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ELIT 2019: GYIN Gambia youth summer camp officially opens Wednesday
Pakalinding, Jarra West District, LRR -- The 4th edition of the National Youth Summer Camp on Entrepreneurship, Leadership, and Information Technology (ELIT) officially opened in Pakalinding, Jarra West District, Lower River Region on…
Ecowas Youth Council calls for swift resolutions to South African xenophobic attacks
The Youth Council of the Economic Community of West African States have called on South African authorities to ensure swift resolution to the attacks on migrants in the rainbow nation.
Since 2008, a section of the South African…
‘President Barrow to publish full Janneh Commission report’
According to a press statement from the State House, Gambian President Adama Barrow has made a decision to publish the full report of the Commission of Enquiry into the Financial Activities of Former President Yahya Jammeh and His…
Government, funding partners agree to fast-track UTG Faraba campus completion
State House, Banjul, 3rd September 2019 - President Adama Barrow was informed that The Gambia government and a consortium of donors have agreed to fast track construction works of the permanent campus of the University of The Gambia in…
President Barrow applauds Sir Dawda Jawara family, Gambian people and friends of Gambia
President Adama Barrow wishes to sincerely thank the family of the late President, Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara, the Gambian people and our friends around the world for their demonstrated kindness, prayers, humility and magnanimity during a…
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…
Diplomatic passport fraud: Police confirm arrest of 3 protocol officers, President’s driver
Gambian police have confirmed arresting at least nine people in connection to alleged diplomatic passport fraud involving 3 protocol officers at the Foreign Ministry and driver of President Adama Barrow’s driver.
In a statement on…
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…
TRRC’s Jallow delivers keynote address at conference on African truth commissions
TRRC Media Advisory
The Executive Secretary of the TRRC, Dr. Baba Galleh Jallow, was the keynote speaker at a conference on African truth commissions held at the campus of the University of Ghana, Legon on the 26th and 27th August, 2019.…
Germany: Deportation puts Gambian migrants in fear—Refugee Council tells Pres. Barrow
The acceleration of deportations in recent months has led many Gambians in Germany to live in fear, according to the Refugee Council of Baden-Württemberg.
The Council wrote to Gambian leader Adama Barrow on August 26 urging him to engage…