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Gambian All-Female Group Flex Fuzion to Represent Gambia at Major Music Festivals in China
The Voice Gambia
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August 12, 2025
By: Yunus S. Saliu Flex Fuzion, one of The Gambia’s leading performing arts collectives, has received a prestigious invitation from the Government of the People’s Republic of China to participate in two major cultural festivals this summer. The...
Gambia baby death heightens alarm over female genital mutilation
Griffin Daily News - Georgia
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Rights activists in The Gambia are calling for justice after a one-month-old baby's death was linked to female genital mutilation, a widely practised but illegal procedure up for review before the country's Supreme Court. The Gambia has one of the...
Gambia Participates, U.S. Embassy equip media influencers on false propaganda
The Point
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The event marked the beginning of an initiative designed to empower media influencers with skills to be able to identify and counteract misleading narratives. At the event, Mr Marr Nyang, Executive Director of Gambia Participate, revealed that the...
Gambia, partners move to strengthen capacity for achieving SDG 6
The Point
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The workshop, held at the Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara International Conference Centre in Bijilo, was aimed at enhancing national capacity to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation for All. In his keynote address, Hon Musa...
Sahel forum in Gambia pushes to end prolonged instability with regional solutions
Global Voices
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August 13, 2025
Presidents, former heads of state, panelists, ECOWAS and UN leaders, and global partners at the inaugural Sahel Governance Forum in Banjul, The Gambia, from July 30-31, 2025. Image by UNDP Comms. Used with permission. At the heart of the Sahel’s...
GAMBIAN WOMEN’S CHAMPIONS’ COACH, TECHNICIANS DISQUALIFIED FROM WAFU CHAMPIONSHIP GFF seeking Caf approval to register coach as assistant
The Standard Gambia
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August 11, 2025
- Advertisement - Gambian champions Berewuleng FC made a rather dramatic historic debut in the Wafu-Zone A Women’s Champions League qualifiers in Senegal on Saturday. Without a coach or any technician on their bench and last minute change of...
Gambia to Host ECOWAS Energy Forum in September
The Voice Gambia
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August 11, 2025
By: Fatou Krubally The Gambia will take centre stage in West Africa’s clean energy agenda next month when it hosts the 10th ECOWAS Sustainable Energy Forum (ESEF) on September 18–19, 2025, at the Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara International Conference...
Car Drifting: A Dangerous Menace Threatening Lives, Law, and Social Order in The Gambia
The Voice Gambia
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August 13, 2025
It is deeply troubling and entirely unacceptable that car drifting, a reckless and illegal act, continues to rise within Gambian communities despite public outcry, multiple arrests, and police pronouncements. The growing trend not only endangers...
4H Gambia, Salaam Finance Reach Out To Farmers In Niamina Dankunku
The Voice Gambia
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August 13, 2025
By: Haruna Kuyateh 4H The Gambia, a local NGO based in Farafenni has partnered with Salaam Financial Services to support youth clubs in four communities of Niamina Dankunku with 268 bags of fertilizer worth D294,800. The initiative aims to enhance...
PASTEF The Gambia Urges Youth to Take Lead in System Change
The Voice Gambia
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August 13, 2025
Marking International Youth Day 2025, the Patriotic Alliance for System Transformation, emancipates through Functionalism (PASTEF) The Gambia has issued a rallying call for young people to take the lead in transforming the nation’s political and...
GPU, partners validate revised Charter for Journalists in Gambia
The Point
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At the event, Jainaba Faye, head of International IDEA Gambia office applauded GPU for inserting provisions such as hate speech in the revised journalism charter known as Cherno Jallow Charter. She described the initiative as a timely intervention...
Special Report : Ecobank Gambia Limited Holds Annual General Meeting, Highlights Strong 2024 Performance and Strategic Outlook
The Point
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The meeting, held at the bank’s Head Office on Kairaba Avenue, was chaired by Mrs. Fatou Sinyan Mergan, Chairperson of the Board of Directors. In her remarks, she commended the bank’s resilience and strategic focus in delivering value to...
Qcell owner Muhammed Jah Donates KG5 A mini stadium
Freedom Newspaper
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August 17, 2025
Gambian tech multimillionaire Muhammed Jah, founder of QuantumNet Group, has donated a 500-seat pavilion to the KG5 mini stadium, ending years of rain-soaked and sun-baked match days at the famous “Jamaica End.” The pavilion, unveiled this week,...
Lessons from China: Common Prosperity and the Belt and Road Vision: A Path for Gambia and Africa’s Future
The Voice Gambia
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August 13, 2025
By: Tombong Saidy Senior Administrative Secretary, UDP One of the most powerful concepts I encountered during my visit to China was that of “Common Prosperity”—an idea that has evolved from a domestic development strategy into a global aspiration....
MOYS Injects D8.4 Million into Gambian Sports, Driving Record Medal Haul
The Fatu Network
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August 13, 2025
- Advertisement - By: The Fatu Network News Desk The Ministry of Youth and Sports has allocated a total of D8.4 million to various sports associations and teams in July 2025, support that coincided with some of the country’s most successful...
GEOXPRO Magazine’s Issue 4 Analyses Gambia–Sangomar Offshore Boundary: 1.1 km Shift in A2 Confirmed, Echoing M’Bai’s Transparency Concerns
The Fatu Network
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August 13, 2025
- Advertisement - The latest issue of GEOXPRO, the respected geoscience and energy industry magazine, has published a detailed analysis entitled “Revisiting the Southern Boundary of Sangomar – Is the Story Really Settled?”. The findings confirm a...
No room for hate speech in modern Gambia!
The Point
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The development in sciences and tech has brought so many advantages, but also disadvantages. We should always put at the back of our minds that the quickest medium to stir unrest and chaos is the media. In view of wider coverage and quick nature,...
Outrage in The Gambia After One-Month-Old Baby Dies Following Suspected FGM
South Africa Today
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August 13, 2025
The death of a one-month-old baby girl, believed to be a victim of female genital mutilation (FGM), has sparked widespread outrage in The Gambia. Police reported that the infant was rushed to a hospital in the capital, Banjul, after suffering...
Month-old baby's death in Gambia raises concern over female genital mutilation
Hindustan Times
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August 12, 2025
Rights activists in The Gambia are calling for justice after a one-month-old baby's death was linked to female genital mutilation, a widely practised but illegal procedure up for review before the country's Supreme Court. The death has sparked...
Former Gambian Death Squad Member Faces Sentencing in US for Torture Crimes
The Fatu Network
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August 12, 2025
- Advertisement - By Hadram Hydara Michael Sang Correa, a former member of The Gambia’s notorious “Junglers” death squad, will be sentenced on August 22 in a US federal court after being convicted of torture and conspiracy. - Advertisement - A...