The Gambia's border guards sent 350 people back to their countries last year. These people came to The Gambia without permission.
Mr. Sulayman Kujabi leads the team that watches the borders. He said his boss, Mr. Ebrima Mboob, made new plans to keep the country safe. The guards checked everyone's papers very carefully. They stopped 1,627 people from coming in because they didn't have the right papers. They caught 677 people trying to sneak across the borders. Half of these people came from other countries.
The border guards found 58 bad people who helped others cross the border illegally. Eight of these bad people went to jail. The guards also wrote down the names of 16,473 people from other countries who live in The Gambia. They did...
President Adama Barrow attended a special meeting at the courts in Banjul yesterday. Many important people came to start the new year by making laws and helping people be fair.
President Barrow told everyone he wanted The Gambia to be a country where people treat each other well. He said his team works hard to improve the courts. They bought new computers and special tools to help judges work faster and make better choices.
The man who helps make laws, Dawda Jallow, talked about what they did last year. His team worked very hard to stop people from hurting others. They told everyone it was wrong to hurt women and girls. They started using computers to keep track of court cases, which made everything easier to understand.
Mr. Jallow...
The leader of The Gambia's lawyers, Neneh MC Cham, spoke at a big meeting yesterday. She wants a new law that will help judges do their jobs better. This law would make sure judges receive enough money. She thinks this money will help them make fair decisions without being scared of anyone.
The law makers talked about this idea last September. Many people didn't like it at first, which made the lawmakers stop and think more. Ms Cham said the judges need to feel safe when they work. She asked people to start looking at old laws again and fix them.
Ms Cham talked about some rules that stop people from saying what they think. The highest court said these rules were wrong in May 2018. The rules went against what The Gambia's big law book...
Russia wants to make new friends in Africa! They made a special office just to work with African countries. They plan to build new offices called embassies in many places, including The Gambia.
Russia's important leader, Sergei Lavrov, said his country wants to return to Africa. He explained that Russia had to close many offices in Africa before because it didn't have enough money. The old country called the Soviet Union broke into pieces, and the new Russia wanted to be friends with Western countries instead.
Things changed! Russia wants to fix its old mistakes. They will open new embassies in The Gambia and other countries like Liberia, Sierra Leone, Togo, South Sudan, Niger, and Comoros. One country, Liberia, said no to Russia for...
A smart lawyer from America named Reed Brody says something bad might happen. President Trump stopped giving money to many countries, including The Gambia. This makes it harder to bring justice against the old leader, Yahya Jammeh.
Trump wants to check how America spends its money in other countries. He stopped all help for 90 days. Last year, America gave The Gambia 36 million dollars. This money helped build schools, roads, and hospitals and made The Gambia more fair for everyone.
Reed told The Standard newspaper this was very sad news. He said Jammeh would feel happy because it became harder to make a special court to judge him. Reed worked with many people in The Gambia who suffered when Jammeh was the leader. These people want...
The Gambia joined many other countries to protect a special court called the ICC. This court helps catch people who hurt others during wars. At least 81 countries joined together when American President Donald Trump said mean things about the court.
Trump became angry on Thursday. He thought the court made a mistake by looking at both sides in the fighting between Israel and Hamas. He said the court had no right to check what America and Israel did. America and Israel never joined this special court as members.
Trump wanted to punish people who helped the court look into what Americans did. He said these people and their families could not visit America or use American money. But the head of the court, Tomoko Akane, said Trump's...
The police and drug officers worked together to catch some people who had dangerous things. They found lots of illegal plants and some guns during the weekend.
A man named Abdoulie Sonko had many bags of illegal plants in his house. He kept seeds from these plants in big containers. The police found two hunting guns that he wasn't allowed to have.
The officers caught more people with these illegal plants. Edrisa Sonko hid some in a blue box. Alagie Jammeh and Modou Sanyang each carried three bundles. Two other people, Desiré Sanyang and Duwa Badjie, shared eight bags of these plants. The police also caught Yusupha Sonko and Nfally Nyassi.
The police looked around a farm where people grow cashews. They found another bag of illegal...
A young company from The Gambia made everyone proud! They bought 26 new cars for Nawec, which cost more than 100 million dalasis. This company is called Gambiago, or Gamgo for short.
On Friday, Gamgo had a big party at their office. They gave Nawec shiny new Toyota trucks - both Hilux and Land Cruiser types. The head of Gamgo, Saibo Camara, felt very happy about this special day. He said this shows what Gambian companies can do when people trust them.
Mr. Camara decided to spend his own money first - over 100 million dalasis - because he believed in his team. He wanted to make things even better for Nawec. Instead of giving them 2021 cars as they asked for, he brought them brand-new 2024 models! He thanked Nawec for believing in his...
The police in The Gambia caught a special car on Sunday evening. It was a BMW that bad people used to rob a shop in Banjul. The robbers took more than a million dalasis from the shop.
The police found the car's owner near Bund Road. Officer Modou Musa Sisawo said they are asking the owner many questions to help them solve the crime.
Earlier that day, two people came to El Hella Shop in a gray BMW. The car didn't have any number plates. One person wore a mask on their face, but the other person didn't. The shop's cameras showed these people going inside with a gun. They scared everyone in the shop and took D1,245,000.00 and CFA1,650,000. Then they drove away fast in their BMW.
The police want help from anyone who knows anything about...
