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Tony Blair: Gambia has made ‘huge progress’ under Barrow
State House, Banjul, 3rd September 2019 - Tony Blair, Chairman of the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change (TBI) and former long-time UK Prime Minister has extolled the remarkable progress registered in The Gambia since President Barrow…
Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara, leader of peace
By Roï Rosenblit, Ambassador of Israel to The Gambia
“The idea of settling conflicts between peoples by peaceful means applies to all countries, in the Middle East as in Vietnam” said Prime Minister of the Gambia, Sir Dawda Kairaba…
VP Touray meets Japanese Prime Minister Abe
On August 31st, 2019, the Vice President of The Gambia, Dr. Isatou Touray, accompanied by Foreign Minister, Dr. Mamadou Tangara, paid a courtesy call on the Prime Minister of Japan, H.E. Shinzo Abe at his office in Tokyo.
The Vice…
Sir Dawda’s passing: Pres. Barrow declares 3 days of national mourning
Gambian leader Adama Barrow has declared three days of national mourning on Wednesday as the country remembers its founder president who passed away on Tuesday.
Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara died on Tuesday afternoon after a brief illness. He…
Half of Gambians think ECOMIG should leave— Afrobarometer
At least one million Gambians think that the regional forces who were deployed to the country to uphold the 2016 election results should leave, said survey conducted by Afrobarometer.
Afrobarometer is a nonpartisan research network that…
‘RE: Madi Ceesay’s comments are treasonous’
By Siaka Jatta, Political adviser to President Adama Barrow
Kindly accept this statement as an expression of my utter dismay and indignation at the recent comments made by one Madi Ceesay, a national assembly member for the United…
‘Leaked letter’ suggests GPA to sponsor building a police station in Mankamang Kunda
Gambia Ports Authority is to finance the building of a police station at Mankamang Kunda, the native village of President Adama Barrow.
A leaked letter purportedly from GPA shows a request from Ports to Trust Bank Limited to transfer…
Gambian ambassador presents letters of credence to Malian president
Gambian ambassador resident in Senegal overseeing Mali on Thursday presented his Letters of Credence to Malian president Ibrahim Boubacar KEITA at Koulouba, the Malian Presidential Palace.
According to press statement from the foreign…
Sidia Jatta`s resistance against bad legislation under Jammeh: The Indemnity Act.
Written By Kemeseng Sanneh and Sulayman Bokar Bah
One would expect that central to the role of a National Assembly in this 21st century is to make progressive laws that promote equality, freedoms and dignity of the citizens of a country.…
Why citizens should monitor and hold the state accountable
By Madi Jobarteh
Why do you think there is so much poverty in the Gambia? Why do you think there was a group called Junglers under Yaya Jammeh? Why do you think there is so much freedom and prosperity in Sweden? Why do you think…