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Gambia declares state of emergency and nationwide lockdown to tackle coronavirus
President Adama Barrow has declared a state of emergency giving the government additional powers to enforce a nationwide lockdown. In a televised address to the nation on Friday the president outlined the drastic measures his government is taking to stop the spread of the coronavirus in the country. The state[Read More…]
Opinion
Opinion | President Barrow’s coronavirus speech inherently flawed, but he got a few critical things right
President Adama Barrow’s speech to the nation Friday evening on the coronavirus outbreak threat was impressive and, in many ways, and reassuring. He got few critical things deeply flawed, and it omitted measures to provide relief to businesses and individuals hit by the impact of coronavirus outbreak on the faltering[Read More…]
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Open letter to President Barrow: free journalists and allow all radio stations to resume broadcasting
Dear President Adama Barrow, Your election had raised high hopes of democratic change in The Gambia, and we would like to draw your attention to a recent arrest of media practitioners and journalists as well as the closure of two private radio stations. Mr.President, we are distressed to observe the[Read More…]
Africa
Ghana’s President pledges 3 months salary towards coronavirus fund
President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana has pledged his salary for the next three months – April, May and June – as his contribution to a coronavirus (Covid-19) fund set up to assist underprivileged Ghanians affected by the disease. The president made the announcement in a national broadcast Friday night. The[Read More…]
Culture
Jerri Jorr Ndella: the last Senegambia aristocrat to be executed by the French colonialists
We must refuse to let go of our rich history as there is a clear testimony that well before colonialism, our people were organised and they put in place their own democratic governance structures. They had the Lamans for example in Kayor from 1549 under the Jollof Empire. The many[Read More…]
Sport
Sadio Mane makes donation to Senegal coronavirus committee
Liverpool forward Sadio Mane has made a donation of 30 millions FCFA – around 45,000 euros (£41,000) – to the national committee fighting against coronavirus in his home country of Senegal. The Reds’ player decided to make the donation “spontaneously when he saw the evolution of the situation” with the[Read More…]
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Video: President Adama Barrow address the nation on coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic
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IMF approves US$47 million fund for Gambia
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday approved a 39 month Extended Credit Facility (ECF) arrangement for The Gambia in the amount of US$47.1 million. A press release from IMF said the ECF-supported programme “aims to anchor macroeconomic stability and progress on structural reforms achieved under the 2019 Staff Monitored[Read More…]
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