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Insight UTG: Students Missed Lectures Due To Shortage Of Classrooms
University of the Gambia Brikama campus
By Landing Ceesay
The University of the Gambia (UTG), established by an Act of Parliament in March 1999, is the highest learning institute in the country with nine (9) schools within.…
Students, Youth, Women Leaders Receive Training On Migration
Karamo Conteh in the middle of a women group during a training session on migration inNorth Bank and Lower River Regions (pc: Karamo)
By Landing Ceesay
Two Gambians based in Germany, Karamo Conteh and Seedy Saidykhan have…
Former President Jammeh Seizes APRC Leadership; Ditches NPP-APRC Alliance
By Buba Gagigo
In a telephone call, former President Yahya Jammeh announced taking the "full leadership" of the Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC) and ditched the NPP/APRC alliance.
He made…
From Village Football To Helping Falcons FC Gained Promotion To 1st Division, Rise Of 17-Year-Old…
By Landing Ceesay
The rise of a teenager from village football in a North Bank Region settlement to helping Falcons FC gained promotion from the Gambia Football Federation (GFF) 2nd division to the 1st division league is…
Due To Pandemic Blow, Actors In Juffureh-Albreda Tourism Sector Struggle To Sustain Themselves
By Landing Ceesay
Juffureh is situated on the coast of the River Gambia in the Upper Nuimi District, and the ancient little village has become famous as the birthplace of Kunta Kinteh! Juffureh also houses the Slave Museum. It is…
Journey Of Young Gambian Actor From Sandy Streets Of Brufut To Starring In Nollywood Movies With…
By Landing Ceesay
The journey of Musa Darboe Junior, a 24-year-old Gambian actor, scriptwriter and the youngest film producer in the country who rose from the sandy streets of Brufut to featuring in 3 Nollywood movies alongside…
Stakeholders Recommend Arming Private Security Personnel With Guns, Cutlasses
By Buba Gagigo
Managing Directors of two local security firms recommended their personnel be armed with guns or cutlasses amid surge in attacks.
The recommendation for the Government of The Gambia to allow personnel of the local…
African Leaders Urged To Build Capacity Of Healthcare Givers
By Alieu Ceesay
African leaders have been urged to focus on building the capacity of the healthcare sector by training more healthcare providers in different specialties to keep the citizens healthy and productive.
The…
Mother Had To Withdraw Kids From School After Losing Livelihood For Opposing Jammeh
By Kebba Jeffang
A fifty-six-year-old mother, Kumba Kora, has withdrawn all her three school-going children because she couldn’t afford their education.
Hailing from Tambasangsang in the Upper River Region,…
A Journey Home; A Journey to Recovery
On a sunny, humid day in April 2017, a plane carrying 170 Gambians from Libya touched down at the Banjul International Airport. First to step onto the tarmac – after four months of hardship in Libya’s capital and an even…