Africa, World

French police have today confirmed that they are holding five suspects in the December 11 Algiers bombings. The bombings killed at least 37 people,...

The Sierra Leone government has called for an inquiry into unrest over diamond-mining operations in the east of the country after residents were...

Some 400 km north of Nouakchott at the border with Western Sahara is the village of Boulanouar. Only the passing of trains transporting minerals out...

Saloum Ceesay of Kubuneh village recently appeared before the Brikama Magistrates’ Court in Western Region on allegation of car jerking. ...

The trial of Momodou Lamin Sonko, the proprietor of Boto Construction Company, which was before Magistrate B.Y. Camara in the Banjul Magistrates’...

Effective January 1, 2008, the processing fee for the non-immigrant U.S. visa will increase from $100 to $131, The Point can confirm. The increase,...

Senior Magistrate Abdoulie Mbackeh of the Kanifing Magistrates’ Court yesterday remonstrated with some CID officers after being told by one of the...

The organisation of The Gambia River Basin recently donated 6 motorbikes, 14 bicycles and fire-fighting materials to the Department of State for...

A Dutch foundation helping the poor and the needy in The Gambia has outlined their work and opened a local branch in line with their aims and...

Muhamed Cham, a Gambian domiciling in Germany finally bowed down to the sting of love last Sunday when he tied a sweet conjugal bond with Sariba...