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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…
TRRC Update: Countdown to the hearings
By Baba Galleh Jallow
Monday, October 15 saw the long anticipated launching of the TRRC. The ceremony at Dunes Resort was attended by President Barrow, cabinet ministers, Gambia government civilian and security officials, senior UN…
High Commissioner Ramzia Diab addresses African students in Indonesia
Her Excellency Ramzia Diab-Ghanim, The Gambia’s High Commissioner to Malaysia and the Southeast Asian countries (ASEAN) on Saturday 20th October, 2018 addressed members of the African Students Association (ASAY) in the special region of…
Gambia joins International Organization of the Francophonie
The Gambia has been admitted as an Observer to the International Organisation of the Francophonie -OIF at the 17th Session of the Francophone Summit recently held in Yerevan, Armenia.
On behalf of the President, the Vice President, His…
PRESS RELEASE: U.S. Embassy Commends the Launch of the Truth, Reconciliation, and Reparations…
The U.S. Embassy in Banjul commends the government of The Gambia for launching the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC). The establishment of this commission marks an important milestone for The Gambia and its people.…
Panel that probes SSHFC crisis says staff broke the law
The panel established by President Adama Barrow to investigate the crisis at the Social Security and Housing Finance Corporation has concluded that the protest carried out by staff were not in accordance of the law.
The panel…
President Barrow welcomes France agriculture plans in Gambia
President Adama Barrow has lauded the initiative of the French government to invest massively in Agricultural commercialization and mechanization, stressing that value addition in agricultural production will greatly contribute to food…
Mufti Menk to visit Gambia in November
Amal Foundation wishes to announce the arrival of international renowned scholar, Mufti Ismail Musa Menk, to The Gambia.
Menk is expected to be in the country from November 1 to 3 as part of his Global Building Bridges Tour.
In…
Main dynamics of Turkey’s enterprising and humanitarian foreign policy: Turkey ambassador
As we proceed to the end of the second decade of the 21st century, the parameters and the dynamics which had been referred for the definition of the international system in the previous centuries seem to be obsolete currently to…