There’s a lot of work going on with regard to the African Diaspora. This includes huge amount of research aimed at establishing facts. It’s in this regard that I’d been interviewed by our Senegalese PhD candidate from a University in Paris, France. Mr. Niang has been keenly studying the Gambian Diaspora […]
Society
Nigeria’s Mistakes Gambia Must Avoid
What Gambia Must Learn From Singapore The Gambia and Singapore both gained their independence from Great Britain in 1965. Both countries soon became members of the Commonwealth of Nations. Equally, Malaysia and Ghana both gained their independence from Great Britain in 1957. Nigeria, Africa’ most populous country gained her independence […]
Ambassador Diab Holds Inspirational Lecture In Malaysia
Press release The Gambia’s Ambassador in Malaysia, H.E Ramzia Diab Ghanim, on Friday 28th September 2018 served as a special guest speaker/lecturer of the International Business School on the newly launched Global Dialogue Forum at the University Technology University, (UTMKL) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In an emotional and inspirational lecture attended […]
CRC EMBARKS ON A PRE-CONSULTATION
REPUBLIC OF THE GAMBIA CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW COMMISSION MEDIA RELEASE For Immediate Release The Constitutional Review Commission (CRC) today announced that it is embarking on national pre-consultation visits from Wednesday 26th September 2018. According to the Chairperson of the CRC, Justice Cherno Jallow, QC, the pre-consultation visits are part of the […]
Verses of Heresy: A Book Review
By Foday Samateh Momodou Sallah’s second anthology of poems is in many ways a masterful sequel to his acclaimed Innocent Questions. But The Dictator and the Heretic doesn’t pose questions, especially innocent ones, about why things are not what they ought to be. In this anthology, questions are rhetorical rather than […]
Low Hanging Fruits Rotting Away
By Saul Saidykhan Courtesy of www.mantankara.com Twenty months into the ‘New Gambia’, we’re still bemoaning a paucity of resources, and looking for money from everywhere else in the world but our own front yard. We have a bonanza of ripe fruits that could be harvested to feed our hungry people […]
Gambians Mourn Imam’s Brother
Kairo News and Radio joins Gambians to mourn the sudden death of the senior brother of Momodou Ceesay, Chief Resident of Islamic Center Mosque in Detroit. Demba Jammeh, affectionately called Demba Kuru, died last night after a brief sickness. Demba was laid to rest today. The native of Jarra Si-Kunda […]
Major Shift In Gambia’s National Security
By Abdoulie John The National Security Adviser, Momodou Badgie, said Friday that plans are on high gear for the National Security Council (NSC) to hold a consultative forum on the draft National Security Policy (NSP). He made this announcement during a news conference held at State House in Banjul. The […]
GFF Damns Stadium Overcrowding
By Abdoulie John Less than a week after The Gambia and Algeria played to a 1-1 draw in their first leg of AFCON qualifiers, Gambia Football Federation (GFF) President, Lamin Kaba Bajo, on Wednesday offered clarification about the overcrowding at the Independence Stadium in Bakau. “We have no intention to […]
First Lady Leads Fact-finding Team of Medical Consultants To EFSTH
The First Lady of the Republic, Her Excellency, Fatoumatta Barrow on Monday joined a group of medical personnel and educationists from Delaware, U.S. at a needs assessment exercise at the Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital in Banjul. The group of philanthropists, under the auspices of Delaware African Carribean Community (DACC), […]
Why We Must Refuse Provocation!
Hello UDP-SWEDEN and all loyal members of the UDP at home and abroad! It has been a very sad, tough and indeed disturbing week for ALL peace loving Gambians. I personally come out to thank all Gambians irrespective of tribe, culture and political affiliation for condemning in the strongest term […]
‘Our Communities Need Effective Leadership’
The Founder of the Center For Leadership and Management for Sustainable National Development (CLMSND) has said that “lasting and enduring national development” is critical to guaranteeing “vibrant and healthy communities.” Mr. Jobarteh Fofana, who made the statement at a day’s capacity building workshop at Sankwia village in Jarra West District […]