people have been confirmed dead following the capsizing of a boat carrying irregular migrants off the coast near...
Jinack Kajatta VDC Issues Firm Statement on Law Compliance

Jinack Kajatta VDC Issues Firm Statement on Law Compliance

Africa-Press - Gambia. The Village Development Committee (VDC) of Jinack Kajatta has broken its silence to categorically reject allegations linking it to migrant boat...
UTG Faraba Banta Campus Scales up Academic Infrastructure

UTG Faraba Banta Campus Scales up Academic Infrastructure

Africa-Press - Gambia. The University of The Gambia (UTG) on Saturday, December 27, 2025, inaugurated Lot 2 of its Faraba Banta Campus, marking a...
Migrant Boat from Niumi Jinack Presumed Lost at Sea

Migrant Boat from Niumi Jinack Presumed Lost at Sea

Africa-Press - Gambia. A migrant boat carrying more than 190 people, including at least 45 women and children, which departed from Niumi Jinack on...
NCCE Launches Voter Education Campaign for By-Elections

NCCE Launches Voter Education Campaign for By-Elections

Africa-Press - Gambia. The National Council for Civic Education (NCCE) has begun a voter sensitization campaign in parts of the Lower River and West...
Gambia Launches $5 Million Coastal Resilience Program

Gambia Launches $5 Million Coastal Resilience Program

Africa-Press - Gambia. President Adama Barrow on Tuesday launched a $5 million livelihoods program under the West Africa Coastal Areas (WACA) Project, an initiative...
Gambia Receives $12 Million Medical Donation

Gambia Receives $12 Million Medical Donation

Africa-Press - Gambia. The Gambia on Monday received a large donation of medical supplies valued at over $12 million, the largest health-related contribution in...