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Former UN Sec. General Kofi Annan dies
The former secretary general of the United Nations, Kofi Annan, has died on Saturday at the age of 80 following a brief illness, Kofi Annan Foundation has announced.
His wife Nane and their children Ama, Kojo and Nina were by his side…
‘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…
Sifax Group, Gambia sign MoU over multimillion dollars dry port
Nigeria’s leading port concessionaire, Sifax Group has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Gambian government over the operation of a multimillion dollars dry port facility in Banjul.
According to a statement signed…
Gambian Nko prof., Jammeh, publishes fifth book on Thursday
Karamo Jammeh, a professor in Nko, a traditional Mande alphabet which was created in Guinea Conakry by Sulayman Kante, has printed his fifth book on Thursday.
Jammeh’s recent book is based on the history of the twenty-five prophets of…
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…
Gambia joins Senegal in combating illegal timber trade
Gambia and Senegal have started a joint initiatives to combat illegal timber trade in Casamance, Senegal’s troubled south that has been dealing with rebellion since in the 1980s.
The Gambian leader Adama Barrow told journalists on…
Former CDS Bargie appointed as military attaché to China
President Adama Barrow has told journalists on Tuesday that an approval has been made of the appointment of Ousman Bargie as a military attaché to China.
The former chief of defense staff, Ousman Bargie, was first appointed as deputy…
President Barrow irritated over Dr Ceesay’s comments
The Gambian leader has lost his cool when responding to criticisms leveled against his administration by a critic of his administration, Dr Ismaila Ceesay.
Ceesay, in an interview with a Gambian online newspaper, said the Gambian leader…