Sunday, November 24, 2024

General News

Stakeholders Validate Peace, Reconciliation Commission Bill, 2024

By Nelson Manneh The Ministry of Interior with support from the United Nations Development Program on Tuesday, 13th August 2024, validated the draft Peace and Reconciliation...

ECOWAS Provided Over D64M As Humanitarian Assistance to Gambia

By Kebba AF TourayMuhammed Ibrahim, the head of a delegation from the ECOWAS Commission, said the regional commission has provided US$954,616.00 to the Gambia,...

Lawyer Kaddijatou Jallow Replies to Lawyer Lamin Ceesay in FIB Group &...

By Yankuba Jallow & Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) Lawyer Kaddijatou Jallow has responded to Lawyer Lamin A. Ceesay's motion filed in FIB Group and Slok Nigeria...

Ex-CEO Jonga Questioned about Unlawful Payments for Dakar Trip

By Makutu Manneh  Modou Jonga, a former Chief Executive Officer of the Brikama Area was questioned about a mysterious transaction in which they made two...

Celebrating a milestone in Genomics Research

On Thursday, August 8, 2024, the Medical Research Council Unit: The Gambia at The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (MRCG at...

Alleged Illegal Sand Mining Unleashes Devastating Impact on Gunjur Beach

By Louise Jobe  Information received by this medium reveals some serious devastating impacts of illegal sand mining during the night by individuals and its negative...

Eleven Senior Secondary Schools Benefit From Media, Information Literacy Training

By Sariba Manneh The Open Media Centre (OMC), together with UNESCO, recently conducted a three-day media literacy training for eleven senior secondary school from all...

LLA Project Launched to Address Challenges Posed by Climate Change

By Assan Bah The Gambia Red Cross Society (GRCS), on Friday, 9th August 2024, launched the Scaling up Locally-Led Adaptation and Transforming Humanitarian Responses to...

NCCE, UNDP Challenge Women to Contest Leadership Positions

By Mustapha Jallow The officials from the National Council for Civic Education (NCCE) in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) had challenged Gambian...

Gambia-Turkish Business Council Meets President Barrow to Discuss Investment, Trade Opportunities

By Makutu Manneh  Members of the Gambia-Turkish Business Council met President Adama Barrow last Friday, to discuss investment and trade opportunities between the two countries,...

Former BAC CEO Continues His Testimony

By Makutu Manneh During Thursday’s proceedings of the Local Government Commission of Inquiry, Modou Jonga, the Former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Brikama Area Council...

TVET Continental Strategy Aims to Address Growing Youth Unemployment

By Kebba AF Touray Mr. Ousman Sillah, the Secretary General of the sub-Saharan Africa Skills and Apprenticeship Stakeholders Network (SASASNET) and former Member of the...

TRRC: The making and workings of a model truth commission

By Dr. Baba Galleh Jallow Increasingly, The Gambia’s Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) is being referred in global transitional justice circles as the Gambian...

Foundation 221 Inaugurates Boreholes In WCR

By Sariba Manneh  In a bid to provide adequate, clean and safe drinking water to vulnerable communities within the country, Foundation 221, an international charitable...

Four Peace Corps Volunteers Sworn-in

By Sariba Manneh  Four Peace Corps volunteers were sworn in on Wednesday to serve in the education sector, at a ceremony held at the Massembeh...

EX- BAC CEO Admits Non-Compliance to Procurement Rules 

By Makutu Manneh Photo: Witness Jongo Mr Modou Jonga, the former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Brikama Area Council (BAC) on the 8th of August, 2024,...

Woodside challenges Senegal’s tax increment in court

By Biran Gaye Australian oil company Woodside has filed a legal action against Senegal’s government at the Dakar High Court, challenging the abrupt tax increment...

New DLEA-G Director Continues Familiarisation Tour

By Louise Jobe Demba Ceesay, the newly appointed Director of the Drug Law Enforcement Agency-The Gambia (DLEA-G), continues his familiarisation tour of the sister security...

Gov’t, partners validate policy to address security challenges

By Mustapha Jallow  The Interior Ministry, in partnership with Geneva Central for Security Sector Governance (DCAF), the European Union, and the office of the National...

Former CEO Jonga Says BAC Operates Several Accounts Due to Condition...

By Makutu Manneh   Mr Modou Jonga, a former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Brikama Area Council (BAC) continuing his testimony before the Local Government Commission...