The Gambia News

Three college students from the Republic of The Gambia have recently begun an internship program at a gas station run by Taiwan's state-operated petroleum company, attracting public attention.

In a Qcell press conference held on Wednesday 9th December 2009 at its Headquarter at Kairaba Avenue, the press was informed that Qcell, Gambia's only 3G GSM Operators, is now roaming in every country in the world with 550 partners in 208 countries.

A convicted murderer on the run from a Scottish open prison has been found dead in a West African holiday resort.

Gambian women rights group to honour ex-circumcisers Gambia women rights group, The Gambia Committee on Tradi tional Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Children will Sat u rday honour ex-circumcisers and their communities at the Basse Stadium in the Up p er River Region.

Gambian President Yayah Jammeh has lamented that in the 400 years of British colonial rule, the country had only two high schools and tw o hospitals, PANA reported from here Sunday.

A two-week training on Information Technology , organised by the Judiciary in collaboration with the UNDP office in Banjul, yesterday kicked off at the Management Development Institute , in Kanifing.

The US$4.4 Banjul-Serrekunda Road rehabilitation project, which is being funded by the government of the Republic of China , is currently in progress with the sealing of major cracks as the first phase of the project.

Ousman Sonko, the minister of Interior, has described money laundering, terrorism financing and other related financial crimes as amongst the major threats to the global economic system.

Edrissa Mass Jobe, has been appointed as the new Chairman of FIBank with a mandate to turnaround the Bank and enhance the brand and reputation.

In tough economic times, you can still give affordable holiday gifts that will inspire your friends and family and help change a child's life.

" Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad concluded his tour of Africa and Latin America on Friday.

The African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information in Africa Advocate Pansy Tlakula has criticised the appointment process that will lead to the establishment of the statutory Zimbabwe Media Council .

The Gambia on Friday joined the rest of Africa to observe the 20th anniversary of UN Africa Industrialisation Day, at a ceremony held at the conference hall of the Independence Stadium in Bakau.

About 1,000 women expected at Third Black Women's Congress At least 1,000 women from across the globe are expec ted at the Third Black Women's Congress slated for 28 November to 3 December in K inshasa.

Total Gambia Limited, Subsidiary of Total France, on Saturday, November 21st held a day's traning session for its staff in the conference hall of the Senegambia Beach Hotel located in Kololi.

The Beijing Platform for Action in 1995 set out an agenda to address gender equality in priority areas, including poverty, education, and health care.

An aptly-named visitor visited a Petersfield church hall to collect gifts for children in Africa.

It is becoming increasingly clear that The Witch Hunt in the Gambia, the disappearance of Chief Manneh, the rigorous pursuit of libel as a crime which led to the incarceration of journalists for expression of opinions and the issuing of threats of death or harm to perceived dissidents have put the country in focus in domains like ECOWAS, the US ...

Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 2:12 a.m. BANJUL, Gambia - A human rights activist says he's been denied entrance to Guinea, where he planned to investigate a massacre of opposition supporters earlier this year.

Press Freedom gained ground this week from Washington to New York. Yesterday, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee passed the Daniel Pearl Freedom of the Press Act, which would compel the State Department to broaden as well as deepen its reporting on press freedom conditions worldwide to congress.