Data from the 2018 personal financial management survey in the Gambia shows a gap in financial literacy among youths. A Gambian personal finance blogger and Amazon bestselling author, Ebrima Sawaneh has released a survey report on personal financial management practice in the Gambia. The survey was conducted in 2018 via […]
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Work Is Not A Privilege But A Right
Workers should know their value and their right to work. Work is not a privilege but a Right as enshrine in the UN human Rights Declaration. It is with great pleasure that I seize this opportunity on behalf of the membership of the Gambia Labour Congress and its affiliates, namely, […]
Info Minister Gives Media Mea Culpa
By Abdoulie John The Gambia’s Information Minister has offered a resounding mea culpa [ an acknowledgment of one’s fault or error] to journalists over a controversial statement he had earlier made. Ebrima Sillah’s misunderstood statement has raised eyebrows in some quarters. It still continues to generate headlines. “I want to […]
ECOMIG Loses Nigerian Peacekeeper
PRESS RELEASE The ECOWAS Mission in The Gambia (ECOMIG) regrets to announce the sudden death of one of its peacekeepers, Staff Sergeant Bamidele Akinwale of the Nigerian Contingent. The late S/Sgt Akinwale, aged 45, passed on in the early hours of Friday 3 May, 2019 after a suspected cardiac arrest. […]
AI Boss: We will Keep Supporting Human Rights In The Gambia
President Adama Barrow on Thursday received in audience the regional chief of Amnesty International (AI) for West and Central Africa, who promised her organization’s unflinching support to the strengthening of human rights and democratic values in the Gambia. Evelyn Petrus-Barry made the remarks while speaking to waiting journalists following a […]
Gambia: Key Human Rights Concerns Highlighted In A Meeting With President Barrow
Children as young as 15 languish in prison without trial Restrictive laws still prevent peaceful protest and criticism of authoritiesThree people sentenced to death in 2018 During a meeting with President Adama Barrow in the capital Banjul today, Amnesty International delegates noted the major progress made in the two years […]
Minister Says Gov’t Values Human Capital
By Abdoulie John As The Gambi joined Wednesday the International Community to celebrate May Day, the country’s Minister of Trade, Regional Integration and Employment, Bai Lamin Jobe, has reiterated government’s commitment to fortifying the country’s human capital. “The government of The Gambia recognizes the country’s most critical resource is its […]
Village Where People Walk On All Fours
They’re living, breathing men and women, but they walk on all fours, just as we did four million years ago. And until this film was shot and produced by 60 Minutes Australia, they were hidden away, unseen by the outside world.
Gambian Holds Madison College’s Highest Student Position
Ousman Darboe holds the highest position a student can have at Madison College: the student representative of the district board. As the student representative, Darboe advocates for students needs to the College board and finds ways to implement solutions to the obstacles facing students on campus. Darboe has a passion […]
‘School Feeding Enables Increase In Education Outcomes’
The First Lady of The Gambia, Her Excellency Fatoumatta Bah-Barrow has placed a strong connection between feeding programmesand the large increase in children’s ability to learn, access to education, and learning outcomes. The First Lady made the remarks at the MaCarthy Square in Banjul where she joined partners and stakeholders […]
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 […]
Gambia’s Honorary Consulate In Mauritania Officially Inaugurated
The Gambia’s Honorary Consulate in Nouadhibou, Islamic Republic of Mauritania, has been officially inaugurated on Wednesday 10th April, 2019. H.E Mawdo C Juwara, the Ambassador of the Republic of The Gambia to the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, the appointed Honorary Consul in Nouadhibou Mr Ahmedna Mohamed Abdellahi Ghaillani, the First […]