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Online fundraising underway for Latri Kunda market vendors

An online fundraising has been launched to help vendors affected by the Latri Kunda market fire to rebuild their businesses.

Dozens of businesspeople lost all their goods when fire ravaged the market on Saturday morning.

A British woman Kath Ridout has set up an account with the Crowfunding website where

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SURPRISE! Haddy Faye's meeting with an "enemy of the state"

State politics can affect friendship ties, but for Haddy Faye, her state’s enemy who’s her friend, cannot be her enemy.

The young businesswoman  invited questions when photos emerged online, showing her "chilling" in Gothenburg, Sweden with Mama Linguere Sarr, an enemy of the state.

It seems Mama's constant attack at

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Deceived and dumped: Five British women betrayed by their Gambian men

There is something odd about Gambian-British marriages. They just don’t seem to work. Here are five British women who were allegedly deceived and dumped by their Gambian husbands.

Denise Hardwick

She said she spent more than 10,000 pounds chasing "Mr. Right" in The Gambia. And, in 2011 she met Badou,

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Doff rek! Yassin Faal travels to Switzerland to save marriage

Many of you might not believe it, but Yassin Faal travelled thousands of miles from USA to Switzerland to save her marriage and avoid an embarrassing divorce.

This comes shortly after her Swiss-based husband, Saja Marong, took a second wife, leaving the former Miss Gambia-USA shocked and devastated.

In a

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The Gambia's F Ndure chairs high-level UN meeting in New York

Hats off for Fatoumatta Ndure as the beautiful and smart young Gambian chairs in New York a high-level United Nations panel on the role of First Ladies in improving the sexual and reproductive health of adolescent girls.

Her session, organized by the Organization of African First Ladies against HIV/AIDS (OAFLA),

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Mariama T. Jallow sets new nation record in women’s marathon

At the Kassel Marathon in Germany on the 18th September 2016, Mariama T Jallow broke a new national record.

The 22-year-old took 4th in 2.44.59 cementing her place as The Gambia's best ever female marathoner.

"I am very happy with my new record," said Mariama, who works as a police

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The Gambia wins big at African Diaspora Tourism Awards

The Gambia was the big winner at this year's African Diaspora Tourism Awards, taking home three awards including an Award of Merit to President Jammeh.  

Held recently in the USA, the African Diaspora Tourism Awards is aimed at promoting black cultural heritage tourism.

The Minister of Tourism and Culture,

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