The Gambia’s Under-19 men’s beach volleyball team Monday met the country’s minister of Youth and Sports following their exploits at the African Youth Games earlier in July in Algeria, where they finished third to Mozambique and Ghana. The result means they are through to the 3rd Youth Olympics Games in[Read More…]
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Concerns Over Barrow’s Amnesty To Convicted Child Fiddler
The Gambia’s Institute for the Advancement of Children’s Rights (IACR) has expressed serious concerns at President Adama Barrow’s amnesty to Svein Agesandakar, a convicted paedophile who was serving time in the Gambia for fiddling a number of children. Svein Åge Sandåker, a Norwegian national, was given a three-year jail term and[Read More…]
Gambia: UN Representative Bids Farewell To President Barrow
The outgoing UN Resident Coordinator in The Gambia, Ade Mamonyane Lekoetje, Friday paid a courtesy call on President Adama. In an interview with the State House media corps, Madam Lekoetje advanced some of her observations about the emerging democracy in the country and expressed optimism that the prospects of the new democracy[Read More…]

