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CRC Set to commence public consultations on Monday
The Constitutional Review Commissions (CRC) is set to commence its public consultations in the North Bank Region from Monday, 29th October and the public consultation is expected to last in June 2019.
Briefing journalists at a news…
Gambia hopes for regular, year-round flights with Russia – Ambassador Bah
The Gambia hopes to expand the number of flights to and from Russia, making them regular and year-round, Jainaba Bah, the Gambian ambassador to Russia, told Sputnik on the sidelines of the Russian-African Social Forum on Tuesday
The…
Ambassador Malang meets two Qatari media chiefs
The Ambassador of the Republic of The Gambia to the State of Qatar, H.E Foday Malang, Monday 22nd October 2018 met the Chief Executive Officer of Qatar Media Corporation.
The CEO, H.E Shaikh Abdurahman Bin Hamad Al Thani, received…
FAR Ltd commences drilling Samo-1 oil well offshore Gambia
Drilling is targeting an estimated Prospective Resource of 825 million barrels of oil.
FAR Ltd has commenced drilling on the Samo-1 exploration well in the 40% owned block A2 located offshore The Gambia.
The Samo-1 well will be drilled…
EU offers grant to Gambia to fish 4,050 tons in its water
The new protocol covers a period of 6 years and will offer EU vessels the possibility to fish 3300 tons of tuna and tuna-like species as well as 750 tons of hake per year in the Gambian waters.
Last Friday, the EU and The Republic of…
‘It’s in our interest to see journalists work freely’—Information minister Sillah
The information minister Ebrima Sillah has met with the leadership of the Gambia Press Union on Monday over issues relating to media freedom in the country.
The President of the GPU, Sheriff Bojang Junior, told journalists following a…
President Barrow receives ECOWAS report on weapons assessment in Gambia
President Adama Barrow on Monday received the ECOWAS report on assessment of weapons and small arms in the country, following the departure of former President Yahya Jammeh.
The exercise, which was conducted by the sub-regional group in…
Gambian reportedly defrauded and murdered in Iran
Suwaibou Sissoho’s family got to know about his death on Thursday at 2.a.m.
A Gambian national, Suwaibou Sissoho, has been killed in Iran reportedly by human traffickers after defrauding his family $12000 (D56, 400)
Sissoho, whose…
W’African countries to accept one another’s currencies next year – WAMI
By the second quarter of 2019, Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Gambia, Liberia and Guinea will be accepting currencies from one another as part of the integration of the payment system of the West African Monetary Zone (WAMZ).
The Director…
Italy: 22-yr-old Gambian kills himself after denied asylum
A 22-year-old from Gambia who had been living in Italy for two years committed suicide. The Babele association said that his asylum request had been rejected and that ''he wanted to go back to Africa but he was afraid that he would be…