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Barrow Receives Oil Giant Executives  

His Excellency, President Adama Barrow has on Tuesday, 30 April received senior executives from BP Plc, a leading global energy company headquartered in London. The courtesy call followed the signing ceremony of a petroleum exploration contract between the government of The Gambia and BP Plc, which gives legal rights to […]

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IEC Chief Okays Diaspora Voting

By Abdoulie John  The Gambia’s Elections Chief okayed upcoming reforms aimed at allowing Diaspora Gambians to take part in national elections, saying they have the rights to vote and to be represented in the National Assembly. Alieu Momar Njai made this remark Monday during the opening ceremony of a five-day […]

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‘The Stability of The Gambia Is Priority’

The President of the Republic, His Excellency, President Adama Barrow has on Tuesday, 30th April received in audience the new Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in The Gambia at the State House in Banjul. After a closed-door meeting, the new top UN official, who was accompanied […]

Society

CRC Embarks On External Consultations

The Constitutional Review Commission (CRC) has begun its external public consultations beginning in Senegal on Sunday, 28th April, 2019 at the Hotel De Ville in Dakar. The consultative process is aimed at eliciting the views and aspirations of Gambians living in the diaspora on the drafting of the new Gambian […]

Politics

TRRC Update: The Journey So Far

The TRRC ended its fourth three-week session of hearings on Thursday, April 25, 2019. During this session, 16 witnesses testified before the Commission, bringing the total number of witnesses to testify since January 7, 2019 to 57. A significant number of these witnesses are former or current members of the […]

Politics

Ex-Junta Leaders Are Cold-blooded Murderers

Neither Sanna Sabally nor his council buddies can win over a probing mind like mine. They simply are all cold blooded murderers. As Chairman Ceesay of the Truth Commission made a heads up about the fate of that alleged “notepad in Basiru’s chest pocket”, that Sanna claimed to have been […]