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The Gambia has been ranked 149 out of 190 countries in the world that are suitable for doing business in the 2019 World Bank Ease of Doing Business Index. The country falls eight places behind its neighbor Senegal that scored 141 ranking…

On the occasion of the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, the Gambia Press Union (GPU) urges the Government of The Gambia to thoroughly investigate crimes against journalists. In 2013, the UN General Assembly…

The Intergovernmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA) will hold its 30th Technical Commission/Plenary Meeting in Banjul from 11th to 16th November 2018, and its 19th Ministerial Committee Meeting on 17th…

Prince Charles congratulated Gambia on Thursday for turning its back on “autocratic” rule at home and returning to the Commonwealth fold as he began a nine-day Africa tour. Gambia rejoined the Commonwealth in February, five years after…

A renowned Islamic scholar, Mufti Ismail Musa Menk, has arrived in Gambia on Thursday ahead of his Saturday public lecture to be done at the Independence Stadium in Bakau. This is the first visit of the renowned scholar to The Gambia.…

The Gambia Press Union has on Thursday started a two-day training for twenty-one Gambian journalists on digital economy at Football Hotel in Old Yumdum. The Digital Economy sometimes call the internet economy refers to an economy that is…

British Royals who are on a three-day tour to the country have visited the Fajara War Cemetery along Kairaba Avenue on Thursday. The well-pared graveyard for war veterans from Second World War, which was initially in Banjul around the…

Six in ten Gambians believe that Gambia Armed Forces “often” or “always” protect the country from security threats, a new survey has revealed. And five in ten Gambian, according to the survey, say the men in uniform are respectful to…

Majority of Gambians who spoke to Afrobarometer said they expect people who violated the rights of citizens for the past 22 year to be prosecuted in a court of law.   Gambians have varying expectations of the Truth, Reconciliation and…

As part of its ongoing public consultations, The Constitutional Review Commission (CRC) recently held a consultative session with students of Gambia Senior Secondary School at the school premises in Banjul. The meeting was part of CRC’s…