Ministers of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) responsible for Hydrology, Meteorology, Disaster Risk and Gender adopted the ECOWAS Commission Hydromet Forum Banjul report which seeks to improve the Regional Flood Risk Management Strategy, Gender Strategy and Action Plan for Disaster Risk Reduction at the Kairaba International Conference Center in Banjul on Thursday.
Appearing before the Select Committee on Monitoring and Implementation of government projects of the National Assembly, the OIC program manager, Ebrima Colley, disclosed that US$93 million is to be spent for the construction of 50 kilometers roads, water and electricity funded by the Saudi Fund.
Trachoma, a painful neglected tropical disease (NTD) that can lead to blindness, has been eliminated as a public health problem in The Gambia.
BANJUL, 22 April 2021: The Honourable Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Gambians Abroad, Dr. Mamadou Tangara, today assured the Ambassador of the European Union Delegation to The Gambia, H.E. Corrado Pampaloni, that The Gambia will continue collaborating with the bloc to boost ties in various areas of cooperation.
Renowned international human rights advocate, Reed Brody, also fondly called Dictator Hunter says the testimonies of direct perpetrators at the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) could be enough to convict former President Yahya Jammeh.
At least four young people have been arrested by the Gambia Police Force (GPF) for intrusion and misconduct at the Mandinary Lower Basic School; The Point has been reliably informed.
Veteran Lawyer Fafa Edrissa Mbai in his third day of testimony before the TRRC, reiterated that during the 22 years of former President Yahya Jammeh’s rule, unlawful dismissals of magistrate and judges were the order of the day.
State House, Banjul, 20th April 2021: President Adama Barrow on Tuesday received the outgoing International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda at the State House in Banjul.
BANJUL, 20 April, 2021: The Honourable Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Gambians Abroad, Dr. Mamadou Tangara, on Tuesday received the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, H.E. Mr. Dmitry KURAKOV, who led a team of investors to the Foreign Ministry.
16 APRIL 2021, Banjul – Infertile soils, high prevalence of crops diseases and pests amidst weak research, plant protection and extension services, as well as climate change impacts, remain major contributing factors to low agricultural productivity in The Gambia. More than 70 per cent of The Gambia's population, estimated at 2.2 million people, is dependent on agriculture for their livelihoods.
Yahya Sonko, the newly elected speaker of Refugee Council of Germany state of Baden-Württemberg has called on the Barrow government to take advantage of and restart positive, transparency and fruitful negotiations with the coming government in Baden-Württemberg.
Press release: Over 40 ward councilors, ward secretaries and community development assistants are currently participating in a five-day capacity building training on good governance, leadership and management at the Mansakonko Area Council conference center in Jarra Soma.
The Justice Minister and Attorney General of the Gambia Dawda Jallow says honorariums are legitimate payments in The Gambia, while reiterating that the $200,000 was a bulk payment of 18 month arrears OIC owed to the Gambian team working on the Myanmar case.
Secretary general and leader of the United Democratic Party (UDP), has admitted that his greatest regret in life was shouting at Ebrima Solo Sandeng on the phone before he was allegedly killed by former state agents.
The second ECOWAS Hydromet Forum is under way in the Gambia capital, Banjul.
The Gambia gained two more places in the World Press Freedom Index established in 2021 by the press freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Ranked 87th in 2020, The Gambia is 85th in the ranking published on Tuesday out of 180 member countries.
The announcement came a day after provisional election results projected he would win a sixth term in office.
The former Attorney General of the 1994 Junta, Edrissa Fafa Mbai, on Tuesday continued his testimony, insisting he did not take part in the drafting of the draconian decrees for the Junta government that led many Gambians into problems and violated the rights of people, saying he had only served as adviser to the council.
