<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title>AllAfrica News: Gambia</title><link>https://allafrica.com/gambia/</link><description>All Africa, All the Time.</description><language>en-us</language><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 17:12:25 GMT</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 17:12:25 GMT</lastBuildDate><docs>https://allafrica.com/misc/tools/rss.html</docs><ttl>15</ttl><atom:link rel="self" href="https://allafrica.com/tools/headlines/rdf/gambia/headlines.rdf" type="application/rss+xml" /><image><title>AllAfrica News: Gambia</title><url>https://cdn.allafrica.com/static/images/structure/aa-logo-rgba-119x45.png</url><link>https://allafrica.com/gambia/</link><width>119</width><height>45</height></image><item><title><![CDATA[Attorney General Urges Law Officers to Study Chief Justice Jallow's Writings]]></title><link>https://allafrica.com/stories/202607230757.html</link><category><![CDATA[Gambia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Legal and Judicial Affairs]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Africa]]></category><guid isPermaLink="true">https://allafrica.com/stories/202607230757.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 17:12:25 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[[Foroyaa] Attorney General and Minister of Justice Dawda A. Jallow on Monday paid tribute to retiring Chief Justice Hassan B. Jallow, describing him as a mentor, colleague and friend whose leadership had strengthened the judiciary and whose writings should continue to guide generations of government lawyers.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Africa's Development Must Be Driven From Within, Says Gambia's Tax Chief]]></title><link>https://allafrica.com/stories/202607230399.html</link><author>thepoint13@yahoo.com (The Point)</author><category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gambia]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Africa]]></category><guid isPermaLink="true">https://allafrica.com/stories/202607230399.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 11:48:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[[The Point] "Africa's development cannot be outsourced. Sustainable development must ultimately be financed through domestic resources mobilised by strong and effective institutions," says Gambia Revenue Authority Commissioner General Yankuba Darboe, who set the tone for the opening of the 7th Heads of Tax Administrations Master Class, at the Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara International Conference Centre in Bijilo on Wednesday22 July 2026.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[GFF Receives 8 Brand New 4x4 Double-Cabin Pick-Up Trucks]]></title><link>https://allafrica.com/stories/202607230735.html</link><author>thepoint13@yahoo.com (The Point)</author><category><![CDATA[Gambia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Soccer]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sport]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Africa]]></category><guid isPermaLink="true">https://allafrica.com/stories/202607230735.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 17:03:35 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[[The Point] The Gambia Football Federation (GFF) yesterday officially received eight brand-new 4x4 double-cabin pick-up trucks.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commonwealth Games - Doctor to Accompany Gambian Delegation]]></title><link>https://allafrica.com/stories/202607230734.html</link><author>thepoint13@yahoo.com (The Point)</author><category><![CDATA[Gambia]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Africa]]></category><guid isPermaLink="true">https://allafrica.com/stories/202607230734.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 17:03:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[[The Point] According to reliable sources, a doctor will accompany the Gambian delegation to the 2026 Commonwealth Games to be hosted in Glasgow, Scotland.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Roots Project Hands Over Pacharr Irrigation Site for Rehabilitation]]></title><link>https://allafrica.com/stories/202607230403.html</link><author>thepoint13@yahoo.com (The Point)</author><category><![CDATA[Food and Agriculture]]></category><category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gambia]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Africa]]></category><guid isPermaLink="true">https://allafrica.com/stories/202607230403.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 11:51:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[[The Point] The Resilience of Organizations for Transformative Smallholder Agriculture Project (ROOTS) has officially handed over the Pacharr Tidal Irrigation Scheme Rehabilitation Site to Long Jian Road and Bridge Company Limited, as part of The Gambia's drive towards rice self-sufficiency.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gambia Strengthens National Security Framework Through UN Resolution 1540 Implementations]]></title><link>https://allafrica.com/stories/202607230402.html</link><author>thepoint13@yahoo.com (The Point)</author><category><![CDATA[External Relations]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gambia]]></category><category><![CDATA[International Organizations and Africa]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Africa]]></category><guid isPermaLink="true">https://allafrica.com/stories/202607230402.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 11:50:39 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[[The Point] Ministry of Defence, in collaboration with United Nations Office of Disarmament Affairs ( UNOD), on Tuesday launched a national workshop aimed at strengthening the country's national security framework through enhanced implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540 (UNSCR 1540), a global instrument designed to prevent the proliferation of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[In D68m Mecca Visa Trial, Defence Says Prosecution Not Ready to Proceed With Case]]></title><link>https://allafrica.com/stories/202607230401.html</link><author>thepoint13@yahoo.com (The Point)</author><category><![CDATA[Gambia]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Africa]]></category><guid isPermaLink="true">https://allafrica.com/stories/202607230401.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 11:49:47 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[[The Point] Defence Counsel M.L. Ceesay has told the Kanifing Magisrates' Court that the prosecutor in the case involving Kanimang Bajo, who was alleged to have obtained over D68M to provide visas for some pilgrims for the hajj, was not ready to proceed with the case.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA['Africa Must Unite Against Emerging Security Threats']]></title><link>https://allafrica.com/stories/202607230400.html</link><author>thepoint13@yahoo.com (The Point)</author><category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category><category><![CDATA[Conflict, Peace and Security]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gambia]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Africa]]></category><guid isPermaLink="true">https://allafrica.com/stories/202607230400.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 11:49:24 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[[The Point] The Gambia has called for a stronger and more coordinated African security framework, with Interior Minister Abdoulie Sanyang warning that emerging threats facing the continent require collective action, intelligence cooperation and practical solutions beyond national borders.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[LRA Chief Joins African Tax Leaders At Gambia Master Class]]></title><link>https://allafrica.com/stories/202607230297.html</link><author>mail@thenewdawnliberia.com (New Dawn)</author><category><![CDATA[Economy, Business and Finance]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gambia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Liberia]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Africa]]></category><guid isPermaLink="true">https://allafrica.com/stories/202607230297.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 11:26:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[[New Dawn] MONROVIA -- Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA) Commissioner General James Dorbor Jallah is participating in the seventh Heads of Tax Administrations Master Class in Banjul, The Gambia.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Farmers Abandon Border Farmlands As Gambia-Senegal Boundary Dispute Leaves Communities in Limbo]]></title><link>https://allafrica.com/stories/202607220535.html</link><category><![CDATA[Food and Agriculture]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gambia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Senegal]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Africa]]></category><guid isPermaLink="true">https://allafrica.com/stories/202607220535.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 15:59:58 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[[Foroyaa] For years, families living along The Gambia's border with Senegal have cultivated the same fields without interruption. Many of those farms have been passed down through generations, with land stretching across an international boundary that local communities have long crossed freely for farming, trade and family visits. This rainy season, however, many of those fields have been left uncultivated.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pathologist Tells High Court Yunusa Mbaye Died From Massive Blood Loss After Neck Stabbing]]></title><link>https://allafrica.com/stories/202607220527.html</link><category><![CDATA[Gambia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Legal and Judicial Affairs]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Africa]]></category><guid isPermaLink="true">https://allafrica.com/stories/202607220527.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 15:59:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[[Foroyaa] A consultant pathologist on Tuesday told the High Court in Banjul that Yunusa Mbaye died from massive external blood loss after suffering a deep stab wound to the neck, as the prosecution continued leading evidence in the murder trial of Mamadou Bah.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Africa Must Deepen Security Cooperation to Tackle Terrorism, Crime, Gambian President, Nigeria Coas, IGP Charge]]></title><link>https://allafrica.com/stories/202607220035.html</link><category><![CDATA[Gambia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Legal and Judicial Affairs]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nigeria]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Africa]]></category><guid isPermaLink="true">https://allafrica.com/stories/202607220035.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 03:51:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[[This Day] The Gambia -- African leaders and security chiefs have called for stronger regional cooperation, intelligence sharing and community engagement to tackle the continent's growing security challenges, warning that terrorism, organised crime, cybercrime and violent extremism can no longer be addressed by individual countries acting alone.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[State Drops Murder Charges Against Ex-Lieutenant Colonel Sanna Manjang &#x26;amp; Files Assault Charges]]></title><link>https://allafrica.com/stories/202607200577.html</link><category><![CDATA[Gambia]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Africa]]></category><guid isPermaLink="true">https://allafrica.com/stories/202607200577.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 16:25:12 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[[Foroyaa] The State has dropped the remaining murder charges against former soldier Sanna Manjang and replaced them with two counts of assault causing actual bodily harm, as the prosecution formally closed its case before the High Court.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Police Investigate Fatal Stabbing Involving Two Minors in Tallinding]]></title><link>https://allafrica.com/stories/202607200574.html</link><author>thepoint13@yahoo.com (The Point)</author><category><![CDATA[Economy, Business and Finance]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gambia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Legal and Judicial Affairs]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mining]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Africa]]></category><guid isPermaLink="true">https://allafrica.com/stories/202607200574.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 16:24:08 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[[The Point] Tallinding Police are investigating a fatal stabbing involving two minors in Tallinding.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bishop Heward-Mills Praises Gambia's Democracy, Religious Harmony - As He Met VP Jallow]]></title><link>https://allafrica.com/stories/202607200573.html</link><author>thepoint13@yahoo.com (The Point)</author><category><![CDATA[Gambia]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Africa]]></category><guid isPermaLink="true">https://allafrica.com/stories/202607200573.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 16:23:48 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[[The Point] His Excellency the Vice President of the Republic of The Gambia, Mohammed B.S. Jallow, yesterday received Bishop Dag Heward-Mills and his delegation at his office in State House, Banjul.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Foroyaa Managing Editor At the Border]]></title><link>https://allafrica.com/stories/202607200579.html</link><category><![CDATA[Gambia]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Africa]]></category><guid isPermaLink="true">https://allafrica.com/stories/202607200579.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 16:26:10 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[[Foroyaa] Never in the history of the Foroyaa Newspaper has reports been received that indicate a source of conflict that emanates from the wrong reading of a situation by people occupying the highest offices in a country. This is why the Foroyaa editor-in-chief had to be present to witness the demolition of the fence of a military post by military personnel of a neighbouring country who are required by law to be under civil authority and act only under the command of such authority.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vehicle Owners Accuse Authorities of Forcing Them to Pay Twice for Number Plates]]></title><link>https://allafrica.com/stories/202607200578.html</link><category><![CDATA[Economy, Business and Finance]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gambia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Governance]]></category><category><![CDATA[Transport and Shipping]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Africa]]></category><guid isPermaLink="true">https://allafrica.com/stories/202607200578.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 16:25:37 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[[Foroyaa] Vehicle owners have accused the authorities of forcing motorists to pay twice for the same aluminium registration plates after being told that payments made in 2025 would not be honoured under a new production arrangement.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our Objective Goes Beyond Winning Medals - Says Gnoc 2nd Vice Prexy Bakary K. Jammeh]]></title><link>https://allafrica.com/stories/202607200576.html</link><author>thepoint13@yahoo.com (The Point)</author><category><![CDATA[Gambia]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Africa]]></category><guid isPermaLink="true">https://allafrica.com/stories/202607200576.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 16:24:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[[The Point] The second-vice president of the Gambia National Olympics Committee (GNOC), Bakary K. Jammeh, has revealed that their objectives at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow go beyond winning medals and podium finishes.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gld Lntercepts 43 Prospective Irregular Migrants]]></title><link>https://allafrica.com/stories/202607200575.html</link><author>thepoint13@yahoo.com (The Point)</author><category><![CDATA[Gambia]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Africa]]></category><guid isPermaLink="true">https://allafrica.com/stories/202607200575.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 16:24:34 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[[The Point] On 17 July 2026, the Gambia Immigration Department (GID), through its Border Patrol Unit (BPU) stationed at the Migration Management Unit (MMU), in collaboration with the State Intelligence Services (SIS) and with support from other security agencies, conducted a successful operation that led to the interception of forty-three (43) prospective irregular migrants at Sifoe Village.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mental Health Is Disability Inclusion - How Volunteers, Schools and Communities Are Changing the Conversation]]></title><link>https://allafrica.com/stories/202607200063.html</link><category><![CDATA[Gambia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Health and Medicine]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Africa]]></category><guid isPermaLink="true">https://allafrica.com/stories/202607200063.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 05:37:17 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[[Foroyaa] Environmental Column]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Government Praises Gambian Soldiers for Restraint After Senegalese Troops Demolish Bullock Border Camp Fence]]></title><link>https://allafrica.com/stories/202607200058.html</link><category><![CDATA[Arms and Military Affairs]]></category><category><![CDATA[Conflict, Peace and Security]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gambia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Governance]]></category><category><![CDATA[West 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isPermaLink="true">https://allafrica.com/stories/202607170572.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 16:29:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[[Foroyaa] As farmers across The Gambia begin planting for the 2026/2027 cropping season, many groundnut farmers in Jokadou District of the North Bank Region are still waiting to receive payment for groundnuts they sold to government-approved buying centres months ago during the last trade season.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liberia Launches Free Roaming Service With Ghana, Sierra Leone and the Gambia]]></title><link>https://allafrica.com/stories/202607170117.html</link><author>mail@thenewdawnliberia.com (New Dawn)</author><category><![CDATA[Gambia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ghana]]></category><category><![CDATA[Liberia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sierra Leone]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Africa]]></category><guid isPermaLink="true">https://allafrica.com/stories/202607170117.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 08:38:33 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[[New Dawn] MONROVIA, July 17, 2026; Liberia has launched a free mobile roaming service with Ghana, Sierra Leone and The Gambia, allowing subscribers to make and receive calls on their Liberian phone numbers without paying roaming charges while traveling in the three West African countries.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Petroleum Commission Earns Over $1 Million From Upstream Petroleum Activities in 2025]]></title><link>https://allafrica.com/stories/202607170573.html</link><category><![CDATA[Economy, Business and Finance]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gambia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Petroleum]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Africa]]></category><guid isPermaLink="true">https://allafrica.com/stories/202607170573.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 16:29:56 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[[Foroyaa] The Petroleum Commission generated more than US$1 million from upstream petroleum activities in 2025, according to its 2025 Activity Report and Financial Statements presented to the Finance and Public Accounts Committee (FPAC) of the National Assembly.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Government Owes Social Security More Than D816 Million On Behalf of Nawec in 2022]]></title><link>https://allafrica.com/stories/202607160672.html</link><category><![CDATA[Gambia]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Africa]]></category><guid isPermaLink="true">https://allafrica.com/stories/202607160672.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 16:47:04 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[[Foroyaa] The National Assembly's Public Enterprises Committee (PEC) has revealed that the Government of The Gambia owes the Social Security and Housing Finance Corporation (SSHFC) D816,706,067 on behalf of the National Water and Electricity Company (NAWEC), and has also raised concerns about delays in meeting agreed-upon repayment obligations.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man Jailed Five Years After Pleading Guilty to Cocaine Trafficking Charges]]></title><link>https://allafrica.com/stories/202607160671.html</link><category><![CDATA[Gambia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Legal and Judicial Affairs]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Africa]]></category><guid isPermaLink="true">https://allafrica.com/stories/202607160671.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 16:46:25 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[[Foroyaa] The Brusubi Magistrates' Court has sentenced Kawsu Gassama to five years' imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to charges of dealing in prohibited drugs and possession of cocaine for trafficking.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ex-Auditor General Claims D15.8m As State Challenges Compensation Bid]]></title><link>https://allafrica.com/stories/202607160502.html</link><author>thepoint13@yahoo.com (The Point)</author><category><![CDATA[Gambia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Governance]]></category><category><![CDATA[Legal and Judicial Affairs]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Africa]]></category><guid isPermaLink="true">https://allafrica.com/stories/202607160502.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 12:12:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[[The Point] Former Auditor General Modou Ceesay has filed an affidavit before the Supreme Court claiming a total of D15,815,425.76 following the Court's judgment of 7 July 2026, while the State has challenged aspects of his claim and sought an opportunity to address the Court on the issue of his monetary entitlements.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gambia Central Bank Launches Landmark Research Initiative]]></title><link>https://allafrica.com/stories/202607160500.html</link><author>thepoint13@yahoo.com (The Point)</author><category><![CDATA[Banking and Insurance]]></category><category><![CDATA[Economy, Business and Finance]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gambia]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Africa]]></category><guid isPermaLink="true">https://allafrica.com/stories/202607160500.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 12:10:38 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[[The Point] The Central Bank of The Gambia has unveiled its Working Papers and Seminar Series, a groundbreaking initiative designed to strengthen its role as a hub for knowledge creation and evidence-based policymaking.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Barrow's 30 Percent Pay Promise Leaves Farmers Behind, Says Darboe]]></title><link>https://allafrica.com/stories/202607160499.html</link><author>thepoint13@yahoo.com (The Point)</author><category><![CDATA[Food and Agriculture]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gambia]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Africa]]></category><guid isPermaLink="true">https://allafrica.com/stories/202607160499.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 12:10:01 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[[The Point] United Democratic Party (UDP) leader Ousainu Darboe has questioned President Adama Barrow's promise to increase civil servants' salaries by 30 percent if re-elected, arguing that farmers, who he said are struggling under rising production costs, have been left out of the government's plans.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ethnicity Attacks Won't Stop My Ambition, Says Bensouda]]></title><link>https://allafrica.com/stories/202607160491.html</link><author>thepoint13@yahoo.com (The Point)</author><category><![CDATA[Gambia]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Africa]]></category><guid isPermaLink="true">https://allafrica.com/stories/202607160491.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 12:09:28 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[[The Point] UNITE Party leader Talib Ahmed Bensouda has said repeated attacks questioning his ethnicity and family background will not deter him from pursuing his political ambitions, insisting that leadership should be judged on ideas, policies and character rather than ancestry.]]></description></item></channel></rss>