The General Delegate for Rapid Women and Youth Entrepreneurship (Der/FJ) is suffering from the consequences of a verbal faux pas. The decision to dismiss him came as a bombshell, in an attempt to smother the controversy. In a press release issued Wednesday evening, Oumar Gueye, Government Spokesman and Minister of[Read More…]
Year: 2022
12 NPP Candidates Join Brikama And KMC National Assembly Election Race
Twelve candidates sponsored by the National People’s Party (NPP) on Wednesday filed their nomination papers at the Brikama and KMC regional IEC offices for next month’s National Assembly elections. They are Lamin Bojang of Brikama North, Malanding B. Jabang of Brikama South, Momodou Bojang of Kombo South, Baba Galleh Jallow[Read More…]
War In Ukraine: AU Chair Urges Ceasefire
On the fourteenth day of the Russia-Ukraine war, the Senegalese president and current chairman of the African Union (AU) tried to convince his counterpart Vladimir Putin on Wednesday to stop the bombing. What if African mediation was successful in this global crisis? Even if the weight and leadership of the[Read More…]
IWD: Gambian Feminists Spiked By “Petulant” Imam
As The Gambia joins the rest of the world to mark International Women’s Day on March 8, local feminists have been up in arms against an imam who made a controversial comment about female judges of the shariah court. The Gambian judiciary last month for the first time appointed two[Read More…]
Gambia Politico: How Mercenaries Kill Our Democracy
Democracy suffers when too many Mercenaries are hired to kill it. Though it ought to be accepted that there will always be cynics to any issue of public contention, but in our democracy, certain cynics are not cynics, but Mercenaries, hell bent on stifling our democracy, in order to satisfy[Read More…]
GDC Unveils Its National Assembly Picks For West Coast Region
Up to six Gambia Democratic Congress (GDC) candidates have Monday filed in their nomination papers at the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), Regional Office, Brikama. They all vowed to defend an agenda for change in West Coast Region as the stakes are getting higher and higher. Momodou King Colley who is[Read More…]
Senegal’s Reflects On Youth Employment
The Consortium for Economic and Social Research (CRES) is organizing on Thursday a workshop to share the results of a study entitled “Support programmes for youth employment and employability in growth sectors in Senegal.” The objective of this meeting is to submit the results of the research to the evaluation[Read More…]
Statement By Seraphine Wakana, UN Resident Coordinator On International Women’s Day 2022
Banjul, 08 March 2022 – The International Women’s Day is an important occasion to celebrate the incredible contribution of women to society and a reminder of the challenges they face to access quality education, healthcare, and economic opportunities. Today and every day, we need to advocate for a more gender[Read More…]
Ghana Signs Visa Waiver Agreements With 8 Countries
The Ghanaian government has signed visa waiver agreements with eight countries as part of its policy of improving service delivery with regards to passport administration both in Ghana and its missions abroad. The countries include Qatar, Jamaica, Suriname, Saint Kitts and Nevis and Saint Vincent. The others are the Grenadines,[Read More…]
Gambia’s Renowned Politician Mbaroadi Dies
The death has been announced of Lamin Waa Juwara, the leader of the National Democratic Action Movement (NDAM) and former propaganda secretary of the opposition United Democratic Party (UDP). Mr Juwara, a veteran politician who represented his native Dankunku constituency and held various senior government positions including minister of Local[Read More…]
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