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Five Gambian Opposition Parties Form Coalition for November Elections
The leaders of five Gambian opposition parties on Saturday in Banjul, signed a memorandum of understanding that formalizes their common position on forming a coalition that will select a single candidate that would contest the forthcoming presidential...
Economic Community of West African States to Send Fact-finding Mission to The Gambia for the November 24 Presidential Elections
Dr Christiana Thorpe, the Chairperson of National Electoral Commission in Sierra Leone, is to lead the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) fact-finding mission for the November 24 presidential elections in The Gambia, according to a statement...
Eight Foreign Nationals in The Gambia Sentenced to 50 Years in Jail with Hard Labor for Cocaine Trafficking
Eight people in The Gambia, all foreign nationals have been sentenced to 50 years in jail with hard labor by a magistrates’ court in Banjul which found them guilty of cocaine trafficking.
Austrian Women’s Group, Soroptimist International Austria Raise 42,000 Euro for the United Nations World Food Programme School Meals Program in The Gambia
Members of an Austrian women’s group, Soroptimist International Austria, raised €42,000 in a single day’s fundraising event for the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) school meals program in The Gambia.
The Gambia One of the Countries Most Vulnerable to the Consequences of Climate Change
The Executive Director of the Gambia National Environment Agency, NEA, Momodou B. Sarr, has indicated that The Gambia is one of the countries most vulnerable to the rapacious consequences of climate change in Africa and that Banjul the capital face a...
Trust Bank Ltd. And Standard Chartered Bank of Gambia to Reduce Prime Lending Rates
Two of Gambia’s leading commercial banks, the Trust Bank Ltd. and Standard Chartered Bank, have today announced their decision to cut the prime lending rate for their customers.
Team of United States Navy Instructors to Train Gambia Navy Personnel
A team of United States Navy instructors is currently in The Gambia as part of the US-Africa Command, Africa Partnership Station (APS 2011), to conduct training of members of the Gambia Navy.
Gambia And Senegal Sign Protocol to Establish Boundary Commission
The Gambian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mamadou Tangara, and his Senegalese counterpart, Madicke Niang on Tuesday at the Ocean Bay Hotel in Banjul, signed a protocol that seeks to establish a boundary commission.
