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Gambia Government bans 3-Years Jotna, declares group ‘a subversive movement’
The Gambia Government on Sunday banned the anti-Barrow pressure group ‘Operation 3-Years Jotna’ with “immediate effect”. A press release from the government spokesman Ebrima G Sankareh said: “The Gambia Government renders Operation 3-Years Jotna, a subversive, violent and illegal movement and hereby bans the movement from ever operating within the[Read More…]
Opinion
Opinion | Activism and political bias are destroying people’s faith in journalism
The Gambian private media fought twenty-two years of military turned civilian autocracy and suffered brutal persecutions, nocturnal arson attacks, torture, and death threats. They played a heroic role in restoring democracy in the Gambia at a time, many of the media outlets were proscribed, and many journalists languished in jails[Read More…]
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Are we protecting our children from sexual abuse?
This story about paedophilia in The Gambia, perpetrated by some British tourists as reported by the SUN newspaper is mind-boggling and sad. The photographs in the story are images of innocent Gambia children who have rights and protection from abuse and exploitation under the Constitution, Children’s Act, Tourism Offences Act,[Read More…]
Africa
Zimbabwe’s richest man pays striking doctors to return to work
Zimbabwe’s richest man Strive Masiyiwa has paid striking medical doctors to return to work, ending the wage disputes between the country’s doctors and the government. The billionaire offered a $6.25 million fellowship to help ease doctors’ welfare in Zimbabwe. His intervention ended one of the country’s longest strike actions. Junior[Read More…]
Culture
Commemorating the anniversary of iconic warrior Lat Dior Diop
Today October 27 mark the anniversary of the demise of our grandfather and iconic warrior Lat Dior Diop at Dehale after his clashes with the French colonial government. The Faal family have not only been the dambels (rulers) of Kayor. They were equally learned and they played an important role[Read More…]
Sport
Sadio Mane named Caf African Player of the Year
Liverpool’s Sadio Mane has been named the Confederation of African Football’s (Caf) Player of the Year. The Senegal forward beat Liverpool team-mate and Egypt forward Mohamed Salah and Manchester City’s Algerian winger Riyad Mahrez to the award. Mane, 27, helped the Reds to the 2018-19 Champions League title, scoring 30[Read More…]
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Video: President Adama Barrow’s New Year message
Gambian President Adams Barrow delivers his annual New Year message to the Gambian people. Share
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Gambia receives US$318 million diaspora remittances in 2019
Gambia received US$318 million in direct diaspora remittances between January and November 2019, a senior official of the Central Bank of the Gambia has said. Karafa Jobarteh, the deputy director at the Foreign Exchange Department of Central Bank of The Gambia, told a Diaspora Roundtable Technical Meeting at the National[Read More…]
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