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Ambassadors from the Peoples’ Republic of China, Cuba and Serra Leone have presented their Letter of Credence to President Adama Barrow on Tuesday. The ambassador of China, Ma Jianchun, told waiting journalists following the ceremony that…

The country representative of the International Monetary Fund, Ruby E.M Randall, told journalists and partners at Atlantic Hotel on Tuesday that Gambia is still at huge risk of debt distress. Randall was speaking at the launch of the IMF…

The Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD) is to launch a two-year project in the Gambia aim at strengthening internal democracy in country’s political parties. The two-year programme was hatched at the 2018 London meeting of…

Press release: The Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Gambians Abroad, Dr Mamadou Tangara on Monday, 12th November 2018 received a copy of the Letter of Credence of the new Ambassador of the People’s Republic of…

Kerr Fatou has learned that Darboe has also reported his case to the Gambia Press Union and the Union’s leadership has asked him to wait on the police inquiry for appropriate steps to be taken. The Standard newspaper reported on Monday…

Press release: The Intergovernmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA) and the European Union (EU), will hold the 6th Meeting of the Steering Committee of the «Strengthening Anti-Money Laundering Capacities in…

At least eight paramilitary officials were dispatched to the headquarters of the Social Security and Housing Finance Corporation (SSHFC) on Monday to reportedly protect the institution against disruption of staff who are unhappy with…

The Australian oil company that has been granted license to test-drill Gambia’s prospective oil wells blocks A2 and A5 has been granted approval for a six-month extension to do a thorough evaluation of the SAMO-1 results, said a press…

President Adama Barrow has reviewed the Report and Recommendations of the Independent Fact-Finding/Investigative Panel on the crisis involving Social Security and Housing Finance Corporation (SSHFC).  Having closely reviewed the report,…

Oil explorer FAR’s company-making first well in The Gambia has failed, and its shares are diving, reported Upstream on Friday morning. The well is the offshore Samo-1, which analysts at Canada-based bank Canaccord Genuity described last…