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20/11/2025

Barrow Highlights Bold Infrastructure Push After Nationwide Tour

President Adama Barrow has wrapped up the first phase of his constitutionally mandated nationwide tour, calling it a major success and thanking his team for what he described as a productive and energizing engagement with communities across the country. Speaking to reporters at State House, the president outlined wide-ranging plans that put roads, electricity access and public services at the centre of his next development drive....

President Adama Barrow has wrapped up the first phase of his constitutionally mandated nationwide tour, calling it a major success and thanking his team for what he described as a productive and en…

19/11/2025

Reports circulating on social media suggest that high-ranking officials of the NPP had paid motorcycle riders three thousand dalasis each to participate in the president's entourage during the welcoming ceremonies marking the first phase of his nationwide tour. However, JollofNews has been unable to independently verify these claims.

19/11/2025

Minister Bah Warns Local Officials Against Blocking Voter Registration

The Minister of Local Government, Lands and Religious Affairs, Hamat N.K. Bah, has cautioned regional authorities against using their positions to block Gambians from exercising their basic rights, especially the right to register to vote. He delivered the warning during a meeting in Sasita Village in the Lower River Region as part of the President’s ongoing “Meet the People Tour.” His remarks followed complaints from the last electoral cycle, where some local officials were accused of denying eligible citizens access to voter registration on claims that they were foreigners....

The Minister of Local Government, Lands and Religious Affairs, Hamat N.K. Bah, has cautioned regional authorities against using their positions to block Gambians from exercising their basic rights,…

18/11/2025

Banjul’s Failing Sewage System Puts Public Health & Marine Life At Risk

A well-known environmentalist in the Gambian capital Banjul is urging authorities to take immediate action as the city’s sewage system edges toward collapse, threatening marine life, public health and the livelihoods tied to the coastline. Amadou W. Jallow says key parts of the system are failing both mechanically and in day-to-day management. According to him, untreated sewage is now flowing into the river through an underground pipeline behind the Atlantic Hotel, as well as drainage canals linked to the Bond Road pumping station at the Nawec facility in Box Bar....

A well-known environmentalist in the Gambian capital Banjul is urging authorities to take immediate action as the city’s sewage system edges toward collapse, threatening marine life, public health …

17/11/2025

Ex-Military Men Make Strong Presence At Kanilai Cleansing Event — Source

Former members of the Gambia Armed Forces (GAF) have made a strong presence during the massive weekend cleansing of the periphery of former president Yahya Jammeh's residence in Kanilai, Hon. Kebba Toumanding Sanneh, sitting for Foni Jarrol in the Gambia's legislature, told JollofNews Sunday. Following Jammeh's exit in 2017, military officers and soldiers, who were close to the former president, were either summarily dismissed from the army while others left on their own volition, regarding themselves as "conscientious objectors"....

Former members of the Gambia Armed Forces (GAF) have made a strong presence during the massive weekend cleansing of the periphery of former president Yahya Jammeh’s residence in Kanilai, Hon.…

17/11/2025

Halifa Sallah has reacted positively to the idea of a coalition of opposition parties to challenge the governing National People's Party (NPP) grand coalition in next year's presidential election, but said he cannot outrightly say whether PDOIS will join a coalition. "I cannot say whether PDOIS will enter a coalition or not as we have yet to go to the congress because that is where it has to be discussed....

Halifa Sallah has reacted positively to the idea of a coalition of opposition parties to challenge the governing National People’s Party (NPP) grand coalition in next year’s presidentia…

17/11/2025

The leader of the Gambia Moral Congress (GMC) Mai Ahmad Fatty has dismissed, as unfair, Sidia Jatta's claim that the Barrow administration's infrastructure development in the Upper River Region (URR) was politically-motivated. Speaking on Sunday at a joint meeting for Baja K***a and Wuli East in the URR as President Barrow continued his annual Meet The People tour, Fatty refuted this claim, emphasising that the projects have greatly improved locals' livelihoods....

The leader of the Gambia Moral Congress (GMC) Mai Ahmad Fatty has dismissed, as unfair, Sidia Jatta’s claim that the Barrow administration’s infrastructure development in the Upper Rive…

16/11/2025

The outspoken Foni Jarrol representative of the National Assembly Hon. Kebba Toumanding Sanneh has said a window of opportunity for negotiation between the Gambia government and former president Yahya Jammeh over the former Gambian strongman's "return" still exists. The Foni Jarrol member of Parliament made this utterance in response to a question posed to him by JollofNews as to whether it's not more prudent and necessary for the former Gambian leader to think again about his announced return this month due to its possible national security ramifications....

The outspoken Foni Jarrol representative of the National Assembly Hon. Kebba Toumanding Sanneh has said a window of opportunity for negotiation between the Gambia government and former president Ya…

16/11/2025

The political temperature in Foni climbed over the weekend as Jerending Sanyang, General Mobiliser of the APRC “No to Alliance” faction, launched a blistering attack on Agriculture Minister Demba Sabally during a large community clean-up exercise in Kanilai. The clean-up took place at the residence of exiled former President Yahya Jammeh, a site that continues to draw loyal supporters despite his years in Equatorial Guinea....

The political temperature in Foni climbed over the weekend as Jerending Sanyang, General Mobiliser of the APRC “No to Alliance” faction, launched a blistering attack on Agriculture Minister Demba S…

16/11/2025

Supporters of former president Yahya Jammeh intensified their activities in Kanilai over the weekend, insisting they are ready to welcome him back despite the Barrow administration’s repeated stance that he will face justice if he returns. Members of the APRC No Alliance faction converged on Jammeh’s residence on Saturday for a large cleaning exercise that many viewed as a direct show of readiness ahead of Jammeh’s declared plan to come back to The Gambia in November 2025....

Supporters of former president Yahya Jammeh intensified their activities in Kanilai over the weekend, insisting they are ready to welcome him back despite the Barrow administration’s repeated stanc…

16/11/2025

The Gambia’s Hunters Association is facing fresh criticism after presenting a dead crocodile to President Adama Barrow during a meeting in Sandou Kirau Arafang on Sunday. The gesture, meant as a show of respect, has instead drawn public backlash and renewed questions about the country’s wildlife protection laws. Many Gambians say the act violates the Wildlife Conservation Act, which protects several species and regulates hunting....

The Gambia’s Hunters Association is facing fresh criticism after presenting a dead crocodile to President Adama Barrow during a meeting in Sandou Kirau Arafang on Sunday. The gesture, meant as a sh…

16/11/2025

President Adama Barrow has expressed concern that several development projects carried out by his administration in Sanunding and across Kantora District were not acknowledged during a community meeting held as part of his nationwide tour. Speaking in Sanunding on Saturday, the president said he was taken aback that none of the local speakers mentioned the work his government has completed in the area....

President Adama Barrow has expressed concern that several development projects carried out by his administration in Sanunding and across Kantora District were not acknowledged during a community me…