All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
Three new ambassadors accredited to The Gambia and based in Dakar, Senegal, yesterday, presented their letters of credentials to President Alhaji Dr Yahya Jammeh at State House, Banjul, to formally start their diplomatic assignments in the country.
Afriquenligne (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
Banjul, Gambia - Gambian Minister of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology, Crispin Grey-Johnson, has condemned the tendency of youths to rush, head-long, into illegal migration as a misplaced priority.
Afriquenligne (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
Dakar, Senegal - The Gambian leader, Yahya Jammeh, has described Guinea as a "true friend and strategic partner", according to the pro-government, Banjul- b ased Daily Observer newspaper Thursday.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
President Alhaji Dr Yahya Jammeh, accompanied by a high powered delegation, left Banjul, yesterday afternoon, for a working visit to the sister Republic of Guinea Conakry.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
A group of investors from the Dubai based firm, Emirates Investment and Development Company, Sunday afternoon, met President Alhaji Dr Yahya Jammeh at State House in Banjul.
Afriquenligne (Free subscription) | 07/12/2008
A Banjul Magistrate's Court has jailed a man for two yea rs in hard labour for human trafficking, The Point newspaper reported on Friday.
Afriquenligne (Free subscription) | 07/12/2008
Justice Momodou Darboe, a journalist with the Banjul-bas ed privately-owned independent daily, The Point, on Friday disclosed that the re c ent violent attack against him was directly linked to his dealings with "Freedom " , an online paper run by Gambians based in America.
Afriquenligne (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Japan is to help build a f ish market in the Gambian town of Brikama, some 30 kilometres outside Banjul, under an agreement signed by the two countries on Thursday.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
The Minority leader in The Gambian Parliament, Momodou Sanneh on July 3, 2008 called on the government of President Yahya Jammeh to respect the ECOWAS court ruling by releasing Chief Ebrima Manneh, a detained reporter of the Banjul-based privately-owned government-controlled newspaper.
Afriquenligne (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
Dakar, Senegal – Japan has granted 630 mill ion Yen (about US$ 7 million) grant to Gambia to finance a fishing development project in Brikama, some 30 kilometres south-west of Banjul city, authorities revealed Wednesday in a press stat e ment received here by PANA.
Afriquenligne (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
Dakar, Senegal – Sierra Leonean President E rnest Bai Koroma is expected in Banjul, Gambia, 11 July on a working visit, during which he will attend the 30 t h anniversary and graduation ceremony of the Banjul-based West African Insurance Institute (WAII), authoritative sources informed PANA Wednesday.
Afriquenligne (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
Gambian President Yahya Jammeh says bio-fuel is nothing but "a strategy designed by the West to starve the poor in Third World countries," the Banjul-based state-owned newspaper, Daily Observer, reported on Tuesday.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
Reports reaching the Daily Observer indicated that Senior Magistrate Mboto of the Banjul Magistrates Court has tendered her resignation as a magistrate.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
The Gambia Football Association (GFA) has invited Sierra Leone national team, Leone Stars for an international friendly in Banjul as part of both teams' build-up for the 2010 African Nations Cup qualifiers.
Afriquenligne (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
Banjul, Gambia - The Gambia Press Union (GPU) on Monday called for the im mediate release of Chief Ebrima Manneh, a journalist with the Daily Observer who disappeared two years ago. A press release from the GPU in Banjul noted that despite many efforts by the un ion, media establishments and family members to know the whereabouts of Manneh, w ho disappeared on 7 July 2006, he is still yet to be seen....
