(JollofNews) – When Gambian students took to the streets on April 10 and 11 2000 to protest against the alleged murder of Ebrima Barry and the rape of a Brikamaba school girl, the Gambia Government immediately started accusing them of being used by some opponents of the regime to stage[Read More…]
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FAO Helps Gambia Formulate 5-year Fisheries Plan
(JollofNews)- With support from the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the Gambia’s Ministry of Fisheries and its stakeholders Thursday endorsed a strategy and action plan 2015-2020, during a seminar in Banjul. Organisers confirmed that the strategy sets out the Ministry of Fisheries’ “vision for the future” of the fisheries and[Read More…]
Religion Corner: The Six Fundamentals In Islam
Second Lesson: Salat (JollofNews)– When a Muslim has firmly believed in Kalimah Tayyibah, he has made a sacred pledge to obey all the commandments of Allah; of which the first and foremost is salat which must be observed by every adult, male or female, five times a day. In other[Read More…]
Gambia Committed To Protecting Human Rights
(JollofNews) – A senior Gambia Government official Wednesday told delegates at the 58th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights (ACHPR) that the West African nation is is committed to protecting human rights of its people. Gambian president, Yahya Jammeh, who is regularly accused of rights[Read More…]
Man Charged With Attempted Murder Of Gambian In Italy
(JollofNews) – Police in the Italian city of Palermo have charged a man with the attempted murder of a Gambian man.
Investing In The “Small” But “Beautiful” Gambia
(JollofNews) – It may be one of the smallest countries in Africa, but Gambia’s tourism sector has already contributed significantly to the country, and now it is looking to diversify and maximise the potential in other sectors showing promise.
Gambia 2016 Elections: UDP Committed To United Front Against Jammeh
(JollofNews) – The Gambia’s main opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) has expressed readiness to work with other opposition parties in the country to defeat President Yahya Jammeh in the December presidential elections. The Gambia will hold presidential elections in December 2016, but the UDP’s leader and secretary-general, Ousainou Darboe, is[Read More…]
Gambia 2016 Elections: PDOIS Unveils Governance Programme
(JollofNews) – The Third Republic must usher in a transition from the absolutism of the monarchical presidency under which executive order reigns supreme over the constitution, regulations and basic fundamental rights thus reducing sovereign citizens into subjects and ensure an accelerated power of motion to consolidate a people centred government[Read More…]
6 Dead In Gambia’s Road Crash
(JollofNews) – At least six people were killed in a fatal road collision involving a truck and a commercial vehicle along the Tanji-Serekunda highway, police have confirmed. Several other passengers sustained serious injuries and have been taken to the Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital in the country’s capital of Banjul.[Read More…]
Gambia’s Opposition Elects Barred Leader As Presidential Candidate
(JollofNews) – The Gambia’s main opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) Sunday unanimously re-elected Ousainou Darboe, who is ineligible to contest elections, as its flagbearer in this year’s presidential poll. Ousainou Darboe, 67, who founded the UDP in 1996, is constitutionally barred from contesting presidential elections in the West African nation[Read More…]
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