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New U.S ambassador presents credentials to President Barrow
State House, Banjul, 9th April 2019 - The Resident Coordinator of the United Nations to Gambia along with the diplomatic envoys of the United States and Burkina Faso on Monday presented their Letters of Credence to President Adama Barrow…
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…
President Barrow held talks with regional leaders in Dakar
State House, Banjul, 2nd April, 2019 - On the sidelines of the inauguration of the President of Senegal, Macky Sall, after his re-election, President Barrow held a series of bilateral talks with world leaders including Her Excellency…
Justice ministry urges TRRC witnesses to be truthful amidst JCB Mendy’s arrest
John Charles Mendy is a chief security at The Gambia International Airlines (GIA). It is a crime to lie before the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparation Commission though the Justice Ministry did not say anything about Mendy's fate so far.…
State House drops NIA screening as requirement for press accreditation
A delegation of the Gambia Press Union (GPU), led by the President Sheriff Bojang Jr, Monday morning held a meeting with the Director of Press and Public Relations at the State House on the new press accreditation policy.
The meeting was…
UDP thanks former ministers for their “outstanding” service to nation
“The UDP recognises that, as a nation, we face several challenges — some caused by the legacy of dictatorship and some triggered by global events beyond our control, but we are also cognisant of the self-inflicted wounds on the body politic…
Gambia— UNESCO sign project to use drones to limit the impact of natural disasters
According to Gambian authorities, Riverine Flooding has affected a population of 57,912 in The Gambia in the past four years.
The Gambia and United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) have signed a project…
Gambian publishers reject NIA background checks for State House correspondents
The Newspaper Publishers’ Association of The Gambia, the umbrella body of all the newspaper publishers, have issued a strong statement rejecting screening and background checks for State House press corps.
The Association is the latest…
GPU Communique on State House New Press Accreditation Policy
On Saturday, March 30, the Gambia Press Union (GPU) convened an emergency general meeting in response to a new policy by the State House requiring journalists to undergo security screening at the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) for…