Africa, World

One Ebrima Baldeh, a 29 year old, was recently dragged to Basse Magistrates’ court before the travelling Magistrate Amadou Baldeh for cattle theft...

One Lamin Jabang was last Tuesday appeared before Magistrate Pa-Harry Jammeh of the Brikama Magistrates’ Court for robbery and stealing. ...

The much prolonged Babylon 55 trial is still dragging on at the Brikama Magistrates’ court. When the case resumed last weekboth the state counsel...

Lawyer Sherriff Tambedou the leading counsel in the ongoing criminal trial of Bakary Gassama (former NIA Director of Finance) has argued that the...

The Department of State for Local Government, Lands and Religious Affairs yesterday issued a news release announcing change in leadership in the...

In a move that has been seen by many as long over due, The Gambia Agency for the Management of Public Works (GAMWORKS) has finally signed the civil...

The sense of jubilation in the offices of The Point as we as a collective staff watched Barrack Obama cast his vote in this year’s historic American...

Enrolment rates at all levels of education have improved in The Gambia since 2000, but with too few qualified teachers and low staff retention...

Hundreds of children are fending for themselves after being separated from their families in fighting between the army and rebels in the eastern...

Zambia cemented its democratic credentials on 30 October in an election that observers judged free and fair, even though a defeated opposition leader...