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Gambian Migrant Workers to Sign Contracts Following Probation in Saudi Arabia
Foroyaa Newspaper
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July 7, 2025
By Assan Bah Baboucarr Osmaila O. Joof, the Minister for Trade, Industry, Regional Integration and Employment (MoTIE), announced to Members of the National Assembly on Wednesday, July 3, 2025, that the probation period for the first group of...
Report Uncovers over D356 Million in Unauthorised Government Virements
Foroyaa Newspaper
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July 7, 2025
By Kebba AF Touray A recent report by the Finance and Public Accounts Committee (FPAC) has revealed alarming financial irregularities in the Gambian government’s 2020 audited accounts, highlighting unauthorised virements totalling over Three...
Bubacarr Bah Sworn In as UTG-SAPEH Sports Minister, Vows to Champion Youth Sports
The Voice Gambia
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July 7, 2025
By: Kemo Kanyi Hon. Bubacarr Bah, a final-year student of Public and Environmental Health at the University of The Gambia (UTG), has officially taken the oath of office as the newly elected Sports Minister for the Student Association of Public and...
THE SHAKY STATE OF THE GAMBIA’S FOREIGN SERVICE: PUBLICITY OR REFORM?
The Point
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June 26, 2025 Publicity or Policy Action The attentive segment of the public had a fleeting view of the state of the foreign service of The Gambia when the late Vice President, Badara Joof, shortly after his appointment in 2022, publicly raised...
Gambia’s coastal communities unite to demand ban on bottom trawling
The Point
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Mustapha Manneh, Founder and CEO of Their Voice Must Be Heard, opened the session with a stark message: “Gambia is still behind in the fight against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing and bottom trawling. The communities affected...
Who cursed The Gambia?
The Standard Gambia
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July 7, 2025
- Advertisement - By Modou Lamin Age-Almusaf Sowe When I was growing up, I always felt uncomfortable whenever I saw highly talented Gambians leaving the country and not returning. However, as I experienced my own taste of Gambian adult life, I...
Doctrinal flexibility and technological adaptation for the Gambia Armed Forces
The Standard Gambia
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July 7, 2025
- Advertisement - By Lt Col (Rtd) Samsudeen Sarr In today’s ever-shifting global security arena, no army worth its salt can afford to rest on the laurels of past doctrines. Stagnation, in military terms, is an invitation to defeat. My own journey...
SJAG MARKS INTERNATIONAL SPORTS JOURNALISTS DAY
The Standard Gambia
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July 7, 2025
- Advertisement - The Sports Journalists Association of The Gambia on Saturday celebrated International Sports Day with a forum that featured deliberations on the state of sports journalism in the world and The Gambia. Described as one of the best...
Gambia Hands Over Sub-Regional Chair to Guinea
The Voice Gambia
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July 7, 2025
By: Modou Kanteh The Gambia has recently handed over the chairmanship of the Sub-regional Fisheries Commission (SRFC) to the Republic Of Guinea Conary after The Gambia completed its two year term. The event was held in Dakar Senegal where it...
China hands over 23rd Medical team to Gambia, reinforcing bilateral health cooperation
The Point
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The handover ceremony, held at a reception hosted by the Chinese Embassy, also marked the farewell to the 22nd Chinese Medical Team, which had been serving in the country over the past year. The event symbolised the continued commitment of the...
GOOD MORNING MR PRESIDENT: Nationwide security vigilance is vital
The Point
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This action serves as a wake-up call for the authorities of The Gambia, Senegal and Mauritania, to work collectively to ensure proper security measures are put in place to keep their territories secure and safe. Indeed there is a need for...
Suspects who helped more than 500 people from Gambia to enter UK illegally arrested
The Point
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The Home Office said the group was thought to have helped more than 500 people from Gambia enter the country using forged passports and visas of people who had legitimate status in the UK. Immigration enforcement officers carried out raids in West...
GIRAV strengthens Gambia's Rice, Maize seed security drive
The Point
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This persistent reliance on imports is being worsened by low productivity, intergenerational poverty, food and nutrition insecurity, and thus hampering the commercialisation of rice farming in particular. To address this challenge, the Gambia...
Ambassador Liu Jin welcomes 23rd batch of Chinese medical experts to Gambia’s health sector
The Point
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The occasion was held via a reception organised at the Embassy in which he also bade farewell to the 22nd Chinese Medical team that had previously served in the nation’s health sector. The occasion also symbolised the continuation of the Chinese...
Barrow Says New Seaport Will Make The Gambia Subregional Trade Hub
The Voice Gambia
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July 7, 2025
By: Fatou Krubally President Adama Barrow has laid the foundation stone for the construction of the new Sanyang Deep Seaport, describing it as a legacy project that will help position The Gambia as a trade and logistics hub for the sub-region....
China Renews Support for Gambia’s Healthcare With Arrival of New Medical Team
The Voice Gambia
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July 7, 2025
By: Binta Jaiteh The Government of the People’s Republic of China has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening The Gambia’s healthcare sector with the official handover of a new Chinese medical team. The transition ceremony, held Friday at the...
Justice Minister Eliminated These Laws. These Experts Do Not Have Kind Words About It
Malagen
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July 7, 2025
The government made more than 126 changes when revising the draft constitution. About half of these concern provisions related to anti-corruption, human rights and checks on the president’s power. Almost all of them were gutted, and now Mr. Ibn...
President Barrow Lays Foundation Stone for Sanyang Deep‑Sea Port Project
The Fatu Network
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July 6, 2025
- Advertisement - Written by: The Fatu Network Newsroom President Adama Barrow laid the foundation stone for the Sanyang Deep‑Sea Port on Saturday, 5 July 2025, marking the launch of one of The Gambia’s largest infrastructure ventures. The...
The real story behind what happened to Kingsway Stores in Accra, West Africa's first shopping mall
GhanaWeb
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July 6, 2025
In the history of shopping malls and retail stores in Ghana, one name that can never go unnoticed is Kingsway. Being the first-ever shopping mall to be built in Ghana and West Africa, its history remains nostalgic and a true depiction of Ghana's...
US supports regional emergency management strengthening
Eagle Online
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July 5, 2025
Today the first cohort of the Regional Public Health Emergency Management Training graduated in Abuja. The intermediate level training was hosted by the United States Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (US CDC) in collaboration with the...