Owing to the high level of mobile phone penetration in The Gambia, the country’s telecom sector has been growing at a rapid scale over recent decades. The sector’s growth is characterized by a highly vibrant and competitive market and environment in which innovative products and services move very quickly in[Read More…]
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USAID: $365,000 To Accelerate Prosecution Of Jammeh-Era Crimes
Press Release The United States Government’s Agency for International Development (USAID) is launching a 10-month Rapid Response initiative to make immediate progress on prosecutions of alleged crimes committed under the Jammeh regime. The focus will be on setting up a new Special Prosecutor’s Office for crimes covered by domestic laws[Read More…]
President Barrow Launches Additional Road Projects In URR, CRR & NBR
Press Release Dated: 06th June, 2023 Banjul, The Gambia — In continuance of his development projects for The Gambian people, his Excellency President Barrow, will on Thursday 8th June, 2023 depart Banjul for his native Mankamang Kunda in the Upper River Region (URR). On Saturday, 10th June, 2023, President Barrow[Read More…]
LGSC Chair Says Not Aware Of Any Policy That Allows Loans For Councillors
Chairperson of the Local Government Service Commission has said he is not aware of any policy that allows loans to be given to Gambian councillors Chair Momodou Jallow made this assertion whilst testifying before the Local Government Commission of Inquiry at Senegambia. The Commission was set up to undertake a[Read More…]
Police Release Image Of Man Found Dead In Plane Undercarriage
Police trying to identify a man found dead in the undercarriage of a plane at Gatwick Airport have released an e-fit image. The discovery was made on board a Tui flight that had travelled from The Gambia’s capital Banjul on 7 December. Police are investigating the case in order to formally identify[Read More…]
Inspectors Were Even Feared – LG Service Chair
Chairperson of the Local Government Service Commission, Momodou Jallow, who doubles as a businessman, has told the commission of inquiry probing Gambia’s local government system that inspection officers at the Ministry of Local Government and Lands were feared. Excepting the Banjul City Council and Kanifing Municipal Council, Mr Jallow worked[Read More…]
Gambia Youth Network Baden Württemberg Project Launched
Gambia Youth Network Baden Württemberg project launched The Gambia Youth Network Baden Württemberg project was on Thursday launched in Esslingen Berkheim. The objectives of the project include integration, networking, cultural exchange, fight against racism, and other pertinent issues. Mr Ma Foday Cham, chairman of the project, in his launching statement,[Read More…]
‘Lowe’s Re-Election Manifests Faith Banjulians Have In Her’
The Global Parliament of Mayors has stated that Mayor Rohey Malick Lowe’s success in her re-election bid manifests the faith and trust the people of Banjul have in her. In a letter addressed to the mayor and signed by Chairperson Peter Kurz, mayor of Mannheim in German, his deputy and[Read More…]
Gambia Hires US Law Firm To Consider Action On Toxic Indian Cough Syrup, Minister Says
Gambia has hired a U.S. law firm to explore legal action after a government-backed investigation found that contaminated medicines from India were “very likely” to have caused the deaths of children last year, the justice minister told Reuters. At least 70 children in Gambia, most under 5 years old, died[Read More…]
SCB’s Head Of Business Banking Testifies At LG Commission Of Inquiry
Abdoulie Sanneh, head of Business Banking at Standard Chartered Bank Gambia Limited, today testified before the Local Government Commission of Inquiry at the Djembe Hotel in Senegambia. In his testimony to the commission, Mr Sanneh said: “We were given a list of council names to check whether we hold accounts[Read More…]
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