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The Gambian dalasi has taken a nosedive in the first quarter of 2014, depreciating against major international currencies. The domestic debt stock and inflation has increased during the same period. But, grants and revenues and general economic activity is expected to expand during the coming months...

The newly appointed head of Medical Research Council of The Gambia has outlined his plans for the MRC Gambia, noting that he intended to make the unit a reference centre of excellence for research in the sub-region...

Tens of Gambians were reported to have been aboard the boat that capsized off the Libyan coast Monday. Reports monitored here indicated that at least 36 people were reported to have drowned in the accident about 30 miles east of Tripoli...

Veteran Jamaican reggae singer and 'riddim' poet, Mutabaruka, has lamented the fact that people of African descent are required to have visas to be allowed into The Gambia while Europeans and Americans get special treatment despite their role in slavery and colonialism....

A press release from the Ministry of Transport, Works and Infrastructure has announced that airlines serving Banjul and the sub-region can now pick up inbound passengers in Freetown and Monrovia to Banjul...

A 16-year-old grade eight student of Deeper Life Upper Basic School and resident of Bakau has gone missing from home for nearly two weeks...

Gamcotrap and Child Protection Alliance (CPA) in The Gambia expressed solidarity with the families, people and government of Nigeria to condemn the abduction of innocent girls by Boko Haram in Nigeria...

The vice president has said that Africa's value systems stand threatened and called for “deep reflection” as to which way Africa and Africans want to go...

Justice Mikahilu Abdullah of the high court yesterday ordered Mambury Njie to be remanded in custody. The order was made after the former finance minister pleaded not guilty to charges of economic crime and negligence of official duties...

The Gambia's Health minister yesterday revealed that The Gambia has exceeded the World Health Organisation's target for treating and curing tuberculosis...

The Nigerian high commissioner has rebutted Tango's Madi Jobarteh for saying the abduction of over 200 girls by Boko Haram is “indicative of the bad governance and weak leadership of the Nigerian government”...

The National Organising Committee (NOC) of the Roots Festival 2014 has announced that Erykah Badu, the American Grammy Award winning singer, originally billed to perform at the musical jamboree of the Roots Festival 2014 will not be performing due to “unforeseen circumstances”..