The two-day visit to Dakar of David Malpass is placed under the seal of strengthening collaboration between the Bretton Woods institution and the Senegalese government. This is the first official trip for the President of the World Bank Group to Senegal and to West and Central Africa. In a statement[Read More…]
Year: 2022
Senegal’s FA Calls Off League Game Due To World Water Forum
The match of the 14th day of the Ligue 1, initially scheduled at the President Abdoulaye Wade Stadium in Diamniadio, will not be held on March 23 because of the World Water Forum. From March 21 to 26, 2022, the Abdou Diouf International Conference Centre (CICAD) in Diamniadio, a new[Read More…]
Gambia Frees Ex-President Jammeh’s Hitmen
Two members of former President Yahya Jammeh’s hit squad, The Jungulars, who were held for years without charged have been released from detention, the Gambian army said in a media release on Friday. The Jungulars were used by Mr Jammeh to carryout torture and extra-judicial killings of his opponents and[Read More…]
President Barrow Receives Advisory Paper On The NDP Successor Plan
President Adama Barrow today received a report looking into the country’s development programmes and planning frameworks from a 14-member Eminent Persons Group established by the Ministry of Finance. The group includes former senior civil servants and experts working abroad. The chairman of the group Mr. Alieu Ngum led the presentation[Read More…]
Army Says Audio In Circulation Is False And Malicious
The Gambia Armed Forces has reacted angrily to an audio making rounds on social media alleging undue influence in an ongoing investigation as false and misleading. GAF in a statement issued Thursday evening rebutted: “It has come to the notice of the Gambia Armed Forces that there is a particular[Read More…]
UDP’s Momodou Sabally Goes To The Supreme Court
UDP aspirant for Busumbala constituency, Momodou Sabally Wednesday filed an appeal at the supreme court seeking the court to quash the decision of the electoral commission of rejecting his nomination. Mr Sabally who is also asking the court to make an order directing the IEC to accept his nomination papers,[Read More…]
Mali Crisis: Macky Sall Favours Negotiated Solution
As the ECOWAS mediator on Mali is due to make a fresh hop to Bamako, Senegalese President Macky Sall said he favours a negotiated solution out of the embargo currently imposed on Senegal’s neighbour by the regional grouping. By Oumar Dembélé The heads of state of the sub-regional organization want[Read More…]
Gambia To Embark On A Second Round Of Mass Immunization Against Polio
As lab samples have revealed the presence of the polio virus in the country, the Ministry of Health and partners will start a second round of vaccination drive. The four-day mass immunization campaign is scheduled for March 19 – 22, 2022, and children below 5 years will be the leading[Read More…]
OIC Reacts To ‘Misleading’ Social Media Report
The Gambia OIC Secretariat has reacted with fury to this week’s report among social media commentators which criticised the government of President of Adama Barrow over its failure to maintains its role as the rightful host of the next OIC Heads of State and Governments Summit. “In response to false[Read More…]
MoH, IOM Complete Refurbishment Of Tanka-Tanka Psychiatric Facility
The Gambia’s Ministry of Health officially inaugurated the newly refurbished Tanka-Tanka Psychiatric Facility, the country’s sole psychiatric facility – an initiative supported by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) through the UN Peacebuilding Fund. With the facility hosting returned migrants with mental health needs, this formed part of IOM’s efforts[Read More…]
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