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How Do You Measure Up?
Zero Hedge
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How does average penis size compare across different countries? This infographic, via Visual Capitalist's Marcus Lu, maps global data on average erect penis length, offering a visual ranking of 142 countries. The data for this visualization was...
Football Manager 2026 wonderkids: The FM26 young stars we predict for the game
FourFourTwo
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July 20, 2025
Football Manager 2026 wonderkids are already being debated ahead of the next instalment of the much-acclaimed game dropping this autumn. FM26 is expected to return to stores in the coming months after a year-long hiatus, in which the Sports...
Editor’s Column #004 The Scandal That Looms Over Batchilly
The Fatu Network
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July 19, 2025
- Advertisement - Written by: Seringe S.T. Touray Editor-in-Chief, The Fatu Network Editor’s Note: Mr. Batchilly was contacted for comment on the allegations detailed in this article. He denied all wrongdoing, stating that he merely assisted...
PAP Leader Says D1 Million Presidential Deposit Aims to Exclude Competent Low-Budget Candidates
The Fatu Network
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July 20, 2025
- Advertisement - Written by: Dawda Baldeh The leader of the opposition People’s Alliance Party (PAP), Ebrima Tabora Manneh, has criticised the recent hike in the presidential candidate deposit from ten thousand dalasis to one million, describing...
PAPSS pays Africans: The financial future of African trade demands business adoption
Business Day
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July 20, 2025
The Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) is an ambitious solution to Africa’s long-standing reliance on third-party currencies such as the dollar and euro. Officially launched in Accra in 2022 by the African Export-Import Bank...
AfDB Grants US$9.4M for Climate-Resilient Rice Farming in West Africa
News Ghana
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July 20, 2025
The African Development Bank’s concessional arm has approved a $9.44 million grant to bolster climate resilience in rice production across 13 West African nations. The funding, allocated through the African Development Fund’s Climate Action...
Five Rangers transfer targets according to AI including Conor Coady and attacking trio set for excitement
GlasgowWorld
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July 20, 2025
Here are five possible Rangers transfer additions according to AI. Rangers are heading into Champions League battle but who could strengthen them for what lies beyond that? Russell Martin’s first competitive games as head coach are ahead in the...
Much-loved woman who will be sadly missed remembered in this week's Kent death notices
Kent Live
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July 20, 2025
A much-loved lady who will be sadly missed by family and friends is among those being remembered in the latest death and funeral notices for Kent. Alexa Smith passed away on June 25, may she rest in peace. Announcing the passing of a loved one in...
Sohm Women Garden Rejuvenated with REFELA Water Protect
The Fatu Network
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July 13, 2025
- Advertisement - By Dawda Baldeh The network of locally elected women, REFELA Gambia Chapter, under the presidency of Mayor Rohey Malick Lowe of Banjul City Council, has boosted excitement among women gardeners in Sohm with the inauguration of a...
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...
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,...
Report: ‘Playground for Terror’ — African Migrants Stab New Yorker Vacationing in Italy
Breitbart
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July 19, 2025
A New Yorker was reportedly attacked and left bloodied by two migrants in Milan, Italy, after they had targeted someone else with a glass bottle. Nick Pellegrino of Staten Island was enjoying his vacation in Milan, but when he boarded a train this...
Constituencies Elect Youth Parliamentarians in Closely Contested NYP Polls
Foroyaa Newspaper
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July 18, 2025
By Ndey Sowe The 2025 National Youth Parliament elections officially concluded on Wednesday, July 16, with 53 youth parliamentarians elected out of 146 contestants, marking not just an administrative milestone but a significant national...
BST Galaxy holds award night, website launch
The Standard Gambia
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July 18, 2025
- Advertisement - BST Galaxy Football Club closed the curtain on a successful season with a spectacular award night and launching of a website. The memorable night not only celebrated the club’s achievement on the field but also, marked a major...
Tanji Bird Reserve Carved Up? Inside Deals To Turn Protected Land Into Profit
Malagen
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Kady Jawo Every morning at first light, forest ranger Baba Janneh stands at the edge of the Tanji Bird Reserve. He doesn’t call out or make noise, but waits, eyes scanning the treetops for any sign of movement. On one such morning in September...
DJ One Africa Drops New Comium Anthem: We Connect
The Voice Gambia
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July 11, 2025
By: Bakary Ceesay In a bold reflection of The Gambia’s music scene, Mustapha S. Koli widely known by his former stage name DJ One Africa has produced a powerful new promotional anthem for Comium Gambia, using AI technology. The track, titled...
GALA Alleges State Refusal to Register Movement Amid National Expansion Drive
The Fatu Network
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July 11, 2025
- Advertisement - By: The Fatu Network News Desk Gambians Against Looted Assets (GALA), the youth-led civic group pushing for transparency in the handling of former President Yahya Jammeh’s assets, has accused the Gambian authorities of blocking...
NEA Urges Journalists to Champion Public Awareness on Plastic Ban, Littering
The Voice Gambia
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July 11, 2025
By: Fatou Krubally The National Environment Agency (NEA) has called on Gambian journalists to play a frontline role in raising public awareness and driving attitudinal change on critical environmental issues, including the enforcement of the 2015...
What power forgets, history will remember
The Standard Gambia
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July 11, 2025
- Advertisement - By Abdoulie Mam Njie In our tradition, power is like a calabash — passed from hand to hand. But when gripped too tightly, it spills what was meant to nourish us all. Having served The Gambia under three political regimes — as a...
Parliament Approves Student Loan Scheme to Expand Access to Higher Education
The Fatu Network
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July 11, 2025
- Advertisement - By: The Fatu Network News Desk The Gambia’s National Assembly has officially passed the Students Revolving Loan Scheme Bill, 2025, paving the way for greater access to tertiary and higher education across the country. -...