min re Licensed from Shutterstock // Pheelings Media Ten years ago, I met my friend for coffee on her 30th birthday and proclaimed that her 30s would be the best decade of her life. We connected again a few days ago, and I made the same promise about her 40s. For […]
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Gambia: Truth Commission Hearings on 2005 Migrant Massacre
More than 50 West Africans Killed Under Ex-President Yahya Jammeh Gambia’s Truth, Reconciliation, and Reparations Commission (TRRC) will hold hearings at its current session, which began on February 22, 2021, on the 2005 massacre of more than 50 West African migrants. It was the largest loss of life during the […]
Energy Drives Economic Development
Gambian President Adama Barrow has explained why his government’s ambitious to light up the entire country. President Barrow at the weekend presided over the inauguration of a power plant in Brikama where he spelt out his government’s belief that “energy is a key driver of economic development. Thus, it […]
New SIC Leader Prioritises Unity
The newly elected President of the Supreme Islamic Council wants to establish unity among Gambian Muslims. The election of Sheikh Essa Foday Darboe on Sunday at a two-day congress comes at a time of intense polarisation among Muslims in the Gambia. “It’s a big pleasure for me to run the […]
SIC Congress Elects New Executive
Delegates of the 5th National Congress of the Supreme Islamic Council (SIC) on Sunday elected a new executive into office, with Sheikh Essa Foday Darboe replacing the outgoing President Imam Lamin Touray. Of the 124 delegates drawn from across the country, 105 voted to elect Sheikh Darboe President who […]
Darboe’s Take On Record Drug Burst
UDP STATEMENT ON THE DRUG BURST AT THE GAMBIA PORTS AUTHORITY The United Democratic Party receives the news of a major drug burst by the agents of NDEA at the Gambia Ports Authority with shock and alarm because of the reputational damage this will cause to the nation’s international image […]
Why UDP Picks Bones With IEC
The UDP Statement on the postponement of the proposed IEC Voter Registration Dates scheduled for 14th January 2021 The United Democratic Party (UDP) has registered with utter dismay the notice of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) for the indefinite postponement of the voter registration of The Gambia’s 2021 Election […]
Another Move Against French Colonialism: The Eco Currency In Africa
West African CFA franc currency banknotes and coins sit in this arranged photograph in Dakar, Senegal, Jan. 11, 2015. (Photo by Getty Images) BY AHMET KAVAS One of the first details given about countries is their currency. In this sense, many African countries draw attention as the traces of colonialism […]
Shocking Data: The 2 million Africans living in USA May Never Retire
This post may contain affiliate links. Please read our disclosure page https://mhgcode.com/tools-and-resources/advertiser-disclosure/ page. I can guess how World War III will start: Imagine two million elderly African parents resisting to move into assisted living facilities in the USA. You think their accents are thick now? They will be speaking in […]
Barrow, The President Who Cannot Be Trusted
Four years into the third republic: most of us have seen nothing but disappointment, dishonesty, ungratefulness, immaturity, and selfishness in our country’s leadership. We ushered in a change in 2016, with the hope of a turning point for the country and a permanent end to corruption, self-perpetuation, deceit, and waste; […]
Kenya’s black market baby trade: A mother’s choice
Last month, BBC Africa Eye exposed a thriving black-market trade in babies in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. Police arrested seven people on trafficking charges in response to the story, but what about the women on the other side of these illegal deals? What drives a mother to sell her child? […]
OICGambia Announces Hiring of Electricity Engineers
Press Release OICGAMBIA ANNOUNCES THE HIRING OF DAR ENGINEERING & MAHFOUS ENGINEERING FOR THE DESIGN AND SUPERVISION OF THE ELECTRICITY NETWORK ENHANCEMENT PROJECT Petroleum House, Brusubi, 17th December 2020 – The Gambia O.I.C. Secretariat, in collaboration with the National Water and Electricity Company (NAWEC), wishes to announce the recruitment of […]