The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Welfare on Tuesday commemorated the International Zero Tolerance For Female Genital Mutilation (FGMN) at a ceremony held at the Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara Conference Center in Bijilo.
The Gambia National Centre for Arts and Culture together with the Department of Cultural Heritage of Senegal are currently holding a six-day training workshop in tour guiding of the stone circles of Senegambia UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
In empowering over 5000 youths to acquire technical and entrepreneurial skills and shape their own lives, the EU Tekki Fii Project managed by GIZ has embraced an inclusive approach.
The Ministry of Tourism and Culture, through the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs supported by the UNDP Economic Management Project on Monday launched the revision and reformulation of a tourism policy and strategy development.
In recognition of the importance of research, the University of the Gambia has allocated special funds designed for its academic staffers interested in conducting research.
The leader of The Gambia Party for Democracy and Progress (GPDP) has hit back at lawyer Ousainou Darboe and Mai Fatty, leaders of the United Democratic Party (UDP) and The Gambia Moral Congress (GMC) respectively for what he called their ‘constant unnecessary blaming of government’ especially about price hike of basic commodities.
The director general at the Department of Parks and Wildlife Management (DPWM), has underscored the significance of seagrasses in the country’s marine environment, saying seagrasses are national assets that ‘we all should jealously protect and preserved.’
Coordinator at The Swallow Centre for Emancipating Education in Manjai Kunda has spoke of her institution’s resolve to win this year’s TAKE-M Transformation Organisation’s national lower basic school spelling bee contest.
Nusrat Senior Secondary School will celebrate its 50 years of existence in October 2021. In a move to raise public awareness about the Golden Jubilee celebration, the Nusrat Ex-Students Association (NESA) over the weekend held a press conference at the school.
Association for The Support of Grassroots Communities (AGSC), a non-profit association in Kafuta on Sunday donated 10 bags of cement to Sona Camara, a victim of last year’s flash flood in Kafuta.
At least 45 fashion designers recently ended a three-day training on technical fashion designs at the Gaye Nyoro Skills Center.
The United Nation Development Programme (UNDP) last Friday handed over support equipment to the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) to bolster the institutional capacity’s planned 2021 elections.
Omar Sanneh, Acting Focal Person of the Resilience Sea Project, under the Department of Park and Wildlife Management has called for the protection and preservation of seagrasses, claiming that seagrasses are flowering plants that grow entirely underwater and serve as a feeding ground for fish among other marine organisms.
Ebou Mala’s Children Charitable Foundation(EMCCF) in partnership with United Kingdom National Police Aid Charity last Friday handed over educational and other materials to The Gambia Red Cross Society (GRCS).
Gambia’s premier civic education institution, the National Council for Civic Education (NCCE) on Thursday launched the training of ‘Decentralized Community Structures on Civic Education and Inclusive Participation in Decision-Making Processes in Regions’.
BANJUL, 3rd February 2021: The Honourable Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Gambians Abroad, Dr. Mamadou Tangara, on Tuesday 2nd February received the Ambassador of the Republic of Ghana to The Gambia, Her Excellency Gloria Poku, who was at the Foreign Ministry to present copies of her Letters of Credence before delivering the actual Letter of Credence to the President of the Republic of The Gambia, H.E. Adama Barrow, on 3rd February 2021.
Multitude of fans who anticipated the grand performance of two of Gambia’s rising musicians -O Boy and Gambian Child, were let down, following the non-performance the two acts at the just concluded Janjangbureh Kankurang Festival held in the historical island on Friday, 29th January, 2021.
MRC-The Gambia London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in collaboration with the government of The Gambia on Wednesday organized an open day forum on ETVAX study project dubbed ‘a vaccine trial study focus on diarrhoea diseases to see the safety and efficacy of the ETEC vaccine.’
