Thursday, March 28, 2024

Gambian Soccer Star Omar Jagne Donates Football Equipment to Mamakoto FC

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  By Lamin Drammeh Gambian soccer star Omar Jagne has extended his benovolent gesture to Mamakoto fc, one of the leading Nawettan teams in his native Bakau. He reportedly gave...

Gambians celebrate Independence Day In Grand Style

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Huge crowds waved Gambian flags, applauding in excitement as the country celebrates 52 years of Independence at The Independent Stadium in Bakau. Many say this year's independent celebration...

UTG Crisis: Senior Management Team Suspended Over Corruption Allegations

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  The Senior Management team (SMT) of the University of The Gambia has finally been dissolved by the Ministry of Higher Education, Research, Science & Technology, weeks after...

The Heavy weight of following the dreams of dictatorship on Gambia

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  By Habib All the pillars of our nationhood were tested in 1994 and continually tested by APRC regime. Some collapsed like the free press or unions, some were...

Interview With Police PRO Kujabi (Video)

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAsfAVO3sYQ

APRC will not repeat mistakes under Jammeh – FTJ

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  The interim leader of the opposition APRC has said the former ruling party will not repeat mistakes made under former President Jammeh. “Another APRC leadership in government will...

President Barrow arrives in Senegal on first state visit

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Gambia’s new President Adama Barrow arrived in the Senegalese Capital, Dakar, Thursday, March 3rd in his first foreign trip since assuming office. President Barrow is in Dakar for...

‘Yahya Jammeh unlawfully withdrew D189M from SSHFC’ – AG Tambadou

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Abubakar Tambadou, Gambia’s Attorney General and Minister of Justice has revealed that between 2006 and 2017, former President Yahya Jammeh personally or under his instructions directed the...

MY TAKE ON OUSAINOU MBENGA’S INSINCERE TANTRUM

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Comrade Ousainou Mbenga, I'd read your piece 'From Jammeh to Barrow: Opposite Poles of The Same Deception' and my deduction is that it isn't anywhere near a...

The Democratic Route

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While many people in the country are currently embroiled in the debate of ‘the brown envelopes’ from the Presidency, or the issue of succession in the United...

My message is to the government employees, especially members of the security forces –...

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- Are you happy with the life you are living? Are you satisfied with the salary you take home every month? Is it ever enough to cover...

Yahya Jammeh insists he will not step down

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Disgraced outgoing Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has again come out clearly to repeat his position that he will not step down when his term ends insisting that...

ECOWAS Action to Gambia is Constitutional

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Banjul, The Gambia: When the four Head of State of ECOWAS came for a fact finding mission to The Gambia, they gathered that President elect Adama Barrow...

In One Week, Army Reports Death of Second Soldier!

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Navy Soldier Dies At Pool Information reaching the Fatu Network has confirmed the tragic death of one Lance Corporal Muhammed Lamin Jammeh, a Navy soldier who died in...

On the Appointment of Alagie Barrow…

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Last week, the Executive Secretary of the Truth, Reconciliation and Repatriation Commission (TRRC), Dr Baba Galleh Jallow announced the appointment of Mr Alagie Barrow as the Director...

Darboe denies causing Coalition split

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  The leader of the United Democratic Party, Ousainou Darboe, has dismissed allegations that he and his party’s insistence on party line contest in the April election split...

Meeting Of Experts Kicks-Off In Banjul Ahead Of Tuesday’s Presidential Council Meeting

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The Experts meeting between the Governments of Gambia and Senegal was opened for the first time on Gambian soil Sunday since the removal of former dictator, Yahya...

Life Is Sacred…

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Reports have it that yesterday, Monday 18 2018, two people were shot dead in Faraba Banta Village due to a scuffle between the Police Intervention Unit (PIU)...

OVER 50 ARMED SOLDIERS ESCORT EX PRIVATE MODOU NJIE

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Ex-private Modou Njie currently serving a death sentence at the Mile 2 Central Prison for his participation in the December 30 attack on State House in Banjul,...

Moroccan envoy meets President Barrow alongside the UNGA

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New York, 18 September 2017      President Adama Barrow said The Gambia’s support to Morocco is to promote African solidarity and to improve relations with The Gambia. He made these remarks during a courtesy call by the Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nasser Bourita, an envoy of His Majesty, King Muhammad IV, while attending the United Nations General Assembly in New York.      President Barrow recognized the Moroccan support during the political impasse in The Gambia, which he said was an African problem, addressed using an African solution.  He told the diplomat that The Gambia has turned a new page in its history to bring in new laws that would promote  equality and justice. Their discussion also emphasized the importance of security in achieving other development goals.     The Gambian leader congratulated the Moroccan Foreign Minister for his appointment and extended his gratitude to the King of Morocco for building a new office complex for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in The Gambia, contributing to the infrastructural development of the country.  He called on Morocco to invest in other areas and concluded that through integration they could understand their mutual concerns and work together to further strengthen their cooperation. Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita thanked President Barrow for the support The Gambia accorded to Morocco in ECOWAS and at other regional and international forums. He also spoke of the deeply rooted relations between the two countries, saying they wish to take it to a higher level at a time when The Gambia is entering a new phase in its political life.    He promised to expand technical and economic cooperation between Morocco and The Gambia. Minister Bourita informed President Barrow that Morocco would continue to provide support and will increase scholarships from its current figure of 40 to 70 in 2018.      The Gambian Foreign Affairs Minister, Honourable Ousainou Darboe said in an interview that the bilateral and multilateral cooperation span various fields.  Minister Darbo elaborated on how Morocco could support the development process currently ongoing in The Gambia particularly  security reforms, scholarships for training of diplomats and investment opportunities for Moroccan businesses. He emphasised that through robust investments The Gambia could reduce its dependence on aid. Mr. Darboe also revealed that President Barrow will visit the Kingdom of Morocco to further cement ties between the two countries.    End