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Turkey plays key role in Gambia military training
Turkey has given training to Gambian troops and provided military equipment and logistic support to tiny West African nation, a top Turkish military official said.
Speaking to Anadolu Agency in the Gambian capital Banjul, Col. Nihat…
“We made Barrow president”
Ousainou Darboe told Kerr Fatou his party has been expelled from the coalition government after their sacking.
The leader of the United Democratic Party has responded to critics who blamed his party’s leadership for being disloyal to…
Policy failure and political survival in Gambia: A call for political revival
By Dr. Foday J. Darboe
The fault lines that run across the Gambia are deeply rooted in the incompetence of leadership, and this deficiency has percolated deep into the strata of the Gambia’s various governmental structures. An …
France supports French edu. in Gambia with D27 million
Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, French minister of state attached to the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, met with Gambian Foreign Minister Mamadou Tangara on Wednesday.
France has announced a €500,000 (D27,833,716) project to support the…
Turkish foreign minister on New Zealand terror attack
Speech by H.E. Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey, at the United Nations General Assembly meeting to condemn the terrorist attacks in New Zealand, 2 April 2019, New York.
Mr. President, Honourable…
IFJ joins calls to boycott NIA background checks for journalists
The International Federation of Journalists -affiliated Gambia Press Union (GPU) has called on journalists not to comply with new rules imposed on journalists seeking to cover events in the Presidency.
The GPU confirmed that the Office…
Pres. Barrow calls for unity in Cabinet as VP, 4 other ministers take oath
Barely three weeks ago, the President made a major cabinet reshuffle sacking the leader of his former United Democratic Party, Ousainou Darboe, and two other ministers from the party.
As he presided over the swearing in of four cabinet…
GPU wary of NIA background checks for State House correspondents
The Gambia Press Union has issued a media alert asking its members not to comply with the request until it gets a sit-down with the authorities over the issue.
The press office of State House has revealed information on Wednesday that…
President Barrow appoints health and agriculture ministers
STATEHOUSE, BANJUL, 27th MARCH 2019 - His Excellency, Mr. Adama Barrow, President of the Republic of The Gambia, acting under the provision of section 71(3) of the 1997 Constitution of the Republic of The Gambia, has appointed Dr. Ahmadou…
Six in every ten Gambian consider emigrating—Report
Contrary to the notion that migrants are simply a country’s most impoverished citizens, youth and education are far more strongly correlated with interest in emigration than poverty, according to the report.
A research conducted by…