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Gambia – Evaluation of Maternal Mortality Surveillance Reveals Need for Improved Data Quality, Timeliness

Frederic Tendeng April 27, 2024

Gambiaj.com – (BANJUL) – A recent study titled “Evaluation of the Maternal Mortality Surveillance System, The Gambia” sheds light on the effectiveness of The Gambia’s Maternal Mortality Surveillance System and identifies areas for improvement. The study, published in the Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public Health by the African Field Epidemiology Network (AFENET), evaluated the system’s usefulness and assessed various system attributes.

President-elect Bassirou Diomaye Faye’s Ambitions for Economic, Monetary, and Diplomatic Sovereignty

Frederic Tendeng March 28, 2024

Gambiaj.com – Senegalese researcher Pape Ibrahima Kane has explained the primary goals of President-elect Bassirou Diomaye Faye in terms of economic, monetary, and diplomatic sovereignty in an interview with RFI.

The Gambia to Conduct First-Ever Digital Population and Housing Census in 2024

Frederic Tendeng March 28, 2024

Gambiaj.com – The Gambia is gearing up to conduct its first-ever digital Population and Housing Census (PHC) from May 25 to June 14, 2024. This significant milestone, organized by The Gambia Bureau of Statistics (GBoS) in collaboration with government stakeholders and development partners, marks a crucial step towards providing essential demographic, social, and economic data for national development planning.

MOHERST and COL Train Educationists on Gender Scorecard Utilization

Frederic Tendeng March 17, 2024

Gambiaj.com – The Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and the Ministry of Higher Education Research Science and Technology (MOHERST) recently organized a workshop on the Gender Scorecard Project’s implementation with the aim of raising awareness and educating stakeholders. The program’s main goal was to provide attendees with the skills they needed to deal with gender-related issues in a variety of contexts and with confidence.

The Gambia Inaugurates Joint Committee for Internationalized Court on Jammeh Era Crimes

Frederic Tendeng February 29, 2024

Gambiaj.com – The Gambia has officially inaugurated the Gambia-ECOWAS joint technical committee to establish an internationalized court for prosecuting perpetrators of gross human rights violations in the country between July 1994 and 2017.

Cabinet Approves Transformation of MDI Into a Civil Service University.

Awa Colley January 16, 2024

Cabinet has on Friday approved a bill for the transformation of the Management Development Institute (MDI) into a University. The government

AUDIO – Lawyer for Baba Hydara to Gambia Govt: ‘Step up for Justice to Jammeh Victims”’

Frederic Tendeng December 3, 2023

The attorney for Baba Hydara, Modou, and Omar Nyassi urges the Gambia government to take further action to bring all individuals guilty of atrocities committed under Yahya Jammeh’s rule to trial.

Gambia Government Denies Undermining Judicial Cooperation With Germany

Awa Colley December 1, 2023

The Gambia’s Attorney General’s Chambers and Ministry of Justice has today announced that it has provided Mutual Legal Assistance to the

‘Hospital Fees, Documents, Govt Services Charges to Rise Up to 300 Percent’, Pres Barrow

Lamin Jarjue November 22, 2023

President Adama Barrow announced on Day 2 of his Meet the Peoples Tour that fees for obtaining administrative and national documents, as well as other public services like hospital consultations and treatments, compound transactions, court summonses, and so forth, will increase generally by 150 to 300 percent.

Expired Agreement Between Gov’t and Semlex Blocks Issuance of ID Documents

Awa Colley November 21, 2023

Ebrima G. Sankareh, the Government Spokesperson and Presidential Diaspora Adviser, announced today that the contract for the production of biometric ID cards and related documents, signed on July 17th, 2018, with Semlex Group SA, has recently expired. Mr Sankareh made the disclosure while discussing the recent halt in the issuance of Gambian identity cards, passports, and driver’s licenses.

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