Lockdown restrictions have been imposed in the Gambia due to an alarming surge of coronavirus in the country, President Adama Barrow has announced. A night curfew has been imposed in all parts of the country from 22:00 hrs to 05:00 hrs and violators face a D5,000 fine. Only persons on[Read More…]
Year: 2020
Coronavirus: Another Gambian Minister Tests Positive
Another Gambian minister has today tested positive for coronavirus. Fatou Kinteh, minister of Women, Children and Social Welfare, is the latest minister to be sidelined by the disease. Several other senior government officials including Vice-president Dr Isatou Touray, Finance minister Mambureh Njie, Petroleum and Energy minister Fafa Sanyang and Agriculture[Read More…]
Madi Jobarteh: Stop Taking Things For Granted
Speaking up against abuse of power and corruption, especially in a post dictatorship society is an urgent, necessary and a historic duty incumbent on all conscious sovereign citizens! The incidence of abuse of power unfolding in The Gambia at this moment is alarming unless if one is not watching! We[Read More…]