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‘OMVG hydro power transmission lines will connect Gambia in 2019’
Officials of The Gambia River Basin Development Project (OMVG in French) have announced that the interconnection transmission and distribution line for the hydroelectric power supply of the Samba Ngallo Dam project in Guinea would reach…
President Barrow pays condolences to family of Sheikh Sedia Ceesay
Adama Barrow, President of the Republic of The Gambia, has learned with deep sadness the death of Sheikh Sedia Ceesay, a renowned Imam and Islamic scholar in The Gambia.
On behalf of the government and the people of the Republic of The…
Minister Tangara meets E. Guinea’s President Obiang
The autocratic ruler of Equitorial Guinea, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, has met with Gambia’s foreign affairs minister Dr Muhammed Tangara in Malabo, according to a press reslease from the foreign affairs ministry.
Tangara who met…
GFF holds elective congress on Saturday
The Electoral Committee of the Gambia Football Federation has announced on Wednesday that it will hold the 2018 Elective Congress on Saturday August 18 at the Paradise Suites Hotel
The prior announcement stated that the event will take…
President Barrow declares Wednesday public holiday
President Adama Barrow has declared Wednesday, 15 August, 2018, a public holiday throughout the country, in observance of the Christian feast of Assumption of Mary, also known as ‘Sang Marie’.
The presidency said on Tuesday that Barrow…
Rohey Samba is TRRC director of communications, outreach and media
Acting in accordance with section 24(1) of the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission Act, 2017, the Executive Secretary of the TRRC has appointed Rohey Samba-Jallow as Director of Communications, Outreach and Media for the…
President Barrow visits Central Abattoir ahead of Eid
State House, Banjul, 12 August, 2016 - His Excellency President Adama Barrow on early Sunday afternoon paid an unexpected visit to the central abattoir in Abuko to garner firsthand information on the sale of sacrificial rams in honour of…
Gambia seeks assistance from CTO to achieve its ICT plans
Gambia’s information and telecommunications minister, Ebrima Sillah, has sought help from the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) to help strengthen the country’s Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector.
The…
Foreign minister Tangara receives new WFP Country Director
The Honourable Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Gambians Abroad, Dr. Mamadou Tangara, on August 9th, 2018 received the new World Food Programme (WFP) Representative and Country Director to The Gambia, Ms. Wanja…
OIC summit 2019: Saudi Guarantees full support
State House, Banjul, 12 August, 2016 - A high-level technical meeting between a delegation from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Government of The Gambia emerged with the news of a 100 per cent backing to The Gambia's efforts in…