The Gambia News Archives

The director of the fisheries department, Nfamara Dampha, and the Armed Forces spokesperson, Lt.

The Octagon Gallery at 5 Market Street, Wisbech, is having an exhibition of local photographers work until November 28.

Strong words came over the podium during the 64th General Assembly of the United Nations from Gambian President El-Hajj Yahya Jammeh , who called for equity, respect and a greater role for Africa within the world body.

The pace of development in The Gambia is moving steadily in the right direction under the dynamic and visionary leadership of President Jammeh.

The mayor of Marlborougha s link community, Gunjur in The Gambia, was welcomed to the town on Saturday by Mayor Nick Fogg in the rather unusual setting of the second of the towna s two annual Mop fairs.

The Gambian leader, His Excellency Sheikh Professor Alhaji Dr Yahya Jammeh yesterday received in audience top officials of the World Bank and the African Development Bank at separate engagements at his office at State House in Banjul.

Abdou Kolley, minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, has said that the World Bank is The Gambia's leading multilateral donor agency.

Yahya Jammeh, the megalomaniac in charge of The Gambia, has reportedly threatened to execute practicing gays who are HIV positive.

The mortal remains of some Ghanaians murdered in The Gambia about four years ago were Sunday night repatriated to Ghana.

Yusupha Kah, the minister of Trade, Industry and Employment, yesterday presided over the celebration of the World Standards Day at the Corinthia Atlantic Hotel in Banjul.

The Gambia will be among 16 United Nations Member countries that are scheduled for the United Nations Universal Periodic Review on Human Rights in Geneva in February 2010 which will constitute the 7th session of the review exercise.

The US$4.4 million Banjul-Serrekunda Road rehabilitation project, funded by the government of the Republic of China , was yesterday officially launched at the Stin Corner junction along the Banjul/Serrekunda highway.

Two civic leaders from Marlborougha s link town of Gunjur in The Gambia in West Africa are arriving tomorrow to spend two weeks taking a look at life in the UK.

The recent rampant accidents that have claimed innocent lives and seriously injured many people, have generated a great deal of concern among the general public; thus prompting stakeholders, including individuals, to devise ways and means of averting future road accidents.

The fisheries sub-sector contributes approximately 12% to the Gross Domestic Product to the economy of The Gambia.

The French and Portuguese left their mark but this is Africa through and through - wildlife, wild music and winter sun The children eyed us hesitantly, unsure whether to approach us or stay back.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on women to ge t involved in conflict prevention and resolution.

The Gambia is one of Africa's smallest countries and unlike many of its West African neighbours it has enjoyed long spells of stability since independence.

FANCY an expenses-paid trip overseas? Taunton Thespians are looking for actresses in their late teens or twenties to take part in their tour of The Gambia in West Africa.

It's a place to chill out: there are only six sets of traffic lights and a couple of ATMs in the entire country In a brightly painted courtyard at her home on the Atlantic Coast, shaded by citrus and avocado trees, Ida Cham Njie is teaching my girlfriend, Michelle, and I to cook fish yassa, a staple West African dish.

The Gambian leader, His Excellency Sheikh Professor Alhaji Dr Yahya Jammeh has said that it is high time that The Gambia became a net exporter, observing the fact that the country has been a net importer for a very long time.

The chief justice of The Gambia, Emmanuel Akomaye Agim, has emphasised the importance of commitment to duty and hard work coupled with a high sense of integrity.

The Gambia postal services corporation hosted an international training workshop for Anglophone Africa on the 28 of September, 2009, at the Paradise Suites Hotel with the theme: "Caring for the customer." Speaking at the opening, the managing director of the Gambia postal services corperation Mr.

The Accra-based Media Foundation for West Africa has strongly condemned Gambian President Yahya Jammeh's recent threats against human rights activists, calling it a "bluf f" which should be condemned by the international community.

As the increase in the number of road accidents is a concern to the public, the Spokesperson for the Gambia Police Force, Asp Sulayman Secka told participants at a civil society forum held at the Jerma Beach Hotel.

President Yahya Jammeh has warned human rights workers he will kill them. It's up to the rest of Africa to get tough with him Yahya Jammeh, president of the Gambia, seems determined to drag one of Africa's smallest countries into the kind of instability that other west African countries have struggled to escape.