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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...
Gambia Immigration Intercepts Irregular Migration Attempt

Gambia Immigration Intercepts Irregular Migration Attempt

Africa-Press - Gambia. Gambian immigration authorities said on Saturday that they had intercepted a group of suspected irregular migrants in a coastal operation near...
Gambian Drug Agency Arrests 15 in Major Seizures

Gambian Drug Agency Arrests 15 in Major Seizures

Africa-Press - Gambia. The Drug Law Enforcement Agency of The Gambia (DLEAG) has arrested 15 individuals in connection with multiple drug trafficking operations involving...
War Veterans’ Families Demand Attention

War Veterans’ Families Demand Attention

Africa-Press - Gambia. The World War II Veterans’ family Association has written an open letter to President Barrow asking him to address the plight...
Afrivac Donates 50 Million CFA Francs for Child Vaccination

Afrivac Donates 50 Million CFA Francs for Child Vaccination

Africa-Press - Gambia. On Saturday, December 13th, 2025, AFRIVAC organized a large-scale charity dinner at the King Fahd Palace in support of vaccination. The...
Forex Bureaus Condemn Killing of Employee in Brusubi

Forex Bureaus Condemn Killing of Employee in Brusubi

Africa-Press - Gambia. The Association of Licensed Forex Bureaux (ALFOB) on Monday condemned the fatal stabbing of Isatou Fatty, an employee of Heewal Forex...
Touma Njie Supports FGM Ban as Supreme Court Decides

Touma Njie Supports FGM Ban as Supreme Court Decides

Africa-Press - Gambia. Fatoumatta Touma Njie, the National Assembly member for Banjul South, reaffirmed her support for The Gambia’s prohibition on female genital mutilation,...
Director Launches Nationwide Forest Protection Campaign

Director Launches Nationwide Forest Protection Campaign

Africa-Press - Gambia. The Director of Forestry, Lt. Colonel Salifu Corr, has declared the 2025/2026 period as a zero-tolerance season for bushfires and charcoal...