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Gambia to benefit 50, 000 hectares of rice fields under OMVG
Press Release
State House, Banjul, 10th October 2019 – Some 50,000 hectares of desalinated land will be available for rice production to The Gambia under the Samba Ngalo Dam Project of the OMVG, the Council of Ministers of The Gambia…
Former vice president claims her sacking was engineered by Dr Tangara
The former vice president of the Gambia, Fatou Jallow Tambajang, has claimed that the decision to sack her was influenced by foreign minister Dr Mamadou Tangara and Ousainou Darboe, the leader of the United Democratic Party.
Tambajang…
Turkish investors scouring Gambia for investment opportunities
Demir Carda, a representative of the Turkish-based renewable energy company, has told Kerr Fatou that his company is planning to build an energy plant in Gambia.
A 15-member delegation of Turkish investors have arrived in the country to…
Commending the Barrow Government for addressing the plight of victims
It is indeed a great initiative that the Gambia Government has provided fifty million dalasi to TRRC for the welfare of victims of the Yaya Jammeh Tyranny. This is commendable, long overdue and in the right direction.
What is even more…
GAP flag bearer resigns as Gambia’s deputy head of mission to Russia
Following his appointment as the presidential aspirant for the Gambia Action Party, Lamin Bojang has resigned from his job as Gambia’s deputy head of mission to Russia.
Bojang is a former military man who has been appointed the…
Reparations: Gambia gov’t gives D50 million to TRRC
The government of the Gambia has given D50 million dalasis to the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparation Commission to pay reparations to victims of human rights violations of the former dictator Yahya Jammeh.
The Truth Commission is…
The selective memory of Gambia’s former vice-president
Isatou Njie Saidy was Gambia’s vice-president during twenty years of the 22-year rule of Yahya Jammeh. Before the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission she admitted endorsing the order sending the army to crush a student protest…
Where is the leadership to salvage mother Gambia?
After all the speeches by the President and his Vice President and the NAMs about the State of the Nation Address and in the Adjournment Debate what did we achieve as a people at the end of the day? What has our leaders done to take us to…
Kanifing Hospital launches spirometry lab to improve lung health in Gambia
Press Release
The Kanifing General Hospital successfully launched a dedicated chest clinic capable of performing spirometry for the diagnosis and management of patients with respiratory diseases. This is a culmination of a concerted…
Exceptional betrayal in the testimonies of Isatou Njie Saidy and Baboucarr Jatta
By Madi Jobarteh
Former Vice President Isatou Njie Saidy did not surprise me in her testimony before the TRRC on Thursday September 3. Rather she confirms that indeed she lacks the moral fortitude to stand by her convictions, regardless.…