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G/Bissau Economist Duarte Barros To Lead Transition

(AFP) – Guinea-Bissau's interim leader Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo has named Rui Duarte Barros as prime minister of a transition government after last month's coup, an official said Wednesday. Read more

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Nigeria To Send Troops To Mali, Guinea-Bissau

(AP) – Nigeria's defense minister said his country is ready to send troops to Guinea-Bissau and Mali as part of a regional force heading to the nations recently struck by Read more

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Gambia Money Market News

(JollofNews) – At this week’s auction, the yield of the 91-day bill remained unchanged at 10.15%. The bill was over-subscribed by almost 56 per cent. It’s counter-part, the 91-day (s/s) Read more

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Senegal Singer To Stage African Show For Olympics

(AFP) – Senegalese singer Baaba Maal has announced plans to show the world all "Africa has that is beautiful" during the Olympic Games in Britain in the summer. Read more

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Gambian Interior Minister Fired

(JollofNews) – Barely three weeks after his appointment as Interior Minister of the Gambia, Lamin Kaba Bajo, was this morning sent packing from his office by President Yahya Jammeh. Read more

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Long Jail Terms For Gambian Anti-Drugs Officers

Thursday, 17 May 2012 19:12
*(JollofNews) –* A judge in the Gambia has handed down long jail terms to four former senior officers of the country's Read more... Add new comment

Three Arrested In Connection With Briton’s Murder In Gambia

Wednesday, 16 May 2012 19:23
*(JollofNews) –* Detectives investigating the murder of a Briton resident in the Gambia have yesterday arrested three Read more... Comments (8)

IMF Urges New Senegal Government To Tighten Belt

Wednesday, 16 May 2012 19:09
*(Reuters) –* The International Monetary Fund urged new Senegalese President Macky Sall on Tuesday to get rid of Read more... Add new comment

22 Charged For Holding Peaceful Demonstrations In Gambia

Tuesday, 15 May 2012 19:22
*(JollofNews) –* Authorities in the Gambia have filed criminal charges against 22 members of staff of the President’s Read more... Comments (45)

Mai Fatty Calls On Gambia Gov't To Come Clean

Monday, 14 May 2012 19:55
*(JollofNews) –* The opposition leader of the Gambia Moral Congress Party is leading calls for the government of Yahya Read more... Comments (3)

Nigeria To Send Troops To Mali, Guinea-Bissau

Monday, 14 May 2012 19:15
*(AP) –* Nigeria's defense minister said his country is ready to send troops to Guinea-Bissau and Mali as part of a regional Read more... Comments (12)

G/Bissau Politician To Head Transitional Govt

Sunday, 13 May 2012 20:26
*(AP) –* West Africa's regional bloc has named a politician in Guinea-Bissau to lead the transitional government after Read more... Comments (9)

Senegal President 'Declares Assets For Transparency'

Tuesday, 08 May 2012 16:12
*(AFP) –* Senegalese President Macky Sall has declared over two million euros ($2.6 million) in possessions Read more... Comments (27)

WB Gives Outstanding Public Service Award To Gambian Education Official

Saturday, 05 May 2012 13:08
*(Washington) –* The World Bank today presented the 2012 Jit Gill Memorial Award for Outstanding Public Service to Read more... Comments (11)

Gambia’s Yahya Jammeh Stuck Two Fingers Up At Sarkozy

Friday, 04 May 2012 15:33
*(Jollofnews) –* The president of the Gambia has stuck two fingers up at Nicolas Sarkozy of France and other Read more... Comments (24)

Editorial: Remembering April 10 & 11

Tuesday, 10 April 2012 00:00
*(JollofNews) –* April is here again, as are fresh and bad memories of Gambians and all those who have been craving for justice over the last 12 years for Read more... Comments (4)

The Changing Chess Game In West African Politics

Sunday, 13 May 2012 19:51
*(Opinion) –* The former President of ECOWAS, James Victor Ghebo, was a catalyst in the dawning of West Africa’s Read more... Add new comment

Welcome President Macky Sall: Now The Bitter Truth About Gambia Under Yahya Jammeh

Sunday, 15 April 2012 03:28
*(Opinion) –* Senegal and Gambia; two countries, one nation, and this is not political pandering. It is a fact grounded Read more... Comments (3)

First Soldiers Of West African Force Arrive In G/Bissau

Thursday, 17 May 2012 19:01
*(AFP) –* Some 70 soldiers of a west African force arrived in Guinea-Bissau Thursday, part of regional efforts to restore stability Read more... Add new comment

Government Should Stop Interfering With The Judiciary

Wednesday, 16 May 2012 20:47
*(JollofNews) –* The Gambia is a Republican State, not a monarchy where pronouncements may amount Read more... Comments (4)

G/Bissau Economist Duarte Barros To Lead Transition

Wednesday, 16 May 2012 18:57
*(AFP) –* Guinea-Bissau's interim leader Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo has named Rui Duarte Barros as prime minister of a Read more... Add new comment

Gambia Denies Selling Land To Bangladeshis

Tuesday, 15 May 2012 19:15
*(JollofNews) –* The Gambia Government has denied selling/mortgaging land in the Central River Region to Read more... Comments (42)

Gambia Money Market News

Monday, 14 May 2012 19:39
Yield of 91-day bill unchanged *(JollofNews) –* At this week’s auction, the yield of the 91-day bill remained unchanged at 10.15%. Read more... Comments (5)

Senegal Singer To Stage African Show For Olympics

Monday, 14 May 2012 18:58
*(AFP) –* Senegalese singer Baaba Maal has announced plans to show the world all "Africa has that is beautiful" Read more... Comments (3)

GIABA World Press Conference Held In Dakar

Sunday, 13 May 2012 20:03
*(JollofNews) –* The Director General of the West African anti-money laundering institution has urged continued support Read more... Add new comment

Gambian Interior Minister Fired

Monday, 07 May 2012 20:57
*(JollofNews) –* Barely three weeks after his appointment as Interior Minister of the Gambia, Lamin Kaba Bajo, was this morning sent packing from his Read more... Comments (174)

Top Gambian Agric. Officials Plead Not Guilty

Saturday, 05 May 2012 02:45
*(JollofNews) –* Seven former senior Gambian agriculture ministry officials have all on Friday pleaded not guilty Read more... Comments (1)

ECOWAS Imposes Sanction On Guinea Bissau

Friday, 04 May 2012 15:28
*(JollofNews) –* The ECOWAS Contact Group on Guinea Bissau has voted to endorse sanctions against Read more... Add new comment

Letter From Birmingham: A Wasted Revolution

Tuesday, 15 May 2012 19:30
*(Column) –* When Yahya Jammeh came to power in July 1994, he won the support of many Gambians who saw him Read more... Comments (1)

Transforming Gambian Agriculture – The Food Front

Sunday, 29 April 2012 19:18
*(Opinion) –* For once, the Secretariat for Agriculture, DAS, The President’s Office and NARI should hush up and listen to Read more... Comments (3)

Meet Capt. Sanogo, The Man Behind Mali Military Coup

Saturday, 31 March 2012 01:58
*(Bamako) –* Little is known of Mali’s junta leader, Captain Amadou Sanogo, but some information has been trickling in. Read more... Add new comment