Governor Bojang Njie Samateh Manneh is replaced by her deputy Governor Samba Bah as the new URR governor.
Before being appointed governor, Mrs. Bojang Njie-Samateh Manneh was a career schoolteacher until the December 2016 Presidential election that brought President Adama Barrow to power. She first served as governor of Lower River Region and later moved to URR.
Like his predecessor, Governor Bah was a career schoolteacher and a former Gambia College History lecturer. Governor Bah whose new assignment began on 26th August, holds a Masters degree in History and has served as deputy governor since December 2018.
The National Centre for Arts and Culture (NCAC) is working on plans to upgrade the Musa Molloh tomb.
The upgrading of the tomb will further help to interpret and promote the heritage of Musa Molloh, the Gambian anti colonial fighter and warrior.
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) with support from the British High Commission in The Gambia, on Monday held a validation exercise at the NaNA Conference Hall in Kanifing on the draft report of a study on caste and descent-based discrimination in The Gambia.
Senegalese president, His Excellency, Macky Sall, has been placed into quarantine after he came in contact with a person who has tested positive for covid-19, a press release from the Office of the President of Senegal states.
Former President Yahya Jammeh who is currently exiled in Equatorial Guinea following his shock 2016 presidential election defeat to President Adama Barrow, has urged ‘Gambians to vote for Mamma Kandeh, the leader of the opposition Gambia Democratic Congress (GDC) in the forthcoming election.
