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Gambia

Wed, 06 Oct 2021 04:37:49 GMT
Barrow Puts Political Power Ahead of Justice
[ISS] The president's new alliance will make it difficult to meet electoral promises of justice for Jammeh-era violations.

Tue, 05 Oct 2021 15:03:14 GMT
U.S. Serves Court Documents on Jammeh
[The Point] Official court documents of the U.S. District Court of Maryland acquired by The Point confirmed that the Yahya Jammeh Family in Equatorial Guinea have been served with U.S. Court documents requiring their response to suits of forfeiture a...

Wed, 06 Oct 2021 08:22:11 GMT
DLEAG - NHRC Investigating Allegations of Assault On Brikamaba Drug Suspect
[Foroyaa] The Drug Law Enforcement Agency Gambia (DLEAG) on Tuesday said the National Human Rights Council (NHRC) is presently investigating allegations of assault and abuse on Mr (name withheld), who is suspected for the possession of cannabis sativ...

Wed, 06 Oct 2021 08:22:04 GMT
Foreign Affairs Ministry, IOM Launch Diaspora Mentorship Programme
[Foroyaa] The International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Monday, 4th October 2021, launched a diaspora mentorship program in coordination with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Tue, 05 Oct 2021 15:03:40 GMT
FAO Rep - Women Should Have Access to Lands, Fisheries And Forest
[The Point] In most of the communities in the country and even elsewhere around the globe, lands are mostly owned by men. Thus women have little access and rights to ownership of lands where they could cultivate.

Tue, 05 Oct 2021 15:03:34 GMT
GNOC to Hold AGM On Saturday
[The Point] The Gambia National Olympic Committee (GNOC) has announced that it will hold its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Saturday 9 October 2021 at Paradise Suites Hotel.

Tue, 05 Oct 2021 15:03:32 GMT
Gambian Delegation Arrives in Morocco Ahead of Int'l Training Camp
[The Point] The delegation from The Gambia yesterday, Monday arrived in Casablanca, Morocco ahead of their upcoming international training camp.

Tue, 05 Oct 2021 15:03:29 GMT
Gunjur Nawetan - Passamai FC Wallop Santos Utd FC in Santos Derby Combat
[The Point] Passamai FC on Sunday beat Santos United FC 3-0 in the all-Santos derby combat of the 2021-2022 Gunjur nawetan played at the Gunjur Upper Basic School Football Field.

Tue, 05 Oct 2021 15:03:25 GMT
Three Year-Old Boy Kills 4 Year-Old
[The Point] According to reports reaching The Point, a 4-year-old boy was stabbed to death by a 3-year-old in Sami Suruwa Kunda, Central River Region on 30 September 2021.

Tue, 05 Oct 2021 15:03:23 GMT
Teachers' Union Calls On Govt to Prioritise Education Recovery Efforts
[The Point] The National Executive Committee of The Gambia Teachers' Union (GTU) has called on government of The Gambia to invest more by prioritising education recovery efforts so that every learner has access to a qualified and supported teacher.

Tue, 05 Oct 2021 15:03:20 GMT
W/Africa Takaful Insurance Company Opens New Branch
[The Point] In a bid to expand its services in the country, the West Africa Takaful Insurance Company has recently inaugurated a new branch in Brusubi. The insurance company, with principles based on Islamic insurance and Sharia, uses Islamic system ...

Tue, 05 Oct 2021 15:03:17 GMT
Musa Barrow Scores Curler to Help Bologna Beat Lazio
[The Point] Gambian international striker Musa Barrow scored a remarkable curler goal to help his Italian Serie A side Bologna beat Lazio 3-0 at home in their week-7 fixture of the Italian Serie A played at the Stadio Renato Dall'Ara on Sunday.

Tue, 05 Oct 2021 15:03:17 GMT
GHE Boosts 40 Youth Entrepreneurs
[The Point] Gambia Horticultural Enterprises (GHE) in partnership with International Trade Centre (ITC) recently donated food processing and horticultural equipment to forty (40) students, who completed a two-month intensive course in agro food proce...

Tue, 05 Oct 2021 15:03:12 GMT
Three Remanded Over Gang Rape
[The Point] Three young men in one of the villages in the Upper River Region (URR) have been remanded at the Janjangbureh Prison in the Central River Region (CRR) for allegedly raping a 16 year-old girl; The Point has been reliably informed.

Tue, 05 Oct 2021 15:03:10 GMT
Meet Mariama Jallow - Gambia's First Female Air Traffic Controller
[The Point] The nature and set up of some communities have given rise to widely held stereotypes associated with certain jobs in terms of equal representation between male and their female counterparts. Well, one Mariama Jallow is about to defy the o...

Tue, 05 Oct 2021 15:03:07 GMT
Gambia Wrestling Association Holds AGM
[The Point] The Gambia Wrestling Association (GWA) on Saturday held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the Gambia National Olympic Committee (GNOC) Conference Hall.

Tue, 05 Oct 2021 15:03:05 GMT
Yahya Jammeh On This Day (October)
[The Point] It was exactly this period. The investigations continued during the first day of October 2000.

Tue, 05 Oct 2021 15:02:59 GMT
Good Parenting Is More Than Just Providing Food!
[The Point] Good parenting is more than just providing food, shelter and basic necessities for the family. It also involves proper guidance and imparting moral values in your children.

Wed, 06 Oct 2021 08:32:42 GMT
International Day of Older Persons - Friday, October 1st, 2021
[Foroyaa] My old age "aha" moment came a little over ten years ago in my early 50's, when attending a social event in Lagos. It was a relatively modest and intimate gathering by Lagos standards, and one of the first things I noticed when I arrived wa...

Wed, 06 Oct 2021 08:22:05 GMT
Women Gardeners Decry Losses Due to Lack of Storage Facilities, Water Shortage
[Foroyaa] Women gardeners in Sukuta, West Coast Region, have decried the losses they incurred in marketing their products due to lack of storage facilities and shortage of water.

Wed, 06 Oct 2021 08:22:09 GMT
Gambians Urged to Be Law-Abiding, Stop Abusing Social Media
[Foroyaa] Ansumana Ceesay, Senior Program Officer for the National Council for Civic Education (NCCE), on Friday urged village Alkalolou and local groups in Pakalinding in Jarra West to be law-abiding and put an end to social media abuses.

Sat, 02 Oct 2021 12:21:17 GMT
The Story of a Jammeh-Era Survivor
[DW] The West African country's decision to delay a long-awaited report into the crimes committed under longtime leader Yahya Jammeh comes as families torn apart by the brutal regime struggle to heal decades on.

Mon, 04 Oct 2021 09:31:46 GMT
On Sunday - Santos Derby Clash in Gunjur Nawetan
[The Point] Santos United FC will rub shoulders with Passamai FC in the all-Santos derby clash of the on-going Gunjur 'nawetan' on Sunday 3 October 2021 at the Gunjur Upper Basic School Football Field at 5 p.m.

Mon, 04 Oct 2021 09:31:45 GMT
Musa Barrow Opens Season Account for Bologna
[The Point] Scorpion's attacker Musa Barrow scored his first goal of the season as Bologna suffered a 4-2 defeat in the hands of Empoli in their week-6 fixture of the Italian Serie A played at the Stadion Carlo Castellani on Sunday.

Mon, 04 Oct 2021 09:31:40 GMT
UNICEF And Africell Sign Agreement to Bolster Youth Engagement Via U-Report
[The Point] Banjul, 30 September 2021 - UNICEF and Africell have entered into an agreement to support youth engagement and participation in decision-making processes through the U-Report platform.

Mon, 04 Oct 2021 09:31:40 GMT
TRRC to Submit Report Indefinitely After 2 Attempts
[The Point] After its failure in two attempts to submit its final report, the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) announced it will continue the finalisation work and submit the full report when it is completed, without this time ...

Mon, 04 Oct 2021 09:31:36 GMT
Lybert Schools Sets Sight On Aggregate 6 Next Year
[The Point] A madou A. Jallow, a senior teacher at Lybert Nursery, Primary and Upper Basic schools in Sanchaba Sulay Jobe has said that their target in next year's Gambia Basic Education Certificate Examination (GABECE) is to produce aggregate 6.

Mon, 04 Oct 2021 09:31:31 GMT
Coach Tom Saintfiet Calls Up 26 Players for Morocco Training Camp
[The Point] Coach Tom Saintfiet has called up a strong 26-man squad that will represent The Gambia in a training camp and test matches in El Jadida, a major port city on the Atlantic coast of Morocco.

Mon, 04 Oct 2021 09:31:30 GMT
Roots Project Holds Roundtable Consultative With Microfinance Institutions
[The Point] The Resilience of Organisations for Transformative Smallholder Agriculture Programme (Roots) project yesterday organised a day-long consultative and promotional roundtable discussion with microfinance institutions in the country.

Mon, 04 Oct 2021 09:31:27 GMT
Sami Karantaba Returns Gratitude to Jah Oil Company
[The Point] People of Sami Karantaba in Central River Region North (CRR) have returned heartfelt gratitude and appreciation to Jah Oil Company for providing them with clean drinking water.



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