Gambia Scraps Jammeh’s Portrait Off Currency Notes

The move has been welcomed by some Gambians on social media as new regime in Banjul gradually takes a decisive break with the country’s brutal past (PHOTO CREDIT: MSJoof / TNBES / May 2019

Gambia is 120th Happiest Country Globally - Report

Rights groups protest against impunity, perceived corruption in government and  environmental damage in Gambia in June 2018 (Photo taken from Freedom Newspaper)

Gambia: Truth Commission’s ‘Never Again’ Objective Should Be Collective Enterprise

President Yahya Jammeh, who ruled the tiny West African country for 22 years, was forced to step-down in 2017 by ECOWAS forces after he refused to cede power following an election defeat to current president, Adama Barrow. (Photo: EPA)

Gambia to pass law criminalizing market manipulation

The process of creating a new law on market manipulation is meant to comply with regional and global standards, says Alhagie Darboe, FIU director (Photo Credit: @JoofMS/TNBES).

Banjul host sub-regional workshop on fight against Hezbollah’s financial activity

In 2013, Yahya Jammeh expelled a Lebanese mogul whose businesses are blacklisted by the US government for allegedly "funding the Hezbollah movement" and "engaging in money laundering.” Photo Credit: AFP