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PRELIMINARY CENSUS RESULTS PUT POPULATION AT 2.4M
By Aminata S Kuyateh
A preliminary report released by the Gambia Bureau of Statistics (GBoS) from the just concluded census, has revealed that the population of the Gambia is 2,422, 712, and out of this figure, 51 percent are female against 49 percent of males.
The report also revealed that Brikama is the most populous Local Government...
PRELIMINARY CENSUS RESULTS PUT POPULATION AT 2.4M
By Aminata S Kuyateh
A preliminary report released by the Gambia Bureau of Statistics (GBoS) from the just concluded census, has revealed that the population...
Activists petition Assembly to compel gov’t to release names of individuals allocated state lands
By Omar Bah
Yesterday, three prominent activists, Baboucarr Nyang, Omar Camara, and Madi Jobarteh submitted a petition to the Clerk of the National Assembly requesting the body to investigate the 'allocation of state lands to...
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Former KMC Mayor Colley dies
A former mayor of Kanifing Municipal Council Yankuba Colley passed away yesterday, sources from his former ruling APRC party confirmed.
The party source said he...
NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR CHANGE COALITION UNVEILS VISION FOR 2026
By Amadou Jadama
A new political movement calling itself the National Alliance For Change, was on Sunday unveiled at the Semega Janneh Hall, Serekunda East...
Same sex offenders to get 5 years imprisonment
By Tabora Bojang
National Assembly members yesterday agreed to a proposal to make same sex relations an offense punishable by a jail term of five...
Gov’t says new draft constitution clearer on presidential election window
By Omar Bah
In another explanation about a major change in the controversial draft constitution, the government has explained why a clause in the 2020...
Gambia registers 236 cases of gender-based violence in recent times
Fallou Sowe, the national coordinator of the network against gender-based violence, said his office has recorded about 236 cases of gender-based violence in The...
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The life of a girl child
What is her value? Does she have any value, just as a human being, or lays her value in what she can achieve? When a baby is born, it is greeted and celebrated. The...
The life of a girl child
What is her value? Does she have any value, just as a human being, or lays her value in what she can achieve? When...
Sports
JAITEH FOUNDATION RESCUES BANJUL NAWETTAN WITH D200K SPONSORSHIP
Press release
The Tijan Jaiteh Foundation, the voluntary service arm of Sports Ambassador Tijan Jaiteh, has come to the rescue of the Banjul Sports Committee with a pledge to provide D200,000 sponsorship for this year's...
JAITEH FOUNDATION RESCUES BANJUL NAWETTAN WITH D200K SPONSORSHIP
Press release
The Tijan Jaiteh Foundation, the voluntary service arm of Sports Ambassador Tijan Jaiteh, has come to the rescue of the Banjul Sports Committee...
Opinions
Endorsement letter for Dr Mamadou Tangara as Secretary General of the Commonwealth of Nations
Dear Editor,
I am delighted to write in support of the candidature of the current Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of The Gambia, Dr Mamadou Tangara, for the esteemed post of the Secretary...
JAITEH FOUNDATION RESCUES BANJUL NAWETTAN WITH D200K SPONSORSHIP
Press release
The Tijan Jaiteh Foundation, the voluntary service arm of Sports Ambassador Tijan Jaiteh, has come to the rescue of the Banjul Sports Committee...
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JAITEH FOUNDATION RESCUES BANJUL NAWETTAN WITH D200K SPONSORSHIP
Press release
The Tijan Jaiteh Foundation, the voluntary service arm of Sports Ambassador Tijan Jaiteh,...
Gaza under siege: a humanitarian catastrophe and international failure
Introduction
The ongoing war in Gaza has once again thrown into sharp relief the deep...
How exporting fish meal starves source countries for global profit despite...
In order to produce food for livestock, including pigs in China, Vietnam and a...
Report says 53 percent rural households experiencing ‘food insecurity’
By Fatou Saho
The national food security survey 2023 led by the Gambia government and...
ONS, DCAF develop security operating standard procedure
By Olimatou Coker
The Office of National Security (ONS), in collaboration with the Geneva Centre...
Anguish as dozens die in Senegal shipwreck
Authorities say more than 100 people were on board the wooden fishing vessel when...
PRELIMINARY CENSUS RESULTS PUT POPULATION AT 2.4M
By Aminata S Kuyateh
A preliminary report released by the Gambia Bureau of Statistics (GBoS)...
Deputy Speaker Njie, NAMs take stand against ministers over ‘insufficient’ answers
By Tabora Bojang
The issue of ministers allegedly coming to the National Assembly without sufficient...
Gambia, others seize over 83 tons of drugs in 2023 –...
By Omar Bah
In 2023, law enforcement agencies in The Gambia and ten other West...
Activists petition Assembly to compel gov’t to release names of individuals...
By Omar Bah
Yesterday, three prominent activists, Baboucarr Nyang, Omar Camara, and Madi Jobarteh submitted...
GRA attends West Africa tax forum in Bissau
By Omar Bah
A delegation of Gambia Revenue Authority GRA staff led by Commissioner General...
Mansakonko Hospitality Training Center launched
By Amadou Jadama
A total of 65 young men and women graduated in various courses...
Ugandan Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei’s attacker dies in hospital
The man who attacked Ugandan runner Rebecca Cheptegei has died from injuries sustained when...
WHAT AWAITS AFCON 2025 TEAMS IN MOROCCO
The countdown to the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) has officially begun as...
Netanyahu and the Israeli protesters are on the same genocidal page
In July 2014, shortly after the kickoff of Israel's “Operation Protective Edge” in the...
Debt at 72% of GDP, one-third youth jobless: Senegal’s youngest president...
Bassirou Diomaye Faye became the President of Senegal in March with a promise of...
Gunfire, gang rapes and missing inmates: Inside a deadly DRC jailbreak
It was two hours after midnight last Monday when the first bursts of gunfire...
Methodological approaches and implications in dealing with the Qur’an
This paper provides a critique of both traditionalist and orientalist approaches to the Islamic...
Mpox and the dangers of treating some lives as disposable
It has been a year since the first outbreak of a new more deadly...
Tackling irregular migration in a youth and civil society-led democratic change:...
The continent of Africa of recent has been witnessing numerous mixed political upheavals. Such...