The Gambia Government through the Ministries of Trade and Industry and Finance and Economic Affairs held a joint stakeholder meeting yesterday with major importers of essential commodities and seriously discussed issues over the rising prices of essential goods. During the ministerial meeting, The Gambia Government acknowledged the external circumstances emanating[Read More…]
Year: 2022
Madi Jobarteh: The Illegality And Immorality Of Amnesty For Sanna Sabally
The uproar that emerged in the wake of TRRC’s purported recommendation for Sanna Sabally has raised many perspectives which divided the Gambian public into two main camps. One camp completely disagrees with the TRRC on the basis that Sabally killed human beings without putting them through due process. The other[Read More…]
Gambia Want To Avoid Becoming One-Tournament Wonders
Tom Saintfiet, the Belgian coach who transformed Gambia from minnows to Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finalists this year, desperately wants to avoid the fate that befell Madagascar. Debutants Madagascar took the 2019 Cup of Nations in Egypt by storm, stunning Nigeria in a group match, then eliminating the Democratic Republic[Read More…]
Gambia Swimming And Aquatic Sports Association Elects Njogu Bah As President
The Gambia Swimming and Aquatic Sports Association has elected Dr Njogou Lamin Bah president on Saturday 19th March 2022, during the Elective General Assembly of GSASA. The former Secretary-General and Head of Civil Service of The Gambia will serve a mandate of four years ending in 2026, succeeding Ms Bintou[Read More…]
Dakar Hosts World Water Forum
The largest global event related to water, is organized every three years since 1997 by the World Water Council, in partnership with the host country. Dakar, the capital of Senegal, is hosting the 9th edition of the World Water Forum from Monday 21 to Friday 26 March, the first in[Read More…]
World Bank Approves $150m For Electricity Services In Senegal
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved $150 million from the International Development Association (IDA) to increase access to electricity services for households, enterprises, and critical public facilities in Senegal. More than 1.5 million people will benefit directly from the Energy Access Scale-Up Project (PADAES) through the connection of[Read More…]
“Sotuma Sere Sankanu Has No Slavery Problem.” – Says Alkalo Sankanu
Alhagie Abdou Kadiri Sankanu, the sitting Alkalo of Sotuma Sere and patriarch of the ‘Sankanu Kaggoro’ dynasty in the Jimara district of the Upper River Region (URR) of The Gambia said that the recent detention of six (6) young people from his community by the police from Basse was a[Read More…]
“Amnesty For Sanna Sabally Is Like Granting Amnesty For Yahya Jammeh.” – Says Mamodou Sillah
November 11 victim, Mamodou Sillah, has likened the amnesty for former Junta second-in-command, Sanna Sabally, to a possible decision absolving Yahya Jammeh of guilt in the crimes committed under his two-decade long regime. Sillah made this remark during a press conference that was convened on Saturday at the victims’ center[Read More…]
Operation Casamance: At Least 6,000 People Flee To The Gambia
An estimated 6,000 people have taken refuge in the Gambia after fleeing the violence in the past week between the army and rebels in Casamance, in the south of neighboring Senegal, the Gambian authorities announced on Saturday 19 March. The Senegalese army announced that it had launched an operation on[Read More…]
Guinea Bissau Police Fire Teargas To Disperse Opposition Congress
At least seven people were injured in the clashes at the headquarters of the former ruling African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde on Friday. Police used tear gas and batons to disperse activists from the delegation, the historic group that led Guinea-Bissau, a former Portuguese colony,[Read More…]
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