THE GAMBIA NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEME: A PANACEA FOR OUR HEALTHCARE WORRIES, OR ANOTHER MONEY WASTING STATE ENTERPRISE. The National Health Insurance Act 2021 (NHIA), which has as its main objective, “To ensure the attainment of universal health coverage in The Gambia,” will go down in history as the most[Read More…]
Year: 2022
UDP Will Indeed Take The Country – Lawyer Darboe
UDP leader Lawyer Ousainou Darboe has asserted that it’s an incontrovertible truth that the UDP will take the country. According to Hon. Darboe, the UDP had succeeded in disabling President Adama Barrow’s mobilization machinery not long ago after making earlier threats to that end. “We said we would make sure[Read More…]
Gambian Environmentalist Modou Sowe Urged Youth To Protect Monkey Park For The Future
The protection of Monkey Park has raised concerns among Gambian environmentalists. This is because of the role of the park as a major tourist attraction in the country and its protection as a gazetted land during the first republic. The Gambia is known for its friendly nature and its diverse[Read More…]
Yankuba Darboe To Bear UDP’s Torch In BAC Chairmanship Election
Lawyer Yankuba Darboe has been elected as the UDP candidate for the Brikama Area Council (BAC) chairmanship contest, this medium can report authoritatively. He received his endorsement in an election conducted at the Gambia’s main opposition UDP bureau in Manjai this evening.
NHRC Condemns Alleged Coup Attempt
PRESS STATEMENT The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) condemns in the strongest possible terms the reported alleged coup attempt by some soldiers of The Gambia Armed Forces (GAF). Two press releases issued by the Government’s spokesperson on Wednesday 21 December 2022 confirmed the alleged foiled coup attempt and the arrest[Read More…]
Alleged Coup Plotter Apprehended – Gov’t
Press Release Dated: 22nd December, 2022. Banjul, The Gambia — The public is informed that one of the soldiers sought for alleged involvement in the foiled coup plot, Corporal Baboucarr Njie of the State Guards Battalion, was apprehended at dusk yesterday and is currently detained at a secure military location.[Read More…]
UDP Demads The Immediate Release Of Its Campaign Manager
The United Democratic Party condemns the arbitrary arrest and incommunicado detention of the party’s campaign manager, Momodou Sabally, on 21 December 2022 and demand for his immediate release. Hours after his arrest, the police detaining Mr Sabally released a statement alleging that Mr Sabally was arrested in connection with a[Read More…]
Statement By The Gambian Civil Society On The Attempted Coup D’état
It is with deep concern and dismay that we received the news alleging an attempted Coup d’état by some members of the Gambian Armed Forces. The Gambian Civil Society unequivocally condemns this move by our people in uniform and further renounce any form of unconstitutional change of Government. We urge[Read More…]
Sabally Smoothly Undergoing Investigation Process – Police
Mr. Momodou Sabally is smoothly undergoing the investigation process with the police. The aforewritten were the exact words of the Gambia Police Force ( GPF) as it advised the general public, especially “online users” to “avoid misinforming the public and spreading false information that is capable of causing panic”. ”[Read More…]
What Are Triggers Of Military Coups In West Africa?
The West Africa sub-region is witnessing a resurgence of military coups de détát. As the sub-regional stability continues to be threatened by the growing jihadist influence in and around the sub-region, social and political upheavals in many West African countries have all conspired to bring the military back on the[Read More…]
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