President Adama Barrow of the Gambia has tested negative for coronavirus. President Barrow took the test after his vice president, Dr Isatou Touray, tested positive for the disease last week. Several ministers who had contact with the vice president have also tested positive. A media statement from the President’s Office[Read More…]
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Coronavirus: Gambia Records 173 New Cases
The Gambia registers 4 new deaths and 173 new confirmed cases of covid19. The Gambia has recorded its highest number of coronavirus cases in a single day with 173 new patients, taking the tally to 1,39,230, while more than 80 people lost their lives in the last 24 hours, the[Read More…]
Njundu Drammeh: Covid-19 In The Gambia: Hold The Government Accountable
May be instead of blaming the people for their “ignorance” or “indiscipline” in the fight against Covid-19, we should look at the Government and its acts of commission and/or omission in this whole saga. I ask these fundamental questions: what is the purpose of Government? Is it fulfilling what we[Read More…]
Guinea Bissau Broadcaster Radio Capital FM Vandalised
Authorities in Guinea Bissau should investigate the vandalism of broadcaster Radio Capital FM and hold those responsible to account, the Committee to Protect Journalists said on Monday. In the early morning of July 26, unidentified armed men in uniforms of Guinea Bissau’s national guard smashed equipment and other property at[Read More…]
Gambia For All Party Describes Covid-19 Crisis As A Threat To National Stability
Recent releases from the State House and other media networks reveal the gravity of the crisis that this country is now going through with regard to the dangerous spread of the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) virus. The information coming out of the Ministry of Health and the State House indicates a national[Read More…]
Alagi Yorro Jallow: Coronavirus Pandemic: Living In Perilous Times (Part IV)
The Gambia has thus far confidently braced itself for the Covid-19 pandemic in the face of inadequate healthcare infrastructure. Over the past few weeks, we have witnessed nearly exponential growth in the number of new cases (498) and death(9), reaching almost the entire country nears a grim milestone. One wonders whether[Read More…]
Alagi Yorro Jallow: Coronavirus: This Is No Time For Politics
Vice President Dr.Isatou Touray Becomes First High-Profile Gambian Politician To Test Positive For Covid-19 The executive branch is shutting down—no meeting of cabinet and the National Security Council. Moreover, the Vice President, Dr. Isatou Touray, reportedly tested positive for Coronavirus and the State House in Banjul is by implication grounded[Read More…]
Coronavirus: Gambia Registers 77 New Cases
The Gambia has today registered 77 new cases of coronavirus bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 403. At least eight people have died from the disease in the small West African nation. The latest figures were released a few hours after the country’s vice president[Read More…]
Coronavirus: Gambia Registers 77 New Cases
The Gambia has today registered 77 new cases of coronavirus bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 403. At least eight people have died from the disease in the small West African nation. The latest figures were released a few hours after the country’s vice president Dr Isatou Touray[Read More…]
Gambia’s Vice President Tests Positive For Coronavirus
Gambia’s vice-president, Dr Isatou Touray, has tested for Covid-19. According to a statement from the Office of the President, the vice-president remain self-isolation while she recovers frim the disease. President Adama Barrow who has been in contact with the vice president will also on self-isolation with immediate effect for two[Read More…]
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