As the impact of last July’s destructive flood in Jabang Estate in West Coast Region of The Gambia is still being felt by hundreds of residents, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaa’t on Thursday took relief items to the community to cushion the effects of the flood. Multitudes of families are still[Read More…]
Year: 2022
COVID-19 Test Requirements Lifted Amid Launching Of Major Tourism Project
The Minister of Tourism and Culture, Hamat Bah, stated on Tuesday that international visitors are no longer required to provide a negative COVID-19 test results they were asked to take before jetting into Gambia. Bah made the announcement at the launching of the Tourism Diversification and Resilience in The Gambia[Read More…]
Amnesty Urges Senegal To Take Strong Action Over Abuse In Koranic Schools
An Amnesty International report published on Monday found that many children in Senegal’s Koranic schools continue to face multiple abuses as well as financial exploitation through forced begging. The human rights organisation is calling on the government to enforce existing conventions to better protect children. In the Muslim-majority nation where[Read More…]
Can KM Voters Entrust Bakary Badjie With Their Treasury?
The minister of sports Bakary Badjie has been reportedly tapped to run for KMC mayoral chair under an NPP ticket but the question that some have started raising is: Can KM Voters Entrust Bakary Badjie With Their Treasury? Before his appointment as sports minister, Mr. Badjie was seen as a[Read More…]
COPG Gives Update As Threat Of Nationwide Strike Remains
COALITION OF PROGRESSIVE GAMBIANS IS STILL IN CONSULTATIONS WITH THE MINISTERS FOR OUR SHORT TERM, MEDIUM TERM AND LONG TERM DEMANDS. The reason for the postponement of the nation wide peaceful protest was to have a dialogue based on our demands put forward to the ministers involved. The venue for[Read More…]
Senegalese Can Overrun Gambia & Cause Mayhem Without Consequences – Falang Sonko
UDP’s Falang Sonko has asserted that considering the string of human rights violations perpetrated against Gambians by Senegalese forces, he’s convinced the Senegalese has the audacity to enter The Gambia and cause mayhem and that they’ll go unpunished. The killings, maiming, imprisonment and humiliation of Gambians by Senegalese security forces[Read More…]
Major Jammeh Passes Away
Military gun salute is later today expected to be mounted for Major Buba Jammeh, who sadly passed away on Tuesday. Major Jammeh was born in Gunjur in the Kombo South District where he received both his primary and secondary education. He enlisted in the then Gambia National Army in the[Read More…]
Trumpet’s Editor Arrested In Connection With Private Matter – GPU
The Trumpet’s editor Fabakary B. Ceesay has been arrested in connection with a complaint filed against him in what appears to be a private legal matter, the Gambia Press Union (GPU) said on Tuesday. “The GPU leadership has been able to see journalist Fabakary B. Ceesay from where he is[Read More…]
Petroleum And Energy Minister Puts A Halt To Coastal Sand Mining
The Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Abdoulie Jobe, announced halt to coastal sand mining as destruction along the country’s coastlines has reached unprecedented levels. Speaking last Saturday to participants at a major stakeholders meeting on the mining and quarrying sectors, Minister Jobe clearly stated that they are trying to change[Read More…]
Gambia Population Census Confirmed For April 2023
The Gambia is set to hold a population and housing census in April 2023, the country’s chief statistician Nyakassi Sanyang said in a statement on Monday. Under the slogan “Everyone Counts, Get Counted”, the exercise in mainland Africa’s smallest country will be conducted in partnership with the country’s development partners,[Read More…]
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