Gambia’s Musu Bakoto Sawo emerges 2020 Daily Trust African of the Year
Jan 18, 2021, 10:48 AM
Musu Bakoto Sawo, a Gambian change maker and tireless women rights advocate, has emerged winner of the 2020 Daily Trust African of the Year award.
However, 19 new cases have been registered, taking the total number of COVID-19 cases ever confirmed in the country to 3,504. Nineteen new covid-19 patients have also recovered and got discharged.
No new person was taken in to quarantine, with no new people discharged.
The country currently has 10 persons in quarantine, 1,404 active cases and a crude case-fatality ratio of 3.1%.
Meanwhile, the Senegalese Ministry of Health yesterday recorded 26 new positive cases, taking its positive cases to14,714 with 11,260 recoveries, 302 deaths, 3,151 under treatment and 27 in serious condition.
The world has recorded 31,014,795 cases and 961,782 deaths.
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CA unveils 68-page manifesto to reverse Gambia’s underdevelopment
Dec 7, 2020, 1:45 PM
Citizens’ Alliance Party (CA) on Saturday unveiled the party manifesto of four critical pillars to reversing Gambia’s underdevelopment.
Gambia College denies report of bush fire damage on properties
Jan 25, 2021, 11:54 AM
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‘Gov’t committed to demystifying misconception on returning migrants’
Dec 22, 2020, 11:08 AM
The vice president, Dr. Isatou Touray has affirmed that government of The Gambia through the National Coordination Mechanism on Migration (NCM) and its satellite coordination outfits are indeed committed to demystifying all misconceptions related to returning migrants, who made unsuccessful attempts to reach Europe.