ECOWAS Parliament Commences Meeting to Promote Health Services, Education
By Kebba AF Touray
The Parliament of the Economic Community of the West African States (ECOWAS Parliament), on Tuesday, 3rd September 2024, commenced another delocalized...
MRCG / LSHTM Hosts Collaborative Training with Stakeholders on Bio-informatics
The Medical Research Council Unit-The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (MRCG at LSHTM) recently conducted a four-day Basic Linux...
WILL BRAZIL EXERCISE SUBREGIONAL SOLIDARITY BY MEDIATING TO SOLVE THE ELECTORAL...
Oil rich Venezuela is steadily sinking into crisis. It has the wealth to make the country and people prosperous. This however is not possible...
THE DANGER OF A LOW EXPORT AND HIGH IMPORT ECONOMY
The government should go back to basics. The foundation of development of a country is its productive base. Infrastructural development could be based on...
MoHERST Signs MoU With Chinese Counterparts to Advance TVET Programs
By Sariba Manneh
The Ministry for Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology (MoHERST), on Friday 23 August 2024, received a ministerial delegation from the People’s...
Farmers Become Hopeful As Heavy Pour Prevails
By Lamin Fatty
Hopes of farmers rejuvenated as heavy down pour prevails across Central River Region (CRR) and Upper River Region (URR), after a long...
ARE ESSENTIAL DRUGS ALWAYS AVAILABLE AND AFFORDABLE?
A special study is needed on the number of deaths that occur on an annual basis. Life expectancy in The Gambia should be properly...
GAMBIANS SHOULD BE ON THE SAME WAVELENGTH REGARDING CONSTITUTION BUILDING
The content of the Draft Constitution is yet to be published in the Gambia Gazette as Supplement “B”, yet a very divisive debate is...
ACDHRS Engages Regional CSOs on International Human Rights Mechanisms
By Nelson Manneh
Recognizing the urgent need for collective action against environmental degradation and climate change in Africa, the Africa Centre for Democracy and Human...
MRC-G / LSHTM Strengthens Staff Capacities to Enhance Preparedness, Response to...
On August 26, 2024, the Medical Research Council Unit-The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (MRCG at LSHTM), commenced a...
DID THE GOVERNMENT CONDUCT CONSULTATION TO CRAFT THE BARROW ADMINISTRATION DRAFT...
The Attorney General and Minister of Justice and the Minister of Information have held radio interviews and a press conference to try to convince...
A CONSTRUCTIVE NATIONAL CONVERSATION IS NEEDED BEFORE A REFERENDUM
There is a trend of discussion after the content of the Barrow Administration Draft Constitution leaked before its publication in the Gazette. Many critics...
GNPC Operates as Trader, Oil Marketing Company, MD Reveals
By Kebba AF Touray
The Managing Director (MD) of Gambia National Petroleum Company (GNPC), Baboucar rNjie, has said that the GNPC operates as a trader...
Migrant boat capsizes off Libyan Coast
By Biran Gaye
A migrant boat has capsized off the coast of Qazahiyah, Libya, with the Libyan Marine Unit rescuing a dozen of migrants.
According to...
Finance Ministry Officials Explain Fuel Import Licensing Regime
By Kebba AF Touray
The Ministry for Finance and Economic Affairs (MoFEA) through its Permanent Secretary AbdoulieJallow and BaboucarrJobe, Deputy Finance Ministry, appeared and testified...
WILL GAMBIA HOLD A REFERENDUM BEFORE 31ST DECEMBER 2024?
It is now known that provisions of the Constitution that could only be amended after a referendum are already stipulated under section 226 of...
THE NUCLEAR THREAT
Israel is suspected of having nuclear weapons, Russia has nuclear weapons. However, the world is looking at the situation where war is raging without...
At least 100 killed in terrorist attack in Barsalogho, Burkina Faso
By Biran Gaye
Terrorists on Saturday killed at least 100 villagers in the community of Barsalogho, Burkina Faso, becoming the latest target of several terrorist...
NHRC holds forum on rights of older people
By Amadou Manjang
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Wednesday at Senegambia Beach Hotel in Kololi, held a Stakeholder Forum on the Promotion of...
WCI Forum Briefs Entrepreneurs Ahead of Business Forum
By Assan Bah
The World Cooperation Industries (WCI) Forum in partnership with the Gambia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI), on Thursday 29 August 2024,...