The Government of The Gambia wishes to inform the general public that it has signed a Joint Communiqué on the establishment of formal diplomatic relations between the Republic of The Gambia and the Republic of Burundi on the margins of the 39th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council of the[Read More…]
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Swiss Investigators Go To Gambia For Sonko Case
Former Gambian Interior Minister Ousman Sonko, suspected of crimes against humanity, is to stay in a Swiss jail until at least the end of October, after his appeal was rejected by the Federal Criminal Court, media reports said on Sunday. The court decision was based on a risk that he might[Read More…]
A Celebrated Virtuoso On An Instrument She Wasn’t Meant To Play
Manchester, England — When Sona Jobarteh, one of The Gambian’s most famous musicians, plucks the strings with his index finger and thumb, the airy sound of the centuries-old West African instrument Kora echoes. rice field. Under the purple stage lights of the Manchester International Festival in July — her first[Read More…]

