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Mayorkings Set To Celebrate African Trailblazers In Grand 2025 Awards In South Africa
Daily Independent
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June 22, 2025
0 The Mayorkings Agency Group has announced plans to honour 100 African Iconic Personalities of the Year 2025 in a prestigious awards ceremony set to take place on Saturday, June 28, 2025, in Johannesburg, South Africa. According to the...
Environment Minister Unveils Clean Energy Plan, Ditching Charcoal
Foroyaa Newspaper
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June 26, 2025
By Kebba AF Touray In a renewed effort to protect the country’s depleting forests and mitigate environmental degradation, Environment Minister Rohey John Manjang has outlined the government’s strategy to substitute charcoal burning with cleaner,...
Mayorkings Agency Group set to honour, celebrate 100 African Iconic Personalities of the year, 2025 in South Africa
New National Star
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June 22, 2025
DAVID ADUGE-ANI, ABUJA A group, The Mayorkings Agency Group, said it is set to honour and celebrate 100 African Iconic Personalities of the Year, 2025, for their outstanding contributions in the development of the African continent. The event,...
Sanyang Deep Seaport: A Bold Step Toward Economic Transformation
The Voice Gambia
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July 8, 2025
The laying of the foundation stone for the Sanyang Deep Seaport marks a defining moment in The Gambia’s economic future. Described by President Adama Barrow as a “legacy project,” this initiative is more than just infrastructure, it is a visionary...
Le Conseil municipal de Banjul fonctionnait sans contrôle financier – révèle la Maire Lowe
The Voice Gambia
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June 27, 2025
Par: Fatou Krubally La maire Rohey Malick Lowe a admis que le Conseil municipal de Banjul (BCC) fonctionnait sans plafond officiel de dépenses durant son mandat, qualifiant les systèmes internes du conseil de faibles et « pollués ». Elle a fait...
Omar Jatta represents Gambia in the Summerjam Festival for the second time.
The Voice Gambia
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June 27, 2025
By: Bakary Ceesay Omar Jatta, a German-born hip-hop and Afrobeat star with Gambian parents, is set to return to the 38th Summerjam festival for the second time on July 4th-6th, 2025, in Cologne, Germany. In a statement from the SummerJam festival,...
Presidents Of Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Others Expected In As Tinubu Hosts 67th ECOWAS Summit
Daily Independent
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June 22, 2025
1 ABUJA – President Bola Tinubu will attend the West Africa Economic Summit (WAES) at the Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre, Abuja, today. The Economic Summit, which enters its second and final day on Saturday, precedes the 67th...
Living with HIV in The Gambia: stories of survival, stigma and strength
The Point
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In The Gambia, over 26,000 people live with HIV, quietly navigating a life filled with challenges most can’t see. Though the virus is treatable, stigma and social exclusion still run deep keeping many silent and fearful. But a few courageous...
Famara Kanyi Becomes First Gambian Journalist Selected for Oxford Climate Journalism Network
The Fatu Network
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June 27, 2025
- Advertisement - By Alieu Jallow Famara Kanyi, the Gambia Radio and Television Services (GRTS) Regional Correspondent for the North Bank Region, has been selected for the prestigious Oxford Climate Journalism Network (OCJN), becoming the first...
Church donates infrastructure to assist community garden in The Gambia
Deseret News - Utah
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June 27, 2025
The Bakau Women Horticulture Garden in the Kanifing Municipality of The Gambia is critical for the community. Managed by 525 women who raise produce on a 10.5-hectare plot, the garden provides residents with vegetables. A recent donation from The...
UNDP, Government of Gambia launch 2025 Global Human Development Report
Panapress
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June 27, 2025
27 june 2025 - 14:14:51 MA/MSS/WA 601 Views Panafrican News Agency Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in partnership with the Ministry of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology (MoHERST), on Friday...
ASSEMBLY RECOMMENDS PUNITIVE ACTIONS AGAINST 2 MINISTERS, OTHERS OVER RUSSIAN OIL SCANDAL
The Standard Gambia
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June 27, 2025
- Advertisement - By Tabora Bojang The joint committee of the Public Finance Accounts Committee (FPAC) and Public Enterprise Committee (PEC) into a suspected dubious importation and sale of petroleum products from a Russian ship has recommended a...
Will the IGP and the AG apply the law on Demba Sabally?
The Standard Gambia
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June 27, 2025
- Advertisement - By Madi Jobarteh The comment by Minster Demba Sabally that they “will shed blood” for President Barrow, is a dangerous language which is irresponsible, immature and should not be uttered by any citizen. What is even more worrying...
Mapa: ¿en qué países es legal el matrimonio homosexual? ¿Dónde fue legal primero?
KVIA - Texas
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June 27, 2025
Por CNN Español El matrimonio entre personas del mismo sexo es una realidad en al menos 39 países, según un reporte de la Asociación Internacional de Lesbianas, Gays, Bisexuales, Trans e Intersex (ILGA, por sus siglas en inglés) y la suma de...
CBG, AFREXIMBANK SIGN USD75M AGREEMENT
The Standard Gambia
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July 8, 2025
- Advertisement - Press release On Friday, June 27, 2025, the Governor of the Central Bank of The Gambia, Buah Saidy, concluded and signed a $75-million- (seventy-five-million-dollar) agreement with the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank)....
GAMBIA-CHINA FORGE TRADE COOPERATION AT 4TH CHINA-GAMBIA EXPO
GRTS
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In a vibrant show of hospitality and national pride, The Gambian Ambassador to China, His Excellency Masanneh Kinteh, hosted an Eid gathering that brought together members of the diplomatic corps alongside Gambian students and nationals living in...
VP Jallow Deepens Bilateral Ties With Mauritanian Prime Minister
The Voice Gambia
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June 27, 2025
By: Kemo Kanyi Mohammed BS Jallow, the Vice President of the Republic of The Gambia, held a high-level meeting with His Excellency El Moctar Ould Djay, Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, in Nouakchott, focused on strengthening...
President Barrow Delivers 2025 State of Nation Address: “In unity lies our strength and success”
The Fatu Network
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June 21, 2025
- Advertisement - Written by: The Fatu Network Newsroom President Adama Barrow delivered his 2025 State of the Nation Address to the National Assembly on June 19, outlining what he described as his administration’s key achievements and policy...
Government Approves Bread Price Increment Effective July 1
Foroyaa Newspaper
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June 20, 2025
The Gambian government has officially approved an increase in the price of bread, raising the cost of Senfur and Tapalapa loaves to 12 Gambian Dalasi (D12) each, effective July 1, 2025. The Ministry of Trade announced on Thursday, June 19, that...
Dictatorship apologists, enablers and revisionists of Gambian history
The Standard Gambia
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June 27, 2025
- Advertisement - By Almamy Taal Dictator Jammeh is a fugitive from justice and those who run to the media every chance they get to interpret or rationalise his spurious claims and outlandish utterances are apologists and enablers and must know...