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ECOWAS Parliament Recommends Increased Allocation of National Budgets to Health Promotion

By Kebba AF Touray The ECOWAS Parliament, through its joint committees, has recommended the allocation of 15 percent of the national budgets of Member States...

KEYCDA, Partners Pilot Third Phase of Tree Planting Project

By Nelson Manneh  The Kombo East Youths and Children Development Alliance with support from B4L and BK West United have over the weekend completed its...

Desperate and Terrified: Mohammed Krubally’s struggle in Tunisia amidst a growing...

Born in Banjul, the capital city of The Gambia, Mohammed Krubally, like many in his country, faced financial hardships from a young age. “I never...

THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE US CONGRESS SHOULD MAINTAIN AN EVEN...

The suicidal atrocities perpetrated by Hamas to make its point and the genocidal atrocities perpetrated by the Netanyahu administration to make its point have...

ARE THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MEMBERS GETTING ANSWERS TO GET THE FACTS...

Apparently, the 30 million dollar petroleum product saga that is now a subject of parliamentary inquiry is still a subject of public interest. About...

National Assembly Continues to Consider Criminal Offenses Bill 2020

By Kebba AF Touray Members of the National Assembly have continued to consider the Criminal Offences Bill 2020 which among others, seeks to place a...

Kuntaur Area Council, Partners Inaugurate Community Radio Station

By Sariba Manneh  With funding from UNICEF, the Kuntaur Area Council (KAC) in Central River Region (CRR) North has recently inaugurated a community radio station...

WHY ARE LOCAL COMMUNITIES IN TUNISIA TURNING AGAINST MIGRANTS?

Information as recent as yesterday indicated an incident where Gambians who are part of a group of West Africans residing in an encampment witnessed...

INTELLIGENCE THAT RAISES POLICY CONCERNS IN THE UKRAINE-RUSSIA WAR: GERMAN CHANCELLOR...

An interview granted by those who had occupied high posts both in Europe and USA that led them to indicate that Ukraine’s sending of...

Survivor of Human Trafficking Narrates Her Ordeal to ECOWAS Parliament

By Kebba AF Touray Amie Jobe, a survivor of human trafficking, Thursday, 29 August 2024 explained the ordeals she encountered while she was trafficked. Appearing before...

Peace360 Initiative plants over 200 trees in Soma

By Amadou Manjang Peace360 Initiative- The Gambia has planted over 200 trees in Jarra Soma, Lower River Region (LRR). The activity is part of its annual...

GRCS Embarks on Tree Planting in Foni

By Sariba Manneh The Gambia Red Cross Society (GRCS) has embarked on a tree planting exercise of 1,300 trees in Foni Bondali Jula in the...

National Assembly to Commence Third Ordinary Session Today

By Kebba AF Touray The National Assembly is scheduled to commence the third ordinary session, today Monday, 9 September 2024. The session as indicated by the...

Gambia’s Commercial Transport Sector Gradually Slipping away from Gambians

By Nelson Manneh Commercial drivers have raised concerns over the gradual slipping away of the Gambian transport sector to non-Gambians. Drivers say the government of the...

China pledges 27 billion CFA grant to Senegal

By Biran Gaye President Xi Jinping has announced aid of 27 billion FCFA granted to Senegal during a one-on-one meeting with Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye...

West African migrants attacked with live ammunition by Tunisian mob

By Biran Gaye At least 4 West African migrants were attacked with live ammunition by a mob of Tunisians while they searched for portable water...

Prime Minister Sonko to deliver policy programmes this week

By Biran Gaye Senegal’s president has scheduled September 13, 2024 for the declaration of the general policy programme by Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko, ending the...

President Barrow Welcomes China-Africa Economic Agreement for Acceleration of Africa’s Industrialisation,...

By Makutu Manneh Gambia’s President, Adama Barrow while speaking at the 2024 Forum On China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Beijing, China, welcomed the China-Africa economic agreement...

GBoS Launches Social Registry Phase 4 Data Collection

By Nelson Manneh The Gambia Bureau of Statistics (GBoS) on Thursday, 5 August 2024 launched the Social Registry Phase Four data collection exercise to be...

Farmer Arrested with Suspected Cannabis 

By Nelson Manneh Officers of the Drug Law Enforcement Agency station at the ferry terminal in Banjul have arrested 18-year-old Saikouba Jarra, a Malian residing...