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U.S. 2014 Trafficking in Persons report ‘misrepresented facts’

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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Banjul has reacted to the U.S. Department of State’s 2014 report on trafficking in persons, describing some of the...

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Ebola crisis: President Koroma declares state of emergency

Picture: President Ernest Bai Koroma

Friday, August 01, 2014

Sierra Leone’s President Ernest Bai Koroma has declared a state of public emergency in response to the worsening Ebola virus disease outbreak in...

GPU statement on Chief Ebrima Manneh

Friday, August 01, 2014

To mark the eighth anniversary of the “disappearance of journalist Chief Ebrima Manneh”, the Gambia Press Union, GPU, issued the following statement:...

Gambia urged to join global ban on cluster bombs

Friday, August 01, 2014

August 1st annually marks the anniversary of the entry into force of the Convention on Cluster Munitions. Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC) members...

2014 Hajj package pegged at D175,000

Picture: Dr Mbye Kebba Kah, the Amirul Hajj

Thursday, July 31, 2014

The all-inclusive package cost of pilgrimage to Mecca in 2014, which was approved by the national authorities is D175,000, according to the Hajj...

New ECOWAS Brown Card operational in January 2015

Thursday, July 31, 2014

Implementation of the new Brown Card for the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) would take off on January 1, 2015. The...

VDF helps Muslims during Ramadan and Eid festival

Thursday, July 31, 2014

Gambian philanthropist Modu Turo Darboe through his NGO, Vision Development Foundation (VDF), slaughtered 78 bulls worth over a million dalasi, and...

ECOWAS seeks mainstreaming of Talibe schools

Thursday, July 31, 2014

The 7th annual review meeting on the Implementation of the ECOWAS plan of action on combating trafficking in persons (TIP) has called on member...

CDC calls Ebola outbreak ‘forest fire’

Thursday, July 31, 2014

As the worst outbreak of the virus ever recorded spreads rapidly through West Africa, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention explains what’s...

Sierra Leone’s top Ebola doctor dies from virus

Picture:Sheik Umar Khan

Thursday, July 31, 2014

The doctor leading Sierra Leone’s fight against the worst Ebola outbreak on record died from the virus on Tuesday, the country’s chief medical...

President Jammeh condemns Israel’s ‘extraordinary brutality’

Wednesday, July 30, 2014

President Yahya Jammeh has strongly condemned the “extraordinary brutality” being shown by the Israelis in Gaza, and pointed out that even though...