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Sharbel Elhajj Denies Fraud in D15 Million BCC Land Deal
Foroyaa Newspaper
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July 4, 2025
A Lebanese-Gambian businessman who made D15 million from the sale of a Banjul City Council (BCC) property admitted on Wednesday that he paid no more than D2 million for the land and held no official ownership documents at the time of the...
U.S supports strengthening of regional public health emergency
Abuja Inquirer
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July 5, 2025
The United States Government has commenced the training of public health emergency operations center staff from Nigeria, Benin, Ghana, Sierra Leone, The Gambia, Liberia, and Mali. A statement by the US Embassy in Abuja said the intermediate level...
NAM ACCUSES GAM-PETROLEUM BOSS OF RECEIVING D600,000 MONTHLY BRIBE FROM IMPORTERS OF RUSSIAN OIL
The Standard Gambia
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July 11, 2025
- Advertisement - By Tabora Bojang Veteran parliamentarian and representative of Niamina Dankunku, Samba Jallow, yesterday made a stunning revelation at the National Assembly after alleging that Gam-Petroleum general manager, Yoro Jallow, was the...
NRP ex-deputy party leader says he regrets replacing Jammeh with Barrow
The Standard Gambia
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July 4, 2025
- Advertisement - By Amadou Jadama The former deputy leader of the National Reconciliation Party and erstwhile ambassador to Guinea Bissau has told The Standard he regretted replacing Yahya Jammeh with President Adama Barrow. Musa Sonko, now a UDP...
GFF Continues Consultation for Professionalised League
The Voice Gambia
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July 3, 2025
By: Kamo Kanyi The Gambia Football Federation (GFF) continues its stakeholder consultations in its bid to professionalise The Gambia’s Division One League. The country’s football governing body said its ongoing engagement aims to develop an...
Testimony of Permanent Secretary Ministry of Petroleum into $30M Russian petroleum scandal
The Standard Gambia
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July 10, 2025
- Advertisement - The Committee asked about the mandate of the Ministry. In response, the witness stated that the Ministry is responsible for the formulation of sectoral policies, the issuance of subsidiary legislation, and the exercise of...
EFSCRJ provides highlights of the report on the Russian petroleum scandal
The Standard Gambia
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July 2, 2025
- Advertisement - EF Small Centre hereby shares key highlights of the 112-page inquiry report of the Joint Finance and Public Accounts Committee (FPAC) and the Public Enterprises Committee (PEC) into illegal importation and sale of Russian...
France/Syria: Questions & Answers on the 4 July 2025 hearing before the Plenary Assembly of the French Supreme Court on functional immunities (Adib Mayaleh)
International Federation for Human Rights
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June 27, 2025
The Adib Mayaleh case, which raises fundamental questions about the application of functional immunity in cases of international crimes, will be examined by the French Supreme Court on 4 July 2025. The decision of the Supreme Court could have a...
Tangara resigns, takes up AU job
The Standard Gambia
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July 4, 2025
- Advertisement - State House last evening confirmed that the Minister for Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Gambians Abroad, Dr Mamadou Tangara, yesterday tendered his resignation to President Adama Barrow. “The President Barrow has...
African Roots of a Caribbean Odyssey of Occultism in the Age of Internet | Part 3
The Voice
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July 2, 2025
Chronicles of a Chronic Caribbean Chronicler By Earl Bousquet It was always just a matter of time before Saint Lucia’s political opposition, ahead of an election it can’t see any way of winning by the ballot, would choose to take advantage of...
Border Villages Still Fear Farming Near Casamance Despite Relative Calm
Foroyaa Newspaper
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June 27, 2025
By Nelson Manneh Despite the end of military operations in Senegal’s restive Casamance region more than three years ago, fear continues to grip Gambian border communities, where many villagers remain reluctant to cultivate farmlands near or across...
Gard dissociates itself from Imam Jallow’s party
The Standard Gambia
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June 27, 2025
- Advertisement - By Amadou Jadama The executive members of the Gambia Association for Reform and Development (GARD) have issued a press statement clarifying their position with regard to the Reform and Development Party recently formed by a...
Dramatic u-turn in PIU shooting trial as soldier called to testify
The Point
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“My Lord, I am making an application for one Omar S. Jallow, a member of The Gambia Armed Forces (GAF), to come forward and testify. Mr Jallow was listed as a witness for the State but has not yet testified. He has provided a statement to the...
WILL convenes forum on youth, diaspora inclusion in transitional justice
The Point
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Held at the Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara International Conference Center in Bijilo, the forum brought together over 100 young people from across the country and members of the Gambian diaspora, both virtually and physically, to strengthen inclusive...
‘Interest payments alone consume 25 percent of 2024 domestic revenues’
The Standard Gambia
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July 4, 2025
- Advertisement - By Tabora Bojang Finance Minister Seedy Keita has called for a reform in the international financial system saying the current international financial architecture is not working for the vast majority of countries including The...
UDP Leader Darboe Criticizes Barrow’s SONA as “Checklist of Propaganda Agenda”
The Fatu Network
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June 25, 2025
- Advertisement - Written by: The Fatu Network Newsroom United Democratic Party (UDP) leader and Secretary-General Ousainou Darboe has dismissed President Adama Barrow’s 2025 State of the Nation Address as “certainly a checklist of a propaganda...
Is the Tangara resignation a sudden exit or strategic ejection?
The Standard Gambia
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July 8, 2025
- Advertisement - By Lt Col (Rtd) Samsudeen Sarr The reported appointment of Dr Mamadou Tangara as the new High Representative of the African Union Commission for Mali and the Sahel (MISAHEL) has unleashed a storm of speculation, and not the kind...
FPAC Demands Accountability Over D1.27 Billion in Payments
Foroyaa Newspaper
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July 4, 2025
By Kebba AF Touray The Finance and Public Accounts Committee (FPAC) of the National Assembly has recommended that the Accountant General be sanctioned should he fail to provide supporting documents for government expenditures totalling more than...
Independent Electoral Commission Validates New Strategic Plan Ahead of 2026 Vote
Foroyaa Newspaper
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June 27, 2025
By Nelson Manneh The Independent Electoral Commission of The Gambia has commenced a major internal review of its operations and future direction, validating a five-year strategic plan that will guide the country’s electoral management through...
Transport Ministry steps up to repeal 77-year-old Motor Traffic Act
The Point
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Held at the Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara International Conference Centre, this 2025 Bill follows a series of two-week internal session conducted by the committee constituted by the ministry with technical expertise from government and the transport...