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The Marlborough Brandt Group is celebrating the town's link with Gunjur by hosting the British High Commissioner to The Gambia and his wife next week.

The Permanent Secretary no. 2 at the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs has said that The Gambia government through the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs and other ministries will introduce the Medium Term Expenditure Framework by 2016.

The president of the Republic, His Excellency Sheikh Professor Dr Alhaji Yahya Jammeh, has pardoned the Imam of Kanifing Estate, Baba Leigh, a press release from the national broadcaster, GRTS has stated.

Elite and amateur runners, including competitors from The Gambia, set off on the 13-mile route shortly after 09:00 BST.

BANJUL, Gambia The Gambian government says that it has released a Muslim cleric who had been in detention for five months.

In its quest to revitalise the production of cotton, one of the country's cash crops, the government has provided an amount of D2.6M for the provision of input for farmers in this domain ahead of the upcoming season, the minister of Agriculture has disclosed.

Saturday is our 21st birthday. On this auspicious day, we would not do justice to ourselves without saying 'a big thank you' to our proprietor, staff, readers and clients.

President Yahya Jammeh on Wednesday held a meeting with stakeholders and members of the National Food Security and Disaster Management Council at State House in Banjul.

Via NRO , it's not in the clip but he went on to say that he received the equivalent of a demotion after he started questioning his superiors about Susan Rice's nonsense.

The Gambian economy was estimated to have grown by 6.3 percent in 2012, following a contraction of 4.6 percent in 2011, according to the Gambia Bureau of Statistics, GBoS.

Retired Home Economics teacher Marian Hearn from Ballyneale shares the county colours with students during her Volunteering in Education visit to The Gambia where she helped teach new skills to students in the the country's capital Banjul.

The Government of The Gambia has reacted to the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office report on human rights released last month, in which The Gambia was included as a case study.

The Ministry of Trade, Industry, Regional Integration and Employment in partnership with the Ecowas Commission in Banjul, Monday commenced a five-day workshop on the Economic Partnership Agreement Development Programme at the Kairaba Beach Hotel.

The Regional Project on Sustainable Management of Endemic Ruminant Livestock in West Africa over the weekend handed over several water facilities worth D11 million to beneficiary communities in The Gambia.

The Republic of China through its Banjul Embassy has given the sum of US$100,000 to the Gambia Armed Forces .

Katara Hospitality, the leading global hotel investor, developer, owner and operator, has announced major steps forward in the 12 months since its rebrand, launched at Arabian Travel Market 2012.

The University of The Gambia and the African Virtual University have reached an agreement to introduce new virtual and electronic learning programmes at the UTG.

The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights has adopted a model law to inspire and guide African legislators to enact access to information legislation, to usher in an era of greater openness.

The High Court in Banjul, presided over by justice Abdulahi Mikailu has granted bail to one Bernd George Diedrich and Alieu Barry, currently standing trial on multiple counts which include economic crime, forgery, conspiracy to commit felony, perjury and subordination, and uttering false document.

The Government of The Gambia has reacted to a publication by the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office on April 15, 2013, on human rights, which included a case study of The Gambia.