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 196 Gambian Soldiers Leave for
Darfur
The seventh Gambian
contingent (GAMCOY
7), comprising 196
members of the
Gambia Armed Forces,
under the command of
Lieutenant Colonel
Sainey Bayo, left
Gambian soil at 5:00
am this morning, for
the Sudanese
troubled region of
Darfur. The latest
contingent includes...Click
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 Power Up Gambia to Provide Solar
Panels to the SJG Hospital
Power Up Gambia has been fundraising since October 2006 for a solar system
for Sulayman Junkung General Hospital in Bwiam. Kathryn Cunningham, a 22
year old undergraduate student, founded Power Up Gambia after
participated in Cross Road Program in that hospital during the
summer of 2006...Click
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 We Have Iron Ore! President
Jammeh Reveals
"Huge" deposits of iron ore have
been found in The Gambia. This
joyous discovery, which was revealed
by President Alhaji Dr Yahya Jammeh,
is in addition to the discovery of
offshore oil deposits disclosed
three years ago.However, the
president...Click
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Media Foundation
For Africa: Press
Release
A Banjul Magistrate
court presided over
by Buba Jawo on June
23, 2008 dismissed
the case of sedition
preferred against
Dida Halake,
detained former
Managing Director of
the pro-government
Daily Observer
newspaper.
Media Foundation for
West Africa (MFWA)
sources reported that it
followed a request by
Halake’s counsel Lamin
Jobarteh...Click
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 Deafness fear for Gambian girl
facing deportation
A toddler who underwent a series of operations
to improve her hearing is facing a lifetime of
total deafness after the Home Office refused her
family permission to stay in the UK.Fatima
Chaw's hearing was damaged when she contracted
meningitis a few weeks after she was born in...Click
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 Human Rights Watch
President Should Disavow Reported
Homophobic Threats
President Yahya Jammeh's reported
threats to expel or kill lesbian and gay
people not only encourage hatred, but
also contribute to a climate in which
basic rights can be assaulted with
impunity, Human Rights Watch said today
in a letter to the president...Click
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 $ 32,701 for Darsilameh
storm victims
The
International Federation of Red
Cross And Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)has allocated CHF 34,000 (USD 32,701 or EUR
20,982) from the Federation’s
Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) to
support the victims of the 2 June 2008 severe
storm that hit the area around Darsilameh
village in the Western Region of
Gambia. The storm caused damage to...Click
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 Gambia:
2008 - More Rainfall Forecast
More than a
normal rain fall is expected,
according to climate forecast for
this year's wet season, 2008, with
at least 635 mm of rainfall in The
Gambia.Reports from the Department
of...Click
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 Gambian
9th Roots Festival Press Release
Today descendants of enslaved Africans begin a week-long pilgramage
through The Gambia in memory of their enslaved ancestors. The
journey is part of the "9th International Roots Festival" which
opened in the Gambia on Saturday May 31, 2008 with a carnival of
jubilant ethnic groups sharing their cultural heritage through song
and dance...Click
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 Gambia deports French hotel manager
Gambia’s
five-star
Atlantic
Hotel
General
Manager
Sylvain
Chauvet
has been
deported
to his
native
country,
France,
by the
Gambia
Immigrant
Department,
sources
confirmed.
According
to PANA
sources, the Frenchman was picked-up
from his office at the hotel...Click
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 A Giant Leap for Little Country
President Yahya Jammeh on Saturday
officially commissioned the modern
and magnificent Gam-Petroleum
storage facility in Mandinary
village, Kombo North, Western
Region.The
US$50 million storage facility, the
first of its kind in The Gambia, is
in fulfillment of government's...Click
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 Lack of Fire Hydrants in Impedes
Rescue Operations
Superintendent Haddy Bah Konneh, public
relations officer at The Gambia Fire and
Ambulance Service has revealed that the
shortage of water hydrants is a major
hindrance to fire brigade operations in
the Kanifing Municipality...Click
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 IGLHRC Condemns Statements by
President
In
a strongly worded letter to Gambian
President Yahyeh Jammeh, Paula
Ettelbrick, Executive Director of
the International Gay and Lesbian
Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC)
condemned statements by the West African leader...Click
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 Malick Jones arrest was a mistake by
police
Gambian
journalist
and
Principal
Producer
at the
Gambia
Radio
Television
Services,
Radio
department,
Mr.
Malick
Jones,
says his
arrest
followed
a
mistake
by the
police. Jones,
who was
arrested
Monday,
described
his
arrest
and
detention
as an
act of ...Click
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 Jammeh...ultimatum to homosexuals,
drug dealers, thieves....
President Yahya
Jammeh turned on
homosexuals and
foreigners in an
address at a
victory
celebration
rally in
Tallinding.....
"An ultimatum to
homosexuals,
drug dealers,
thieves and
other criminals,
to leave The
Gambia or face
serious
consequences...Click
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 Gambia international Roots festival
launched
The
maiden press briefing on
the Roots International
festival, a biennial
international cultural
and educational event
commemorating the forced
enslavement and
transportation of
millions of Africans to
the Americas and the
Caribbean has taken
place in London...Click
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 Embrace agriculture or no govt assistance
Gambian
President
Yahya
Jammeh
has told
the
people
of his
constituency,
Foni, in
the
Western
part of
the
country
that by
2009 he
would
stop
providing
assistance
to them
if they
failed
to
response
to his
call to
take u p
agriculture
as the
way
forward.He
made this statement Thursday on the Gambia Radio and Television
Services...Click
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 New airline storms Gambia
Intercontinental Airways
will become the newest
airline to storm Gambian
aviation industry soon.
The new airline's Managing
Director boasts of "a safe and cost-effective" airline. "We have a
commitment to maintain safety, that is why we choose...Click
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 Water leakage threatens residents of
Gambian capital
Residents
in the
Greater
Banjul
Area in
the
Gambia
have
expressed
their
frustration
over the
continuous
leakage
of Water
from
pipes
within
the area
in
recent
time.Concerned
about the danger the
leakage poses to health,
the residents Friday
called...Click
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 D$551m.......Gambia's food problems
The President of the National Farmers'
Platform in the Gambia, Musa Jawneh, has
said his association, which represents
all farmers nationwide has proposed a
new plan of over D551 million to ease
the food crisis in the country.
Mr. Jawneh reveals this in an exclusive...Click
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 US grants Gambia AGOA
textile visa
The
United
States
Government
has
granted
The
Gambia a
te xtile
visa
which
allows
the
country
to
export
textile
and
garment
products
to th e
U.S.
duty-free
and
quota-free
under
the
African
Growth
and
Opportunity
Act (AGO
A ).News of
the textile visa was
contained in a letter
sent to the Secretary of
Stat e for Trade,
Industry and Employment...Click
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 Gambia:
Shops Demolished At Jerma Beach
Hotel
A line of stalls were last week
demolished, turning the area into a
ground zero, by personnel of the
Tourism Security Unit, following
allegations that the owners had been
using the area to trade in illicit
drugs.According to Abdou Touray, one
of the affected victims...Click
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 Gambia threatens to jail
profiteering rice traders
FARAFENNI, Gambia,
May 7 (Reuters) -
Gambia's president
threatened on Wednesday
to lock up traders who
sold rice at more than
the going rate in an
effort to stop them
profiteering from high
world food prices.Yahya Jammeh,
who has brooked little
dissent since he seized
power in mainland
Africa's smallest
country in a 1994
military coup, said he
had reached a deal with
rice importers to sell
rice at a maximum of...Click
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 The Looming Food Crisis - No..........
Rice is the major staple food in The
Gambia. An estimated 66% of
household income is spent on food.
Out of which about 30.9% is spent on
cereal and cereal products, of which
the major part 83.2% is rice
(National Household Poverty Survey -NHPS
1998)Cereal
production under the upland production systems on alluvial
soils, is predominantly subsistence rain-fed agriculture. As a
result, the decline in annual rainfall, and the erratic nature
of the rains...Click
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 French
supports language in Gambia with
80,000 euros
Banjul, Gambia - Gambia Secretary of State for Finance and Economic Affairs, Mr. Musa Bala Gaye, has signed a 80,000 euros French-backed financial assistance agreement for the promotion of the French language in The Gambia's education sector.In
a press statement issued by the
Department of State for Finance and
Economic...Click
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Sir Dawda urges journalists to step
up malaria education
Former
Gambian
President
Sir
Dawda
Kairaba
Jawara
on Tue
sday
reiterated
that
malaria
was a
deadly
disease
in
Africa
and
urged
journalist
s to
educate
the
public
on the
dangers
of a
malaria
attack.He
said journalists had a big role to play in the fight...Click
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Gambia
Leads Malaria War
UNICEF,
the leading agency for children
globally established in 1946 and
operating in 183 countries including
The Gambia, has merited The Gambia
as one of the 44 countries that
signed the Abuja Declaration in 2000
to halve the burden of the deadly
illness, Malaria, by 2010
According to reports from UNICEF
Banjul office, The Gambia is also
the country most likely to reach the
2010 target...Click
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 Carnegie
Minerals Case, State Ex Parte Motion
Struck out
Banjul High Court yesterday struck out the ex parte motion filed by the state as the trial of the Carnegie Minerals company itself and the General Manager, Andrew Charles Northfield, continued.According to Justice Naceesay Salla-Wadda, the matter is a criminal...Click
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 Senegal, Gambia sign fishing
agreement
Gambian
Fisheries and Water Resources Secretary Yankuba Touray has said
that fishing had become an important
element in the global market place in
response to the dynamic food industry...Click
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 Gambia
Pens Two-Year Contract With Italian
Coaches
The Department of State for Youth and Sport last Friday signed a two-year contract with two Italian coaches namely the Head Coach of the national U20 team Mr. Lorenzo Rubinacci and Goalkeeping Coach Mr. Franco Crescentini at the...Click
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World Health Day 2008
7
APRIL 2008 | GENEVA -- Scientists tell
us that the evidence the Earth is
warming is "unequivocal." Increases in
global average air and sea temperature,
ice melting and rising global sea levels
all help us understand and prepare for
the coming challenges. In addition to
these observed changes,
climate-sensitive impacts on...Click
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City man held in Gambia
Full diplomatic support
is being provided to a
Plymouth-born mining
engineer facing charges
in The Gambia on
illegally mining uranium
according to ministers.The official reassurance
came after the case of
Charlie Northfield was
raised in Parliament by
Labour MP for Plymouth
Sutton Linda Gilroy. The
48-year-old father...Click
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Gambia: 'Assembly Should Investigate
Area Councils' - Sidia Jatta
The National
Assembly Member for Wuli West,
Honourable Sidia Jatta, has tasked
the assembly to set up a commission
of inquiry to investigate some of
the Area Councils in the country.Sidia made
this statement at the National
Assembly, on Tuesday, during the
debate on the speech made by the
president at the National Assembly.
He said most of the Area Councils
are collecting taxes from the
people, but rendering no services...Click
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 Gambia
University in Court
The
University of the Gambia is currently answering to a civil suit by its former
employee, Dr Felixtina Eileen Dowu Jonsyn-Ellis.The plaintiff's claims include
the payment of her one month's salary, being damage for wrongful dismissal; the
payment of her five years salary for compensation for loss of future earnings;
the payment of all her social security contributions, until she attain the...Click
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 Aldingbourne village funds build
school in Gambia
Kind-hearted
villagers in Aldingbourne have succeeded in providing a school in Africa.The
generosity of residents and businesses to a fundraising campaign by David and
Janet Underwood means the...Click
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 Ex
Gambia chief electoral officer
jailed
Magistrate
Sainabou Wadda-Ceesay of the Kanifing court in The Gambia Tuesday convicted
Kawsu Ceesay, the former Chief Electoral Officer of the Independent Electoral
Commission (IEC), after finding him guilty of forging the signature of the
former Chairman of IEC, Mr. Ndondi Njie. The accused was sentenced to pay a fine
of...Click
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 Gambian Hero Laid to Rest
Thousands
of sympathisers on Friday gathered at the Gunjur cemetery to attend the funeral
of another gallant officer of The Gambia Armed Forces, Major Famara Jammeh, who
perished in a helicopter crash on Monday March 3, 2008 in the Kingdom of Nepal.
It would be too far beyond understanding were God to have given...Click
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 WAMI impressed with Gambia’s
economic performance
Banjul,
Gambia - The West African Monetary Institute (WAMI), has describe d the economic
performance of the Gambia in 2007 as satisfactory, the PANA repo r ts from here.
A press release from the United States Department of...Click
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 Casamance
Timber Trade Banned
The
trading of timber from the Casamance region of Senegal is banned. According to
reliable reports, the Senegalese Government has banned the export of timber for
more than one month now. Units of Senegalese Military Officers ...Click
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Security Agents Defy Ecowas Court
Over 'Disappeared' Journalist's Case
Five
state agents of The Gambia, who were summoned by the ECOWAS Community Court of
Justice in Abuja, Nigeria in the ongoing case of a "disappeared" Gambian
journalist on March 11, 2008, defied the court's order and failed to make...Click
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 Brain Drain
Think
of you going through all the pains of raising your family amidst all kind of
imaginable hardship, with out a grain of help from whosoever. and at old age,
time for you to reap the benefit of your children, someone totally alien to your
family got in the way. Instead of your children doing exactly what they are
supposed...Click
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 International Women's Day
Commemorated
Dr
Aja Isatou Njie-Saidy, Vice President and secretary of state for Women's Affairs
has said that the attainment of the goal of gender equality and women's
empowerment not only in the Gambia but also in the world at large cannot be
achieved without the availability of timely and adequate financil human
resources and other resources....Click
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 International Women's Day
Commemorated
Saturday
8 March is recognised as the International Women's Day celebrated all over the
world. In The Gambia, the women organisation called Gambia Committee on
Traditional Practices (GAMCOTRAP) commemorated the day with the official...Click
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 Work
Please, for the Good of The Gambia
Graduation
should be a happy time. It should be the time when a student moves from academic
achievement into the adult world of earning a living in a profession.
Unfortunately here in The Gambia this is not...Click
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 HIV/AIDS survey kicks off in Gambia
Dakar,
Senegal - The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in part nership with
a developmental organisation, 'Nova Scotia-Gambia Association' (NSG A ), has
started a nationwide "HIV/AIDS awareness and knowledge baseline survey" t a
rgeting an identified "vulnerable groups" in the Gambia, NSGA's liaison, Lamin F
a tty, revealed...Click
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 Former Intelligence Officer
Tortured, May Die
Former
National Intelligence Agency officer Yahya Bajinka has been detained in secret
since the 15 April 2007. He is now known to have been tortured, and is being
denied medical attention in an attempt to keep his detention secret. His health
has deteriorated so badly that without treatment he is likely to die...Click |
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African-American History Month
Observed
The Embassy of the United States of America in The Gambia, in
collaboration with the Administration of The Gambia College, Brikama
Campus on Thursday 28 February, 2008 observed the African American
History Month. The African American History Month was observed at
the College Auditorium....Click
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Gambia: Its a Rip-Off! Carnegie
Minerals Cheated
At
an extra-ordinary press conference, at which virtually all the
diplomats in The Gambia were present, the Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs, Crispin Grey-Jonson, stated calmly but most
definitely clearly the Gambia government's view that Carnegie
Minerals (Gambia) Ltd...Click
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 Gambia-Senegal Military
Cooperation...
Senegal
and The Gambia are determine to reinforcing the two countries'
military cooperation with a focus on peace-keeping operations
and training troops from both sides. This development evolved...Click
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 The Point Boss Condemns Slanderers
The
co-proprietor and managing editor of The Point newspaper, Pap Saine has quickly
and unreservedly condemned certain UK/US based websites for their totally
inaccurate and irresponsible comments about the National Intelligence Agency
(NIA)....Click
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Gambia shuts down Carnegie Minerals
offices -sources
BANJUL,
Feb 12/08 (Reuters) - Authorities in Gambia shut down the offices of
British-based miner Carnegie Minerals (CGMR.L: Quote, Profile, Research) on
Tuesday, almost a month after President Yahya Jammeh ordered the firm to clarify
its activities, police sources said...Click
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 Late Stella Marsden her Legacy
She
was appointed OBE in 2006 for services to wildlife
conservation and development in The Gambia. In 1968 the first
orphan chimpanzee, William, came into her life and Stella's
future direction was...Click
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 They Are Sending the Girls Away From
School Mr. President!
It
is claimed that there is free education for girls in The Gambia . However,
little is mentioned of the limited nature of the education support being
provided to some girls.The senior secondary schools have...Click
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 Sene-Gambian Teachers Call for
Integration
The
Gambia Teachers Union on December 9, last year, signed a joint communiqué with a
leading teachers' union in Senegal, Syndicate Unique Et Democratique des
Enseignants du Senegal (SUDES), in Dakar, during the 12th National Delegates...Click
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 UTG Turns out 172 More Graduates
The University of The Gambia (UTG), The Gambia’s first ever
university, on Saturday held the 4th Convocation
ceremony for 172 graduates, nine years after the
establishment of the institution. The latest degree
conferment brings to 649 the total number of graduates since
its establishment.The historic occasion, which is the culmination of years of
hard work and sacrifice on the part of students, parents and
staff of The University of The...Click
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 Half Die Residents Given Ultimatum
to Vacate
At
least 36
compounds within
Banjul South,
commonly known
as "Half Die",
were given one
month notice by
the Gambia Ports
Authority to
vacate their
compounds or
face forceful
eviction by
February 29. The
36 compounds
were among...Click
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 Spain Cooperation Bears Fruit
At
the invitation
of Miguel Angel
Moratinos,
minister of
Foreign Affairs
of the Kingdom
of Spain,
Crispin
Grey-Johnson,
secretary of
state for
Foreign Affairs,
led a week-long
mission to
Madrid from
January 8 to 15,
geared towards
deepening
bilateral...Click
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Is there more to the Gambia than
just beaches and sun?
There's a
scuffle going on
in the
undergrowth; a
troop of baboons
has crept up to
steal the
chimps' fruit.
The alpha male
screams his
outrage and
charges to and
fro, sending the
baboons packing
– but not for...Click
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 Ghana and The Gambia..investigate
killings
Both
Ghana and The
Gambia have
agreed on a
joint panel to
investigate and
establish the
truth about the
killing of some
Ghanaian
nationals in the
neighbouring
West African
State.This was
the outcome of a
meeting between
the two
countries...Click
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Gambian
president says uranium and other
metals found
Gambian
President Yahya Jammeh said Saturday that uranium had been found
in exploitable quantities in the country, along with other
precious metals and minerals."I am pleased to announce that
uranium has been discovered in the Gambia," Jammeh announced on
national television, adding that the reserves were "100 percent
exploitable."He also said that new...Click
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 KMC Commission 25 New Tractors And
Trailers
The Kanifing Municipal Council, on Wednesday, January 16,
commissioned twenty-five new tractors and trailers for efficient
collection and disposal of waste in the municipality. The
commissioning of the tractors was held at the KMC grounds.In his...Click
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 E-Space Poised to End Illegal
Migration
Eleanor
Cole, director of E-Space Gambia Limited has expressed her
readiness to create employment opportunities for young Gambians,
with the aim of eradicating illegal migration to the Canary
Islands.In an exclusive interview with the Daily Observer, Mrs
Cole said the phenomenon of illegal migration...Click
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 Arab Consulting Engineers to
Supervise Westfield - Sukuta Road
Construction
"Arab
Consulting Engineers of Egypt are the design and supervision
consultants for the proposed Westfield-Sukuta road project",
according to information from GAMWORKS officials.The GAMWORKS
officials made this disclosure...Click
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Gambia gives Carnegie a day to
clarify activities
BANJUL,
Jan 17 (Reuters) -
Gambian President Yahyah
Jammeh on Thursday gave
British-based miner
Carnegie Minerals (CGMR.L:
Quote, Profile,
Research) 24 hours to
clarify its activities
in the tiny West African
country or risk losing
its licence....Click
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 Food Price Inflation Now 9.5 Percent
Food
price inflation has accelerated from 0.25 per cent in December
2006 to 9.46 per cent in December 2007, the Monetary Policy
Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of The Gambia revealed on
Friday in a release issued at a news briefing. Non food prices,
on the other hand...Click
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Army veterans to drive
£100 car to Gambia
TWO
Gulf war veterans planning to drive an old banger to Gambia for
charity are now on their way.Cpl
Mike Collins, of Connah's Quay, and Cpl Paul Lariat, from
Dobshill, waved goodbye as they set out on the challenge on
Wednesday.They will be reporting home via the internet as they
negotiate the Sahara Desert in a car worth no more...Click
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German Project in Jiffin Village
"Justice
for Africa", a non-governmental international charitable
organisation based in Germany has extended its work to The
Gambia. Speaking in an interview with the Daily Observer,
Dwight Cosah, director and founder of the organisation said
that the initiative came as a result of his visit to The
Gambia a few years back....Click
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 Nigerian Bank
PHB Acquires IBC
Reports
monitored by the Nigerian daily newspaper, The Sun, indicate
that Bank PHB Plc has acquired the Gambian-based International
Bank for Commerce (IBC).According to the Monday 7th January 2008
edition of the said newspaper, the deal saw...Click
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A half million Euro nursery School
Inaugurated in Badibu
A
half million Euro nursery school project was, on Friday,
inaugurated in Badibu-Suware Kunda, North Bank Region at a
ceremony presided over by Edward Seckan, governor of North Bank
Region.The school, a four-year project sponsored by Belgian...Click
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 IGP
Warns Drunk Drivers
One
Abdoulie Max Jagne, a Gambian based in Norway, on Wednesday
donated digital alcohol detectors to The Gambia Police Force at
the Police Headquarters in Banjul.Speaking at the presentation
ceremony, the Gambia samaritan...Click
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 Gambia raises salaries
by 20 percent
Gambian
President Yahya Jammeh announced a 20 percent pay increase for
all civil servants on Tuesday, two weeks after multilateral
donors approved debt relief for the tiny, impoverished West
African country. Jammeh, who seized power in a bloodless
military coup nearly 14 years ago, said in his New Year's
message that government revenues freed by the debt cancellation
would be used on social spending...Click
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 Another
Plus for the Health Sector
The
British couple Paul and Carole Thorn recently donated materials
worth one million Dalasis to the Royal Victoria Teaching
Hospital, Banjul. Several philantropists, organisations and
other friends of The Gambia have also contributed in the health
sector, which is among the priorities of President Jammeh....Click
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 Slok
Back Next Week Commercial Boss
Speaks
Alhaji
Babucarr S Sallah, head of commercial and marketing of the
Gambian registered company, Slok Air International, has said
that his company will resume normal operations next week.In an
interview with the Daily Observer, yesterday...Click
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 Gambia
'Oil By 2009 Inshallah'
President
Alhaji Dr Yahya Jammeh was, on Wednesday, briefed by Roger
Haines, chairman of Buried Hill Energy, on the company's latest
work on the prospects of drilling for oil in The Gambia. Mr
Haines said, last year, using advanced new tecnology on the 'Alhamdullilahi
Project', his company was able to identify five distinct plates
with 26 prospects of oil production. He noted that this has
shown that there is a greater potential for oil in The Gambia
than previously thought....Click
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 Gambia
United Society Donates 11,500 Nets
Gambia
United Society, a non-profit organisation based in the United
Kingdom, donated 11,500 mosquito nets to three different
organisations recently. The beneficiary organisations were Tayam,
Red Cross and Smile Gambia. These organisations will now take
responsibility for the...Click
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 IMF..Gambia
Massive Debt Relief
The
International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank's
International Development Association (IDA) have agreed that The
Gambia has made sufficient progress and taken the necessary
steps to reach its completion point under the Enhanced Heavily
Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative. The Gambia becomes
the 23rd country to reach the...Click
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 Groundnut
Buying Has Not Started
Following
the issuance of a press release by the Agri-business Services
Plan Associations (ASPA) on the commencement date for the 2007/8
groundnut trade season, this reporter visited the buying points
'Secco' within the Upper River Region (URR) to assess the
situation on the ground and to find out whether groundnut buying
has...Click
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 Farmers Anxious About Trade Season
Farmers
in Upper River Region are anxious about this year's trade
season. According to farmers who spoke to this reporter, the
poor marketing arrangement of groundnut is the major factor
contributing to the impoverishment of the farmers. They say last
year's trade season was one of the worst ever witnessed by
farmers in this country. According to them, the trade season was
dull and sales at...Click
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ADF Approves U.S.$ 264 Million Loans And Grants for
The Gambia
Kenya,
Madagascar and the Gambia are the beneficiaries of loans and
grants with a combined value of 167.8 million Units of
Account (UA*),
about US$263.76 million, approved in Tunis on Wednesday by the
Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF) the
concessional lending arm of the African Development Bank (AfDB)
Group...Click
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Spain eyes West
Africa as investment destination
Spain
is turning to West Africa as a potential investment destination
in a commercial and political offensive linked to trying to
control flows of illegal migrants to its territory, its industry
minister said on Thursday.Minister of Industry, Tourism and
Trade Joan Clos this week led a large Spanish business
delegation to Senegal...Click
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International Federation of
Journalists
Journalists
from all corners of Africa yesterday launched a new continental
federation to provide a unified voice for newsroom staff
campaigning for better working conditions and professional
rights.The Federation of African Journalists was launched at a
congress in Abuja on the theme of "Building a Strong and United
Voice for African Journalists" that included participants from
20 countries and leaders of...Click
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 Twenty feared
dead as migrant boat capsizes
Twenty
African migrants were feared dead after the boat in which they
were trying to reach Spain capsized in bad weather off the coast
of The Gambia at the weekend, Gambian state television said on
Monday.It quoted a police officer as saying seven bodies had
been recovered from....Click
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 Senegal Muslims
show love of work in peanut-picking
KHELCOM
FIELDS, Senegal (Reuters) - Thousands of Senegalese Muslims,
from bankers to bus drivers, flocked to the country's dusty
peanut fields this week in an annual show of devotion to the
powerful Mouride brotherhood.Bent double under blazing sunshine,
ranks of men, women and children harvested the groundnuts by
hand from the dry earth after a call to work -- or "Ndiguel" --
from the Mourides' spiritual leader...Click
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 Spain grants
2,700 new legal work permits to Senegal
Senegal
and Spain sealed an agreement on Friday November 9, granting
some 2,700 work permits for Senegalese seeking jobs in Spain,
part of a deal aimed at stemming the wave of illegal migration
to Europe. The agreement was signed...Click
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 Gambia secures
US $3 Million World Bank Grant
The
World Bank has approved a grant of US$ 3 million to support the
Gambia's Capacity Building for Economic Management Project.
According to a release from the bank, it's board of Executive
Directors on...Click
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 150 Senegalese
migrants drowned
At
least 150 Senegalese youths have drowned off the coast of
Morocco as they attempted to sail to Europe through Spain in
search of greener pastures. The lives of ten youth migrants have
been saved by Spanish fishermen. According to the 24 October
report on Afrol News the youths perished at sea after their
wooden ...Click
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 UK police officer
testifies at Gambia murder trial
A
Sussex police officer has travelled to the Gambia to give
evidence at a trial into the death of a Hastings man. Hastings
is a picturesque town and local government district in South
East England, in the county of East Sussex.
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 Norway operates direct
flight to Gambia
A
Norwegian aircraft flew direct to Gambia, for the first time, to
mark the beginning of the 2007/08 tourists season. The flight,
carrying 211 tourists, landed at Gambia’s international airport
on Monday October 24. “In the past tourists from...Click
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 Gambia - new front
in migrant trade
As
the Senegalese authorities and the European Union try to clamp
down on the flow of Africans arriving in Spain's Canary Islands,
a new departure point has opened up, Gambia, just 100km further
south of the centre of the Senegalese migrant trade. Senegal has
become the centre in the past 12 months, after first Morocco and
then Mauritania tightened their own borders in recent years.
Under the cover of an inky night sky, more than 100 men in small
boats make their way over the coastal horizon from the small
Gambian fishing village of Tanjeh every fortnight...Click
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 Friends unite to
help Gambian children
Two
Norfolk women had their lives turned upside down when they visited two remote
village schools during a holiday to Africa.Shocked by the poverty they witnessed
on their first trip, Lynn Hollings and Terry Pasquale, both from Bintree, have
thrown themselves into fund-raising and have been back to...Click
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 Kit appeal
for Gambian kids
BACK
to school means for many parents buying their children mountains of new uniforms
and sports kit.But a Melksham man is appealing for parents to donate their
children's old sports wear, in particular football boots, so he can kit out
football-mad...Click
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 Cayuco migrants jailed in Gambia
If you’ve ever
wondered what happens to the illegal cayuco immigrants when they
are sent back home, the odyssey of 21 young Gambians currently
on trial in Banjul gives a fair idea of the fate of some of
them.The group, who
were deported from Tenerife on July 24, are accused of causing a
disturbance on their return and “acting unlawfully in a manner
likely to breach the peace.” Their main offence seems to be that
they are alleged to have insulted the president of their...Click
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 Senegal
intercepts 100 migrants
Close
to 100 would-be illegal migrants trying to sail to Europe in rickety vessels
were intercepted in two separate incidents in Senegal over the weekend, police
said Monday.A joint European-Senegalese patrol aircraft spotted a group of 87
Senegalese and Gambians on the high seas, police spokesman...Click
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 Locust invasion unlikely in
Gambia, says report
Banjul
(The Gambia) The Office of the African Emergency Locust Project (AELP) in The
Gambia states that no locusts were reported during in July-August 2007. The just
released report, made available to APA on Monday, also indicates that a locust
invasion of The Gambia is...Click
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 Gambia Chamber of Commerce
visits Dakar to drum up business
Banjul
(The Gambia) The Gambia Chamber of Commerce and Industry is visiting the
Senegalese capital Dakar to drum up business between the two countries. The
president of the chamber, Bai Matarr Drammeh, is leading the 12-member...Click
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 US conducts civil-military relations seminar in
Banjul
Banjul
(The Gambia) The United States is conducting in Banjul a
three-day seminar on relations between the military and
civilians, APA learnt here. The seminar, jointly sponsored by
the United States embassy and Gambia government, is being...Click
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 Education the key
to a better life for the Gambia's children
While
they might be on their summer holidays, a group of students from
St Mary's College in Arklow are not resting in their efforts to
raise funds for educational projects in the Gambia, one of the
world's poorest nations.The ten students, who recently completed
Transition Year, are aiming to raise €35,000 and then visit the
Gambia next February to observe the projects to be funded...Click
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 Iran to grant USD
15m loan to Gambia
Iran
will give a 15-million-dollar loan to Gambia for agricultural
affairs, an Iranian official said here Saturday. The decision
was made during a meeting between deputy agriculture minister
for international affairs and promotion of cooperation with
African states Farid Ejlali and Gambia's Secretary of State for
Agriculture Konja Sanneh...Click
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 ECOWAS court to hear disappeared Gambian journalist’s case
The
Community Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West
African States (ECOWAS) on Monday announced that it will begin
hearing a human rights case filed on behalf of a missing Gambian
journalist, Chief Ebrima Manneh, APA learnt here. Manneh, a
staff reporter of the pro-government Daily Observer, was
reportedly led from his office by two..Click
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Statement by the IMF Mission to The Gambia
The
following statement was issued on June 23 in Banjul by Mr. Tsidi
Tsikata, the International Monetary Fund's mission chief for The
Gambia: "An IMF mission visited The Gambia during June 8-23,
2007, for discussions on the first review...Click
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 Gambia
seeks Iran aid on employment
Gambia
urges Iran to help boost trade and vocational training and set
up a comprehensive market information system in the African
state. The visiting Gambian Minister of Trade, Industry and
Employment, Abdo Kuli, in a meeting with Iranian...Click
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 Iran-Gambia
4th Joint Economic Commission session held
The
4th session of Iran-Gambia Joint Economic Commission was held
here Tuesday. The session was attended by Iran's Minister of
Cooperatives Mohammad Abbasi and Gambian Foreign Minister Bala
Garba Jahumpa. Abbasi said Iran and Gambia had signed...Click
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Entrepreneurship,
Micro-Finance Project Launched
African Development Bank, in collaboration with the government of The
Gambia yesterday launched on Enterpreneurship Promotion and Micro
-Finance Development Project (EP&MFDP) at a ceremony held at the Kairaba
Beach Hotel in Senegambia
This project seeks to help reduce socio-economic imbalances in
the country by increasing social and economic opportunities for
the poor and vulnerable groups...Click
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Kanilai to Get
Maths And Science Academy
Dr
Patrick Chang, Taiwanese Ambassador to The Gambia, on Monday
presented a cheque for US$ 344,718 equivalent to D90, 390,386
for the construction of a Maths and Science Academy at Kanilai
Village,Western Region.This academy is expected to house a
library, lecture theatre, a mate room, multi purpose centre,
staff quarters, among others...Click
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Gambia: Groundnut Trade
Plummets
Groundnut
is the major cash crop in The Gambia. However, this precious
crop is gradually dying as the government's inability to
purchase the produce or create an enabling environment for its
sale increases every year.During the 2005/06 trade season, the
major groundnut buyers were The Gambia Groundnut Corporation (GGC)
and the Federation of Agricultural Corporatives...Click
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Venezuela's Chavez cements ties with Gambia, says U.S. losing ground
CARACAS, Venezuela: Venezuelan President Hugo
Chavez on Monday said the U.S. is losing ground internationally
as his government cemented ties with African ally Gambia by
signing a series of cooperation accords."Little by little, the
U.S. empire...Click
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Gambian opens Embassy in Tehran
Gambian
Embassy opened here on Sunday in a ceremony attended by Foreign
Minister Manouchehr Mottaki and his Gambian counterpart Moussa
Jahumpa. Speaking at the ceremony, Mottaki said...Click
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Gambia
to Provide Medical Assistance to Venezuela
The
government of The Gambia, under the framework agreement signed
with the republic of Venezuela, will provide medical assistance
in the area of herbal medicine to Venezuela.According to the
Secretary of State for Higher Education Crispin Grey Johnson,
who tabled the motion on the Framework Agreement of Cooperation
at the National Assembly last Thursday, The Gambia is prepared
to offer the Venezuelan republic 1000 dozens of herbal
medicine...Click
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Could
Gambia be the next hot destination for ambitious investors?
Overseas
property company Homesgofast.com believes the tiny West African
state of Gambia could be the next hot destination for ambitious
investors. The online property portal is offering off-plan
investment opportunities on...Click
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Senegal navy stops 132 migrants
including Gambians heading for Spain
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Gambia
invests in future...Click
Gambian Defends the International Criminal
Court’s Initial Focus on Africans
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Gambian
Peanuts Found in Sofia...
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Giving black businesses a
boost
Mission of mercy to rebuild
school in SOMA.
Writer calls for regulation of alcohol business
NTUT
Presents Books Computers To
Gambia
African culture comes alive at
S-burg gallery
US-Based Gambian
Publishes Inspirational Self-Help Book
Getting a taste of Gambia
Charity ride helps 'bike
doctors'
Nusrat Launches
ex-student society, UK
Africans tired of being seen as the world's
beggars
China defends dealings with
African nations such as Gambia accused of human rights abuses.
Buried Hill Energy Enters Into Explo..Licenses
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The
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