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.
[metaslider id=”5473″] President Macky Sall of Senegal received President-elect Bassirou Diomaye Faye in audience on Thursday,
Gambiaj.com – The Gambia’s newly appointed Inspector General of Police (IGP), Seedy Muctarr Touray, has condemned human trafficking as a heinous practice that ranks second only to drug trafficking. He emphasized the urgent need to address and condemn this travesty in the strongest possible terms.
Gambiaj.com – ARTICLE 19, a leading freedom of expression organization, has expressed deep concern over the potential impact of the draft cybercrime bill currently under consideration in The Gambia. According to ARTICLE 19, the Draft Bill, if enacted in its current form, could severely restrict online freedom of expression and dissent, violating international standards.
Gambiaj.com – The Ministry of Transport, Works, and Infrastructure has issued a statement refuting recent allegations of corruption in the management of funds for the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) road project in The Gambia.
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.
Gambiaj.com – Mamadou Lamine Sarr, a political science professor at the Cheikh-Hamidou-Kane digital university in Dakar, has shared interesting insights into the overwhelming victory of Bassirou Diomaye Faye in the first round of the presidential election in Senegal. Sarr noted that while some expected a victory in the second round, the mobilization of the electorate led to Faye’s undisputed win.
Gambiaj.com – A police inquiry into an alleged fighting incident involving kids at Deeper Life School in Kotu has been prompted by a disturbing video that has gone viral on social media. In the footage, many student groups are shown physically assaulting one another. One of the victims is shown critically injured, lying on the ground, and pleading for assistance. The iron bars, hammers, cutlasses, sticks, and stones that the students were carrying were visible.
Gambiaj.com – After almost thirty years, Aminata and Moustapha Sané, originally from the village of Bissine, have returned with their children to rebuild their lives in the land of their ancestors. Forced to flee Bissine in 1992 due to violent clashes between the Senegalese army and the Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance, the Sané family found refuge in Gambia, where Aminata and Moustapha met and eventually married. Despite their years in exile, the couple never lost their longing to return to Bissine.
Gambiaj.com – In a bid to enhance diagnostic capabilities and improve access to care in The Gambia, a team from the UC Davis Health Department of Emergency Medicine is training local providers to deliver health care using portable ultrasound equipment. The initiative, led by Christine McBeth and her team, focuses on diagnosing heart and lung conditions, offering hands-on simulations with handheld ultrasound probes.