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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…
Gambia to host young African leaders’ awards
Hundreds of young leaders from across the African continent will converge in Banjul, The Gambia for the first-ever Young African Leaders’ Awards, slated for 29th September 2019.
The awards, which is the brainchild of the African Youth…
Gambia: Promoting access to fertilizer and improved seed enhances rice productivity
By Mamadou Edrisa Njie
Rice production in The Gambia is characterized by low productivity and production, consequently resulting in low revenues for farmers engaged in the rice value chain. Rice yields in the country have remained…
Mankamang Kunda police station saga: Ports claims procedures were followed
The Gambia Ports Authority has claimed it has followed all due procedures in the financing of the building of a police station in Mankamang Kunda.
The Authority said in a press release on Sunday that the request for the building of the…
‘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…
GPU to train 20 journalists on investigative reporting
The Gambia Press Union with funding from the United Nations Democracy Fund will on Monday, 19th August 2019 begin a ten-day training on investigative journalism for twenty journalists.
The participants, drawn from both print and…
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…
Fatou Bensouda named among 100 most influential African women
A human rights activist Fatou Jagne Senghor, Gambia’s speaker of the National Assembly Mariam Jack Denton and Fatou Bon Bensouda have been named among the 100 most influential African women.
Leading African Rating and PR firm, Avance…
Central Bank presents new banknotes to President Barrow
State House, Banjul, 5th August 2019 - The Governor of the Central Bank of The Gambia today presented samples of the country’s new banknotes to President Adama Barrow at the State House. The banknotes are scheduled to begin circulation…