The reported new case is a 34-year-old female Gambian. The confirmation brings the Gambia’s total number of covid-19 cases to 23 with one death.
Meanwhile, Senegalese Ministry of Health yesterday also registered 109 positive cases of covid-19, bringing the country’s total to 1995, 742 recovered, 19 deaths and 1233 under treatment.
President Macky Sall on Monday instructed Prime Minister Amadou Ba to recruit 1000 Senegalese youth within three weeks to monitor businessmen including shop keepers who frequently increase prices of basic commodities and rent.
Press release
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Gambians Abroad wishes to inform the general public that it has received information on thirty-four (34) Gambian nationals who are currently being held at an Immigration Detention Camp in Dubai, United Arab Emirates UAE) due to residing in the country without proper documents.
The Republic of The Gambia has named former vice president Fatoumata C.M. Jallow Tambajang as the nation’s candidate for the Deputy Chairperson seat of the African Union (AU) Commission, according to the Gambia presidency. Next month, leaders of AU member countries will meet at the ordinary summit to elect a new Commission, the body’s secretariat, to run the organisation for the next four years.
The Supreme Court of The Gambia will today 24 December 2021 hear the motion filed by President-elect Barrow’s lawyers in a case filed by the United Democratic Party (UDP), which is asking the court to annul the election results, citing series of irregularities.
