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Kola pro Afriku: City of Brno Is Collecting Second-Hand Bikes For Re-Use In The Gambia

Kola pro Afriku: City of Brno Is Collecting Second-Hand Bikes For Re-Use In The Gambia

Is your dusty old bike sitting in the corner of your garage, and hasn’t been ridden for years? Is it even missing a part and can’t be ridden? It could still be put to good use! The City of Brno and the non-profit organisation Kola pro Afriku...

WAIFEM Director General elected NES president

WAIFEM Director General elected NES president

The Director General of the West African Institute for Financial and Economic Management (WAIFEM), Dr. Baba Yusuf Musa, has been elected as the 45th president of the Nigerian Economic Society (NES). Before his election, the Director General of...

WAIFEM Director General, Baba Musa Elected Nigerian Economic Society President

WAIFEM Director General, Baba Musa Elected Nigerian Economic Society President

The Director General of the West African Institute for Financial and Economic Management (WAIFEM), Dr. Baba Yusuf Musa, has been elected as the 45th President of the Nigerian Economic Society (NES). Before his election, Dr. Musa was the Vice...

WAIFEM DG Elected Nigerian Economic Society President

WAIFEM DG Elected Nigerian Economic Society President

...Pledges to develop a new strategic plan for the Nigerian Economic Society …Commits to building the next generation of economic leaders …Promises to foster a culture of innovative, rigorous and relevant economic research Dr Baba Yusuf Musa, the...

President Mahama confirms Ghana is now among five African nations accepting US deportees

Ghana has formally joined four other African countries in reaching an agreement with Washington to accept deportees from the United States, President John Dramani Mahama has confirmed. Speaking at a media engagement in Accra on Wednesday evening,...

Minister Rabain Leads Bermuda Delegation at Universal Postal Union Congress

Minister Rabain Leads Bermuda Delegation at Universal Postal Union Congress

The Minister for the Cabinet Office and Digital Innovation, the Hon. Diallo Rabain, JP, MP, accompanied by Permanent Secretary Jeane Nikolai and Postmaster General Samuel Brangman, is representing Bermuda at the Universal Postal Union’s (UPU) 28th...

Marie Sock Urges Gambian Women To Take Leadership Roles in Politics

Marie Sock Urges Gambian Women To Take Leadership Roles in Politics

By: Kemo Kanyi Marie Sock, Gambia’s female presidential aspirant, has called on Gambian women to defy societal expectations and take active leadership roles in politics. She challenges the womenfolk to become agents of change in a male-dominated...

Interior Minister Discusses ID Card Issuance Abroad

Interior Minister Discusses ID Card Issuance Abroad

By Kebba AF Touray The Interior Minister, Abdoulie Sanyang, addressed lawmakers on Wednesday, September 10, 2025, outlining the government’s approach to issuing national ID cards for citizens abroad and measures to tackle reckless driving on the...

Alpha Kapital Chairman Testifies on Sale of Former President Jammeh’s Properties

Alpha Kapital Chairman Testifies on Sale of Former President Jammeh’s Properties

By Kebba AF Touray The Chairman of Alpha Kapital, Mr. Alpha Barry, appeared before the Special Select Committee on Wednesday, September 10, 2025, to provide testimony on the sale and disposal of assets identified by the Janneh Commission as...

Gambian Lawmaker Writes To Akpabio, Demands Reinstatement Of Senator Na

Gambian Lawmaker Writes To Akpabio, Demands Reinstatement Of Senator Na

Hon. Fatoumatta Njai, a member of the National Assembly of The Gambia, has written to Senate President Godswill Akpabio, calling for the immediate reinstatement of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, whose suspension she described as “unlawful” and a...

Ousainou Darboe Confirmed UDP Flag Bearer for 2026 Presidential Election

Ousainou Darboe Confirmed UDP Flag Bearer for 2026 Presidential Election

By Mariama Marong Ousainou Darboe has officially secured the United Democratic Party’s (UDP) nomination for the 2026 presidential election, following a primary vote in which he reportedly received overwhelming endorsement by the party members. The...

Gambia Handball Coaches to Undergo Technical Coaching Course

Gambia Handball Coaches to Undergo Technical Coaching Course

By: Kemo Kanyi The Gambia National Olympic Committee, in its efforts to develop Sport for All and promote involvement at all levels, will facilitate a 5-day Technical Coaching Course for handball coaches of The Gambia Handball Association. The...

Safeguard Legal Migration Pathways for Gambians

The Spanish Embassy’s recent call for Gambian participants in the circular migration program to respect their return deadlines is both timely and crucial. This initiative offers a rare opportunity: legal, seasonal employment abroad, one that not...

Scorpions Secure Double Victory in International Competition

Scorpions Secure Double Victory in International Competition

By: Kemo Kanyi The Gambia’s senior national football team, the Scorpions, secured back-to-back victories in their September international fixtures, winning both matches in convincing fashion. The first win came on September 5th in an away match...

International Vulture Awareness Day 2025

International Vulture Awareness Day 2025

By: Lamin B. Darboe The Department of Parks and Wildlife Management (DPWM), West African Bird Study Association (WABSA), and Falconry Experience Wales/Africelt Vulture Research Unit will join the rest of the world to raise awareness about...

Migration activist says 24 Gambian migrant corpses repatriated from EU since 2017

Migration activist says 24 Gambian migrant corpses repatriated from EU since 2017

- Advertisement - By Dawda Baldeh Renowned Gambian migration activist Yahya Sonko has revealed that 24 corpses of Gambian migrants who died in European Union countries have been repatriated since 2017. - Advertisement - Speaking in an interview...

Gambian Lawmaker Calls On Nigerian Senate To Immediately Reinstate Senator Natasha After ‘Unlawful’ Suspension

Hon. Fatoumatta Njai, a Member of the National Assembly of The Gambia, has written to Nigeria’s Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, calling for the immediate reinstatement of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, whose suspension she described as...

Bono Minister reaffirms Mahama’s commitment to fulfil Election 2024 campaign promises

Bono Minister reaffirms Mahama’s commitment to fulfil Election 2024 campaign promises

By Benjamin Akoto Dormaa-Ahenkro (Bono), Sept. 11, GNA – Mr Joseph Addae Akwaboa, the Bono Regional Minister has reaffirmed President John Dramani Mahama’s commitment to fulfil his Election 2024 political campaign promises, to build a better...

Why The Gambia Must End Discrimination Against Ghanaian Descendants, Uphold Human Rights Obligations – ARRA

Why The Gambia Must End Discrimination Against Ghanaian Descendants, Uphold Human Rights Obligations – ARRA

The Asylum and Refugee Rights Advocacy Foundation, also known as the Asylum And Refugee Rights Advocates (ARRA), has issued a strong call to the Gambian authorities to immediately end what it describes as “unlawful discrimination” against Ghanaian...

Auditor General Modou K. Ceesay Declines Ministerial Appointment, Reaffirms Commitment to Oversight Role

Auditor General Modou K. Ceesay Declines Ministerial Appointment, Reaffirms Commitment to Oversight Role

- Advertisement - By Alieu Jallow Auditor General Modou K. Ceesay has turned down his appointment as Minister of Trade, Industry, Regional Integration, and Employment, just a day after President Adama Barrow announced sweeping cabinet changes. -...

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