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Comprehensive News Feed for The Gambia.

Results 1 - 20 of 480 in The Gambia

  1. Stories From Small Nonprofits:ChildFund InternationalRead the original story

    3 hrs ago | Diva Marketing (Blog)

    ... donor would provide a gift to country in which ChildFund worked. For example, one gift was a goat to a family in The Gambia. We shot video of the goata s arrival and shared that back through Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. We gained 2,200 followers ...

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    Related Topix: Twitter, Social Software

  2. GenderRead the original story

    4 hrs ago | Panapress

    ... women to have full citizenshipa?. Gambian women rights group to honour ex-circumcisers Gambia women rights group, The Gambia Committee on Tradi tional Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Children (GAMCOTRAP) will Sat u rday honour ...

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    Related Topix: World News, Africa, Libya, Isatou Njie-saidy

  3. Gambia: Assembly's Pro-Poor Budgeting Forum EndsRead the original story

    15 hrs ago | AllAfrica.com

    ... assembled for yet another annual retreat on the 2010 draft budget estimates of the government of the Republic of The Gambia for the period of 1st January to 31st December 2010, which have recently been tabled before the parliament and debated on by ...

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    Related Topix: Africa, World News

  4. Gambia: Govt Signs MOU With ADB, Others

    Monday | AllAfrica.com

    The government of The Gambia, through the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs, yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding with three institutions; namely the African Development Bank, European Union and the World Bank for budget support delivery for aid effectiveness in The Gambia, at a ceremony held at the Finance ministry's conference ...

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    Related Topix: World News, Africa, Banjul, The Gambia, The General, Country

  5. Sunday MagazineRead the original story

    Sunday | Guardian Newspapers

    ... s...' -131209 A t 43, Justice Esther Awo Ota (nee Eleje), a Nigerian, sits as President of the Court of Appeal of The Gambia. She is in fact the

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    Related Topix: Folk, Assembly, Akwa Ibom, Nigeria, Nigeria, World News, Calabar, Nigeria, Enugu, Nigeria, Lagos, Nigeria, Africa

  6. HealthRead the original story

    Sunday | Panapress

    The Malian Health Ministry on Wednesday installed two infr a red cameras at the arrival hall of the international airport of Bamako SA nou t o detect people with AH1N1 flu.

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    Related Topix: World News, Africa, Mali, Bamako, Mali, H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia, Medicine, Malaria, Banjul, The Gambia

  7. EnvironmentRead the original story

    Sunday | Panapress

    ... here. 'US will achieve strongest outcome at UN climate conference' Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The US ambassador to The Gambia, Mr. Barry L. Wells, has said that the US will achieve the strongest possible outcome at the UN climate c onference currently ...

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    Related Topix: Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark, Agriculture, Science

  8. EconomyRead the original story

    Sunday | Panapress

    The purchasing price for rubber in Gabon has gone up by 100%, according to Mr. Janvier Essono, Director of the rubber plantation in M i tzic, northern Gabon.

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    Related Topix: World News, Tunisia, Tunis, Tunisia, Africa, North-West, Morocco, Rabat, Morocco, Morocco, Ghana, Banjul, The Gambia, Niger

  9. SocietyRead the original story

    Saturday Dec 12 | Panapress

    Widows of 93 Senegalese military personnel who died in S audi Arabia have dragged President Abdoulaye Wade and two others before the Inte r national Criminal Court for "crimes against humanity and war crime," their attorney, Omar Ngalla Ndiaye, told PANA Friday.

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    Related Topix: Abdoulaye Wade, US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, Activism, Journalism, World News, Banjul, The Gambia

  10. TASTY: Ida Cham Njai with the fish stew made by our cookery group.Read the original story

    Saturday Dec 12 | News, Sport, Entertainment, Jobs, Cars and Homes from Derbyshire

    AS I turned the corner in Tanji market and beheld the extraordinary beach scene which had opened up in front of me I knew I'd wandered deep into the Gambia experience.

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    Related Topix: Travel, Gambia Travel

  11. Bob Emrich, Iran, Manscaping, China, Chace CrawfordRead the original story w/Photo

    Friday Dec 11 | Towleroad

    ... the military. It is a taboo in our armed forces. I will sack any soldier suspected of being a gay, or lesbian in The Gambia. We need no gays in our armed forces."

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    Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian

  12. Warrant issued days after escapeRead the original story

    Friday Dec 11 | The Sligo Champion

    A prisoner who absconded to the Gambia, where he was found dead six months later, arrived in the country two days before a UK arrest warrant was issued, police have revealed.

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    Related Topix: Prison

  13. Gambian students run gas stationsRead the original story

    Friday Dec 11 | ETaiwanNews.com

    Three college students from the Republic of The Gambia have recently begun an internship program at a gas station run by Taiwan's state-operated petroleum company, attracting public attention.

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    Related Topix: Africa, World News, Taiwan, Southeast Asia

  14. Gambia: Qcell- Sunu Buss Are PacesettersRead the original story

    Friday Dec 11 | AllAfrica.com

    ... and the clarity and reliability one gets on their network is unmatched by any other GSM operator's network in The Gambia. She said this is true of the locally made calls as well as the international ones, and it's about to get even better. Though ...

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    Related Topix: Cell Phones, Cellphones, Electronics, Africa, World News

  15. Al-Qaeda fear ends African rallyRead the original story w/Photo

    Friday Dec 11 | BBC

    A car rally for bangers from Plymouth to Banjul in Gambia has been cancelled because of fears that entrants will be kidnapped by al-Qaeda. It follows Foreign Office advice relating to areas south of Morocco.

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    Related Topix: Racing, Dakar Rally

  16. Kidnap fears kybosh charity car rallyRead the original story

    Friday Dec 11 | The Register

    Exclusive The Plymouth to Dakar Challenge - a charity drive across the Sahara using highly unsuitable cars - has been forced into a last minute cancellation because of warnings of al-Qaeda snatch squads targeting drivers on the route.

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    Related Topix: Racing, Dakar Rally

  17. On-the-run murderer dies abroadRead the original story

    Friday Dec 11 | BBC

    ... Huntly prison, near Dundee, after he was let out on home leave in May. The 57-year-old's body was discovered in The Gambia on 29 November. It is understood he was found hanged. A Foreign Office spokesman said: "We can confirm the death of a British ... 1 comment

    Related Topix: Europe, World News, United Kingdom, Africa

  18. Africa: SCB's Head of Global Markets for Africa Ends VisitRead the original story

    Thursday Dec 10 | AllAfrica.com

    Fred Lee, Standard Chartered's regional head of Global Markets - Africa, who arrived in Banjul on Monday, 7th December 2009 for a 3-day official visit to the bank's franchise in The Gambia, will today Wednesday, leave Banjul, a press release from Standard Chartered Bank revealed.

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    Related Topix: Banjul, The Gambia, World News, Africa

  19. GenderRead the original story

    Wednesday Dec 9 | Panapress

    ... women to have full citizenshipa?. Gambian women rights group to honour ex-circumcisers Gambia women rights group, The Gambia Committee on Tradi tional Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Children (GAMCOTRAP) will Sat u rday honour ...

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    Related Topix: World News, Africa, Libya, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo , Isatou Njie-saidy

  20. AgricultureRead the original story

    Wednesday Dec 9 | Panapress

    ... Gambia (PANA) - The Agribusiness Service and Producer Association (ASPA) , responsible for the management of the Gambia groundnut sector, has fixed produ c er price of the product at D8,500 per metric ton, a commission of D900 per metri c ton for ...

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    Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, World News, Banjul, The Gambia, Marketing, Tarabulus, Libya, Tripoli, Libya, Libya, Togo, Golfe, Togo, Africa, Lome, Togo