The US ambassador to the Gambia, Patricia Alsup has visited Jarra Jasong, Lower River Region, to view progress on a US$50,000 (D 2.3 million) US government grant to flood victims. Shortly after this year’s torrential rain which left many families homeless and in desperate need of help, a rapid assessment[Read More…]
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Gambia: Journalists Get Acquainted With Mechanisms Of Transitional Justice
(JollofNews) – A one day training session jointly organised by the Gambia Press Union (GPU) and the Abidjan-based International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) was held Thursday at Gamtel Training School in Kanifing. The workshop brought together journalists from the print, electronic and online media and aimed at enhancing the[Read More…]
Senegal Opens Modern Int’l Airport
(JollofNews) – President Macky Sall has commissioned Senegal’s new international airport in the town of Diass, 40 km from the capital Dakar. The modern state-of-the-art Blaise Diagne International Airport was build to accommodate between 10 and 20 million passengers yearly. Thursday’s inauguration was a colourful ceremony in the presence of[Read More…]
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