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Gambia

Tue, 01 Jun 2021 08:51:48 GMT
TRRC Ends Public Hearing, 392 Witnesses Testified
[Foroyaa] The Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) has on Friday 28th May 2021 concluded its public hearings.

Tue, 01 Jun 2021 08:51:43 GMT
'Most of the Country's Debts Are Legacy Loans,' Reveals Central Bank Governor
[Foroyaa] The governor of the Central Bank, Mr. Buah Saidy, has revealed that most of the Gambia's debts are legacy loans.

Tue, 01 Jun 2021 08:51:41 GMT
2021 Election - One Million Voters Expected to Be Registered
[Foroyaa] The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has on Saturday the 29th May 2021 commenced general registration of voters all over the Gambia and the commission is expecting to register one million voters.

Tue, 01 Jun 2021 08:51:38 GMT
'Over 40 Thousand Gambians Arrived in Europe By Irregular Migration' Says Director of Diaspora
[Foroyaa] Mr. Musa Camara, the Director of Diaspora at the Foreign Affairs Ministry, has said that over 40 thousand Gambians have arrived in Europe by irregular migration from 2014 to date.

Tue, 01 Jun 2021 08:51:33 GMT
28,590 People Vaccinated Against Covid-19
[Foroyaa] Health Officers have over the weekend said twenty-eight thousand, five hundred and ninety people have received the COVID-19 vaccines as of the 23rd of May 2021.

Tue, 01 Jun 2021 08:20:16 GMT
Parading a Legend, Superstar, a Master Technician and Gaindeh Park - the Heart and Soul of Real De Banjul
[The Point] A group of school boys returned from playing in Thies, Senegal and decided to come together and form what was then Benson and Hedges and later Real De Banjul.

Tue, 01 Jun 2021 08:20:15 GMT
Covid-19 Survivors Face Stigma, Discrimination
[The Point] Since the confirmation of the Covid-19 pandemic in Wuhan, China, many people who contracted the virus have been discriminated either by family members, friends or even co-workers.

Tue, 01 Jun 2021 08:20:12 GMT
Impact of Covid-19 - Griots Recount Challenges As Restriction On Gatherings Relaxed
[The Point] From time immemorial, local griots also known in Mandinka parlance as 'Jali' have not only served as praise singers, but custodians of oral history. They belong to an important hierarchy in Mandinka social groupings just like smiths, meta...

Tue, 01 Jun 2021 08:20:12 GMT
Mam Sait Njie Describes Jammeh As Monster, Fraudster
[The Point] Mam Sait Njie, on Wednesday appeared before the TRRC and described former President Yahya Jammeh as a monster and fraudster after his intersection with Jammeh in connection with a land transaction he was involved in with the Social Securi...

Tue, 01 Jun 2021 08:20:11 GMT
Covid-19 Impact On Academic Performance in LRR
[The Point] The outbreak of the coronavirus disrupted the normal routines of educational establishments across the globe.

Tue, 01 Jun 2021 08:20:04 GMT
National Voter Registration Commences, 1 Million Gambians Expected to Register
[The Point] The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) began the national voter registration on Saturday, 29 May 2021 and a million Gambians are expected to register ahead of the first post Yahya Jammeh presidential election.

Tue, 01 Jun 2021 08:20:01 GMT
Masquerade Dancer Gets 6 Months' Suspended Sentence
[The Point] Francis Gomez, who was arrested by the Anti Crime Unit officers when he was masquerade dancing in the streets of Manjai Kunda, for unlawful gathering was convicted and sentenced to six months' imprisonment which was suspended by Magistrat...

Tue, 01 Jun 2021 08:20:00 GMT
New ICC Prosecutor Agrees 'Justice Must Happen' in Gambia
[The Point] In a tweet at 11.38 a.m. on Saturday, May 30th 2021, the British Human Rights lawyer who will formally take office on the 16th of next month, replacing Prosecutor Fatou B. Bensouda of The Gambia, referenced a specific line in Mr. Faal's c...

Tue, 01 Jun 2021 08:19:56 GMT
Good Morning Mr. President - TRRC, Mali And Untimely Public Holidays
[The Point] Mr. President, today we have three issues to address: TRRC, Mali, and the untimely public holidays.

Tue, 01 Jun 2021 08:19:56 GMT
Bakary Bojang Elected WRCFA Prexy Unopposed
[The Point] Bakay Bojang has been elected as the president of West Coast Regional Football Association (WRCFA) unopposed.

Mon, 31 May 2021 14:31:55 GMT
Scorpions to Assemble in Turkey Today for Int'l Training Camp
[The Point] The Gambia senior national team; the Scorpions are set to assemble in Turkey today, Monday for an international training camp.

Mon, 31 May 2021 14:31:53 GMT
Faal Demands Jammeh Face Justice As TRRC Records 250 Murders
[The Point] After two years of national duty designed to investigate crimes committed by former President Yahya Jammeh and his enablers, the lead counsel of the TRRC, Essa M. Faal revealed that about 220 to 250 murders occurred in the country under J...

Mon, 31 May 2021 14:31:48 GMT
TRRC Chair Says Witnesses Are Mostly Victims of Atrocities
[The Point] The chairman of the TRRC Dr. Lamin J. Sise, on Friday during the closing event of public hearings of the commission indicated that during the 871 days of work, The Gambia and the world heard from 392 witnesses, which the majority of whom ...

Fri, 28 May 2021 14:54:15 GMT
CRR - Unwanted Pregnancies, Early Marriage Force Girls Out of School During Covid-19
[The Point] Numerous female students have dropped out from schools in the Central River Region of The Gambia as a result of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19); The Point has been reliably informed.

Fri, 28 May 2021 14:54:14 GMT
TRRC Public Hearings End!
[The Point] After two years of public testimonies from over 370 witnesses, the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations (TRRC) yesterday ended its public hearings.

Fri, 28 May 2021 14:54:12 GMT
Hoyantan, Double Tyson Fight Slated for Saturday
[The Point] In what is anticipated to be a mouthwatering event, organised by Jebel Wrestling Promotion will see what is described as the clash of the titans between the King of the Gambian arena Hoyantan facing off in a fight against the king of Salo...

Fri, 28 May 2021 14:54:08 GMT
Ex-Soldier Reveals List Jammeh Targeted for Execution
[The Point] Saikou Jallow, former orderly to ex-president Yahya Jammeh, yesterday in his TRRC testimony, unveiled a list of persons perceived by former Gambia leader Yahya Jammeh as enemies to be executed in order to silence them and entrench himself...

Fri, 28 May 2021 14:54:07 GMT
Ripple Effects of Covid-19 On Gambia's Paralympics
[The Point] The coronavirus pandemic has left no stone unturned and The Gambia National Paralympics Committee (GNPC) and persons with disability are no exceptions.

Fri, 28 May 2021 14:54:05 GMT
Hassoum Ceesay, the Gambia and Pan-Africanism,1900-2020
[The Point] As Africa celebrates Africa Liberation Day (ALD) May 25, a new book by eminent Gambian historian Hassoum Ceesay puts The Gambia's primary role in the Pan-African movement under the scope.

Fri, 28 May 2021 14:54:03 GMT
Mam Sait Njie Describes Jammeh As Monster, Fraudster
[The Point] Mam Sait Njie, on Wednesday appeared before the TRRC and described former President Yahya Jammeh as a monster and fraudster after his intersection with Jammeh in connection with a land transaction he was involved in with the Social Securi...

Fri, 28 May 2021 14:54:02 GMT
The Tragic Death of Marie Mendy and Islam Defending Women's Right
[The Point] Somewhere last month, the shocking news of the gruesome barbaric murder of Maria Mendy broke out. The news rocked the nation to its core. Marie Mendy was a Christian by faith. She was a high school teenager, allegedly raped and murdered i...

Fri, 28 May 2021 14:54:00 GMT
Daughter of Politician Demands Justice After 11 Days in PIU Detention
[The Point] Kumba Sanyang (not her real name) was just 22 when she was picked up by PIU in May 2016. She spent 11 days in PIU detention while on trial. While in custody, her body suffered violations ranging from consistent buttocks slapping by men at...

Fri, 28 May 2021 14:53:58 GMT
The Africa We Strive for Is Possible in Unity and Solidarity
[The Point] I would like congratulate all our African friends on May 25th Africa Day wholeheartedly.

Fri, 28 May 2021 14:53:56 GMT
League Champions, Runners-Up to Represent Gambia in CAF Competitions
[The Point] The 2020-2021 Gambia Football Federation (GFF) Division One League winner and runners-up will represent The Gambia in the 2022 CAF football club competitions.

Fri, 28 May 2021 08:39:20 GMT
Gambia Registers 12 New Covid-19 Cases
[Foroyaa] The Gambia has on Thursday 27th May 2021 registered twelve new cases of coronavirus taking the total number of COVID-19 cases ever confirmed in the country to five thousand, nine hundred and ninety.



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