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WHO plans trachoma elimination intervention in Nigeria, 19 others
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 17, 2025
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has listed Nigeria among the 20 countries in the African region that require trachoma elimination intervention. The countries are Algeria, Angola, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central Africa Republic, Chad, Côte...
Demystifying Jaali Demba in theBattle of Beliefs by Muhammed Y Darboe (Part 2)
The Standard Gambia
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July 16, 2025
- Advertisement - By Madi Jobarteh Lesson for generations: Freedom requires active remembrance and participation. Future generations must guard against apathy, ensuring that civic engagement through voting, dialogue, and protest remains vibrant to...
VP calls for urgent investment in youth health, empowerment
The Point
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HE Muhammed B.S. Jallow made this call on Friday during the commemoration marking ‘World Population Day 2025’at a ceremony held at Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara International Conference Centre. Also, the event also marked the official launch of the...
Editor’s Column #003 Justice for Gaza Has a Voice – and It’s Not the West
The Fatu Network
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July 16, 2025
- Advertisement - OPINION by: Seringe S.T. Touray Editor-in-Chief, The Fatu Network We’ve grown up with the script: China is the villain, the West is the moral compass. As a former Western colony, shaped by the worldview of London and Washington,...
MSGBC Oil, Gas & Power Conference & Exhibition Returns To Senegal In December 2025
MENAFN
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July 16, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) The MSGBC Oil, Gas&Power Conference&Event returns to Dakar, Senegal in December at the Centre International de Conférences Abdou Diouf. The pre-conference will take place on December 8 and the main event will take place on...
UDP Slams Draconian Election Fee Hikes by NPP-led Assembly
The Voice Gambia
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July 16, 2025
By: Binta Jaiteh The opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) has condemned what it called draconian and anti-democratic increases in election deposits approved by the NPP controlled National Assembly. In a statement issued out on Tuesday, UDP...
What does the International Court of Justice do?
Deutsche Welle
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Peace Palace — even the name of the brick building in The Hague with its ornamental turrets, dormers and arcades leaves no doubt about its founding claim for settling international conflicts. But it took a while to begin this task. World War I...
PRESIDENT BUHARI LAID TO REST
Foroyaa Newspaper
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July 16, 2025
News from Nigeria indicate Ex President Buhari died of a long illness. His body had to be ferried from London for burial in Nigeria. Flags in Nigeria are on half mast and a public holiday was declared to mourn his death. His career as a soldier...
NDMA Official Says Disaster Continues To Create Havoc in Communities
The Voice Gambia
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July 16, 2025
By: Binta Jaiteh The Interim Director of Operations at the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA), Momodou Bk. Ceesay, has said that disaster continues to create havoc in our households and communities. He made the statement during a five-day...
JAMB spends N113.8 million on UTME supervision in 7 foreign centres
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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July 15, 2025
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that it spent N113.8 million to supervise the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) in seven foreign countries. The examination, held on July 12, 2025, took place...
On the rejection of the draft constitution
The Standard Gambia
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July 15, 2025
- Advertisement - By Mai Ahmad Fatty The events of last evening mark a sobering moment in our nation’s democratic journey. The rejection of the draft constitution by parliament represents more than a legislative setback. It signals a profound...
Ba Tambadou and the UDP: How One Man Silenced a Party Built on Outrage
The Fatu Network
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July 15, 2025
- Advertisement - Written by: Seringe S.T. Touray Editor-in-Chief, The Fatu Network In a country where political hypocrisy is increasingly becoming the norm, the United Democratic Party (UDP) now finds itself entangled in a silence that says far...
GRA reassures taxpayers amid validity of e-invoicing
The Point
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“By digitalising the invoice process, we aim to minimize human interference, reduce revenue leakages, eliminate fraud and build a transparent interface between taxpayers and tax administration,” he said at a stakeholders’ workshop to validate the...
UDP Slams National Assembly Over “Draconian” Election Deposit Hikes
The Fatu Network
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July 15, 2025
- Advertisement - Written by: The Fatu Network News Desk The United Democratic Party (UDP) has issued a strong condemnation of the recent decision by the National Assembly, dominated by President Adama Barrow’s National People’s Party (NPP), to...
We must not forget the diaspora US$760 million funding Source, 150,000 people
The Standard Gambia
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July 11, 2025
- Advertisement - By Sanna Camara The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) agrees that migration plays a significant role in Gambian society. Over 150,000 Gambians are living abroad. The Central Bank of The Gambia sets remittance figures...
Albion and Wesley Schools hold joint speech, prize giving
The Point
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The theme of this year’s event was -‘Discipline in schools.’ Addressing the gathering, NdeyMbye, headteacher of Albion Primary School and Mr Peter Mendy of Wesley School, both highlighted the achievement in terms of academic success both schools...
Nenneh Cheyassin Secka-Kebe The philanthropist woman who spent a million dalasis at the Wally Seck concert
The Standard Gambia
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July 11, 2025
- Advertisement - With Tabora Bojang In this edition of the Bantaba, we talk to US-born Gambian philanthropist Nenneh Cheyassin Secka-Kebe, whose philanthropy is at work across the country since her return to The Gambia in 2022. In this interview,...
Stakeholders share ideas to reduce country’s dependence on imported rice
The Point
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The event, currently underway at Bakadaji Hotel, is being organised by the Regional Rice Value Chain Development (RRVCD) project under the Central Projects Coordination Unit (CPCU) of the Ministry of Agriculture. It is supported by the Islamic...
Former Janneh Commission chair appears before parliamentary committee
The Point
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The Special Select Committee, led by Hon. Abdoulie Ceesay, is probing how transparent the processes of selling or disposing assets seized from Jammeh was after the commission reported its findings. Janneh’s testimony aimed to clarify the original...
Demystifying Jaali Demba in the attle of Beliefs by Muhammed Y Darboe
The Standard Gambia
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July 15, 2025
- Advertisement - By Madi Jobarteh The importance of sociopolitical and traditional issues in The Battle of Beliefs and lessons for present and future generations; Introduction In Muhammed Y Darboe’s – The Battle of Beliefs (2025), the fictional...