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Opinion: The government should back this amendment to the Holocaust memorial bill
The Jewish News
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June 19, 2025
Last week the House of Lords amended the Holocaust Memorial Bill to provide that the sole purpose of the Learning Centre to be built as part of the Holocaust Memorial must be “the provision of education about the Holocaust and antisemitism”. I...
How KIKE Technologies Green Energy Network Is Empowering Women With Clean Biofuel Solutions
Daily Independent
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July 11, 2025
1 Lilian Aremu, Vice President of Operation Green Energy Biofuels and Co-Founder of Kike Technologies, is a social entrepreneur and transformational leader. In this interview with SEYI TAIWO-OGUNTUASE, she speaks on the organisation’s pioneering...
IMF approves resilience and sustainability facility arrangement for Gambia
Panapress
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June 19, 2025
19 june 2025 - 10:25:55 MA/AR 146 Views Panafrican News Agency Banjul, Gambia (PANA) –The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Executive Board has approved a new 18-month arrangement under the Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF) for The...
The Countries With The Highest Share Of International Migrants May Surprise You
Zero Hedge
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The number of international migrants worldwide hit 304 million in 2024, a figure that has doubled since 1990. As people relocate across borders for reasons ranging from work opportunities to conflict and displacement, certain countries have become...
Liberia: President Boakai Sets Up Special Taskforce to Address Potential U.S. Travel Ban
Front Page Africa
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June 19, 2025
The Executive Mansion says President Boakai has already chaired the first meeting of the special taskforce. Credit: Executive Mansion. President Boakai has set up a special committee to investigate growing concerns of a possible US travel ban on...
Between gas flares and diplomatic embers, the Gambia’s OIC moment of truth
The Standard Gambia
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June 18, 2025
- Advertisement - By Lt. Col. Samsudeen Sarr Rtd When I cracked open the dawn of Friday, June 13, 2025, the airwaves were already sizzling with news that Israel had unleashed precision fire on Iran’s nuclear laboratories, prized scientists, and...
Darboe Announces Presidential Candidacy While Calling for UDP Unity
The Fatu Network
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June 18, 2025
- Advertisement - Written by: The Fatu Network Newsroom United Democratic Party (UDP) leader Ousainou Darboe has announced his intention to seek the party’s presidential nomination for 2026 while issuing a public call for unity following days of...
Two Gambian Athletes Shines in Different Sporting Disciplines
The Voice Gambia
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June 18, 2025
Adama Jallow and Nuha Faye, two Gambian athletes in France and Spain, respectively, have set new records in Men’s 400M and triple jump competition. According to the Gambia Athletics Platform (GAP), the youngstar delivered an outstanding...
PM Mitchell: Regional governments must be prepared to negotiate with Trump
Now Grenada
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June 18, 2025
by Linda Straker Story about travel ban list originally published by The Washington Post last weekend 36 countries identified in cable sent to US embassies on weekend 4 on list are OECS member states with Citizenship by Investment Programmes Prime...
Commentary: 2026 Presidential Race: Who will reach State House first?
The Point
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The 2026 political wind is blowing and it is not yet time for the presidential election. But it seems politicians are warming up. UDP and NPP need to put their houses in order. This is why Lawyer Ousainou Darboe received some UDP supporters at his...
Media Release: Gambia to Commission First National University of Engineering, Science and Technology
The Fatu Network
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June 18, 2025
- Advertisement - State House, Banjul, 17th June 2025: His Excellency President Adama Barrow received a delegation from the Gambia University of Applied Science, Engineering, and Technology (USET). The Minister for Higher Education Professor...
Why The Gambia’s carbon credit bill must guarantee a 60% community share
The Standard Gambia
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June 17, 2025
- Advertisement - By Ansumana Darboe The Gambia is on the verge of enacting a landmark law, the Trading of Carbon Credit Bill, 2024—that will determine how the country engages in global carbon markets. Done right, this legislation could unlock...
Les députés demandent au ministre des Finances de révéler les dépenses de tous les ministères et agences
The Voice Gambia
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June 18, 2025
Par : Binta Jaiteh Les membres de l’Assemblée nationale (NAMs) ont demandé lundi au ministre des Finances et des Affaires économiques, Seedy Keita, de révéler les dépenses totales de tous les ministères et agences gouvernementales. Ces questions...
Pioneering groom and ex-racehorse hero among equestrians named in King’s Birthday Honours List
Your Horse
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June 18, 2025
Several equestrians have been honoured in the King’s Birthday Honours List, which was released in line with the monarch’s official birthday on Saturday 14 June. Among them are the founders of the British Grooms Association and ex-racehorse charity...
A Nation’s Hope Undermined: President Barrow’s Denial of Gambia’s Oil Potential is Deeply Disappointing
The Fatu Network
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June 17, 2025
- Advertisement - Public Statement by the Gambia Action Party (GAP) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE As the Leader of the Gambia Action Party, I express our profound disappointment and deep concern over President Adama Barrow’s recent public statement...
China-Africa Cooperation: Cultivating Hope and Future in The Gambia’s Rice Fields
The Fatu Network
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June 17, 2025
- Advertisement - “It is a great honor to have met Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Changsha,” said Musa Darboe, a farmer from The Gambia, as he walked out of the Changsha International Conference Center in central China with a beaming smile at around...
UDP Official Says Darboe will be Gambia’s Mandela, Rejects Division Claims
The Voice Gambia
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June 18, 2025
By: Nyima Sillah Lamin Manneh, a senior official of the opposition United Democratic Party (UDP), has rejected claims of division within the party and predicted that Ousainou Darboe will be Gambia’s Mandela come 2026 presidential race. Speaking to...
Mapped: Countries With the Highest Share of International Migrants
Visual Capitalist
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June 18, 2025
Countries With Highest Proportion of International Migrants This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts from a variety of trusted sources. The number of...
Nigerian Foreign Minister Woos US Govt With Mineral Resources In Exchange For Visa Access For Government Officials, Businessmen
Sahara Reporters
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Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, has signalled a strategic offer to the United States: access to critical earth minerals in exchange for easing visa restrictions on government officials. Speaking during the 54th...
Judge Warns Three Top Government Officers to Respect Court Orders
The Voice Gambia
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June 18, 2025
By: Nicholas Bass Honorable Justice Ebrima Jaiteh of Banjul High Court Tuesday cautioned three government officers to respect court orders. Justice Jaiteh, presiding over the alleged shooting trial involving Ousainou Bojang, accused of killing two...