By Emma Farge Shares in Oslo-listed African Petroleum plunged some 40 percent on Wednesday, their second daily fall in a row, as Gambian Oil Minister Fafa Sanyang confirmed that his country had ended talks to extend exploration rights for two offshore areas. African Petroleum said in a statement it was […]
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Civil Society Group Poised To Revive Democratic Debates In Gambia
By Abdoulie John As Gambians are recovering from 22-year of dictatorship by the Jammeh regime, the Forum for the Exchange of Ideas for Development (FOREID) has unveiled plans to hold series of public lectures and debates in the country. The founding initiators told a press conference on Wednesday at Gambia […]
WHAT THE NUMBERS TELL!
Brighton Essay 23 WHAT THE NUMBERS TELL! Barrow and Yahya Governments are essentially the same! By this I don’t mean the extra judicial component of the APRC government. In fact, they are both the same as Jawara’s. That means we haven’t learned anything (or very little) from our own history. […]
Sell Part of Megabank to Small Gambian Investors
I read the issue of Megabank in one of the online Gambian newspapers with keen interest. I am not sure if the story is true or 100% accurate but I feel compelled to make suggestions that will be in our national interest and the long-term prosperity of Gambians. Even if […]
ENVISIONING NEW GAMBIA – Education, Hard Work and Self-pride
By Ebrima Kamara & Kunba N’dure The changes we make must be immediate and ensure equal opportunities for all our children regardless of gender or geography. We must get it right this time in order to effect meaningful change. Guarantee quality education for every child from kindergarten to the highest […]
Imam Jaiteh Will Never Be Forgotten
In the last years the city of Lleida in Spain had undergone a great deal of economic, social and cultural as well as demographic transformations. The city had become an urban area with a great variety of people from all over the world. The history of Lleida cannot be completed […]
President Barrow Addresses AU Summit
Gambian President Adama Barrow on Monday delivered his maiden address at the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Below is the full speech: INTERVENTION BY H.E. PRESIDENT ADAMA BARROW ON THE AFRICAN UNION REFORM 29TH ORDINARY SESSION OF THE SUMMIT OF THE AFRICAN UNION ADDIS ABABA Mr. Chairperson, All […]
What’s Holding Toskani Pharm Gambia Ltd Investors?
By Abu Hamza ARE THEY BEING TRAMPLED UNDERFOOT? THE COALITION GOVERNMENT SHOULD FIND OUT. It has come to my knowledge that a company by the name of Toskani Pharma Gambia Ltd based in Brikama came to the Gambia almost ten years ago; [that is in September 2006] with the intention […]
Bravo to the Coalition Government for a Realistic, Sustainable and Humane Budget for Gambia
By Manding Darboe, MBA Finance and Investments, New York The coalition government of His Excellency Adama Barrow, in my opinion, has produced a realistic, sustainable and humane budget for The Gambia. As a budget expert with responsibility for New York City’s $1.1 billion 5 year capital expenditure budget, I can vouch that […]
Why I Empathise Gambia’s Ahmadis
The Imam of Kanifing South Mosque has explained why he empathised with the Gambia’s Ahmadis. “I really empathise with the Ahmadis,” Imam Baba Leigh told this reporter. “I’m a regular Muslim. I am neither an Ahmadi, neither a Wahhabist or an extremist.” Imam who returned from exile is among prominent […]
President Barrow Outlines Hajj Concern
President Adama Barrow met officials of the Gambia Hajj Commission at State House in Fajara. As stated in the press statement published below, President Barrow was surprised that the Commission after so many years of existence, it had not sought to sit with the former Head of State to discuss […]
How Suntou Manifests Bravery
An erudite Gambian political activist based in the United Kingdom is currently in the Gambia. Suntou Touray has manifested bravery by visiting and hearing the horror stories of those Gambian politicians who fearlessly put their lives on the firing line for six months before the election that swept Yahya Jammeh […]