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President Barrow to attend Nigeria’s Democracy Day celebration
The Gambian leader Adama Barrow will be attending Nigeria’s Democracy Day celebration slated for June 12 in Abuja, stated a press release from the Presidency on Sunday.
The Gambian leader also congratulated Nigeria’s President…
Leading Gambian activist writes to lawmakers over army’s agricultural plan
Madi Jobarteh, a leading Gambian human rights activist has written to the National Assembly Committee on Defense and Security urging the Committee to summon the Chief of Defense Staff to ensure clarity and transparency over army’s proposed…
Gambia will host OIC 2022 Summit, OIC Summit declares
Gambian president Adama Barrow told Muslim leaders at State House on Tuesday that the OIC summit in Saudi urged member countries to assist Gambia to successfully host the 2022 summit.
The 15th session of the summit of heads of state and…
Our national currency is our identity!
By Madi Jobarteh
The Gambian dalasi, like any other national currency, is not only an economic and financial tool but it also represents a social, cultural and political identity of the Gambia. For that matter in producing a new national…
Israel Ambassador meets Gambia’s first president
PRESS RELEASE
The Ambassador of Israel to The Gambia, H.E Roi Rosenblit, has visited Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara, Gambia’s first President at his residence in Banjul on May 30th, 2019.
The Ambassador greeted Sir Dawda in English and…
Gambia’s apex bank expunges ex-leader’s face from the currency
Gambia’s apex bank has on Thursday revealed pictures of the country’s new family banknotes with pictures of various bird species in the country and historical sites.
The new banknotes were revealed to journalists at the complex of the…
PPP leadership division: Papa Njie’s lawyer asked court to strike out the case
Lamin Mboge, the lawyer defending Papa Njie, has asked the Banjul Magistrate Court to throw out the case brought against the leader of the Peoples’ Progressive Party by some senior members of the party.
A faction of the leadership of the…
50 Gambian female politicians get leadership training
The leadership training will be in series and it will be for the same batch of female would-be politicians. The project is expected to span 2 years.
The West African Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP) has began a two-day leadership…
GPU welcomes payment of compensation to four journalists by gov’t
Banjul, May 29: The Gambia Press Union welcomes and highly appreciates the payment of compensation to four journalists by the Government of The Gambia.
In a landmark ruling made in February 2018, the Ecowas Community Court of Justice…
Janneh Commission: People with notices of adverse findings urged to see Attorney General
The Justice Ministry is urging people who have received a notice of adverse findings in connection to the work of the Janneh Commission to contact the Minister Abubacarr Tambadou or the Solicitor General Cherno Marenah.
In a press…