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African Soccer Tournament Moves to August. A big soccer event in East Africa needs more time to get ready. The games will move from February to August 2025. Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda planned to share the hosting duties. However, experts checked the fields and buildings and said these...

NPP Party Plans Big Meeting in Soma. The National People's Party will meet this Saturday after putting it off for a time. Party boss Seedy Njie shared news of the one-day event. Their leader, President Adama Barrow, plans to join the gathering. The party must hold these big talks every two...

Ghana's New Leader Plans Gambia Visit. Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama is visiting The Gambia today. The State House said his trip aims to strengthen ties between the two nations. Mahama returns to power after six years away. He first led Ghana from 2012 to 2017. Back then, he helped...

Dispute Erupts Over Village Health Project in Gambia. A fight broke out over plans to build a health center for mothers in Chamen village. The government stopped the project, which angered many people. Momodou Cham runs the project for Chamen Nianija Diaspora Club. His group wanted to spend...

Gambian Political Leaders Clash Over Party Finance Claims. President Adama Barrow and his former party leader are fighting over who paid for what. At a meeting last month, Barrow said he gave money to his old party. The United Democratic Party says this is not true. Barrow told people in Ebo...

Gambia Faces UN Review on Human Rights Progress. The United Nations will examine The Gambia's human rights record next Tuesday in Geneva. The meeting will be streamed online for anyone to watch. The Gambia stands among 14 nations up for review this January. The country has gone through three...

New Leader Takes Command of West African Peace Mission in Gambia. The Gambian president met with Colonel Ndiangne Diouf at the State House in Banjul. President Adama Barrow welcomed Diouf as the new head of the Ecowas military force in The Gambia. At the handover event, Ambassador Miatta Lily...

A High Court judge in The Gambia asked lawmakers to rethink the death penalty. Justice Ebrima Jaiteh made this request when he sentenced Famara Kanteh to death for murder. The country's constitution allows the death penalty. But in 2018, President Adama Barrow put a hold on executions. He did...

In a recent sermon, the leader of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Mirza Masroor Ahmad, continued discussing the military campaigns during the life of Prophet Muhammad. He focused on a controversial incident involving the reported killing of an elderly woman named Umm Qirfah. Mirza Masroor Ahmad...

Some countries are getting money to help them stop using fossil fuels. This money is called a Just Energy Transition Partnership, or JETP. South Africa and Senegal are the first African countries to get this kind of help. South Africa uses a lot of coal for power. It wants to use cleaner...

The Gambia Secondary Schools Sports Association (GSSSA) is making a big change. It wants to give prizes to the best athletes, which is different from the old system. Before, schools received awards. The new plan will start at the next national athletics championship. Athletes who do very well...

The CAF Champions League is almost ready for the quarter-finals. This weekend is the last round of group matches. The games have been very exciting so far, with surprises and a lot of goals. Five teams have already advanced to the next round. Al-Hilal was first, followed by Al Ahly, AS FAR...

A ski lift broke down in northern Spain on Saturday. It happened at the Astún resort in the Pyrenees mountains. The accident hurt at least 30 people. Seventeen of them were badly injured. The resort closed after the incident. Rescue teams rushed to help the injured skiers, using ambulances and...

The Anglican Church of Kenya has a new bishop for its Nairobi diocese. Ven Canon Jonathan Kabiru won the election on Saturday. He will be the third bishop to lead this diocese. A group of 23 people chose Kabiru. They came from different Anglican churches in Nairobi. This group is called the...

Dorcas Rigathi, who is married to the former deputy president Rigathi Gachagua, spoke out about Kenya's problems at an event in Nyeri. Mrs. Rigathi said that Kenya is not doing well. She thinks there is a lot of "wickedness" in the country. People have turned away from God, sinning and being...

The Kenyan government has taken decisive action against civil servants who used fake academic certificates to gain employment and promotions. A report from the Public Service Commission reveals that 449 workers were fired after being found guilty of this offense. These individuals made up more...

Donald Trump said his inauguration on January 20th will be held inside. This is because it will be very cold in Washington, D.C., next week. The speeches will take place in the Capitol building. They were going to be outside, but not anymore. The inaugural parade will also be indoors. It will...

Musalia Mudavadi, the Prime Cabinet Secretary and Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs, has scolded Kenyans for speaking badly about their country to the world. He said Kenya is a regional hub that many big media companies choose to work in because of its freedom of speech. Mr...

The police watchdog group IPOA is looking into a fight that took place on Friday along a highway between Narok and Nairobi. The fight left some people hurt and others dead. IPOA sent a team to investigate immediately. They want to ensure that any police who break the law are held accountable...

Nairobi ranks as the fifth best city to visit in Africa, according to Trip Advisor. The travel site awards winners each year based on reviews from the last 12 months. Marrakech, Morocco, took the top spot. Mauritius came in second place. Zanzibar, Tanzania, was third. Cape Town Central, South...