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Qgroup Foundation Doubles STEM Scholarships to Empower Gambian Youth
Foroyaa Newspaper
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January 29, 2025
By Ndey Sowe The Qgroup Foundation has announced a significant expansion of its STEM scholarship program, doubling the number of annual beneficiaries from 10 to 20 students. This brings the total number of students supported under the program to...
Scientists develop tool to predict sepsis in apparently healthy newborns
ScienceDaily
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October 29, 2024
A genetic signature in newborns can predict neonatal sepsis before symptoms even start to show, according to a new study. The study, led by UBC and SFU researchers in collaboration with the Medical Research Council (MRC) Unit The Gambia, has the...
College of Physicians inaugurates E-Library to enhance learning, research
Graphic
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January 30, 2025
The Ghana College of Physicians & Surgeons (GCPS) has inaugurated an Electronic Library (E-Library) and a Fellows Lounge for members of the college. While the e-library will enhance medical learning and research, the lounge is to foster...
Aid 2 Gambia Foundation Donates Ambulance to Tujereng VDC
The Voice Gambia
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January 29, 2025
By: Binta Jaiteh The Gambia Aid Foundation, a UK-based charitable organization, has donated an ambulance to the Tujereng community through the Village Development Committee (VDC). The Public Relations Officer of Tujereng VDC, Lamin Bojang,...
Research explores clinical outcomes of untreated chronic hepatitis B patients in Gambia
The Point
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A new study conducted by the Hepatitis Research Group at the Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (MRCG at LSHTM) in collaboration with Gambia Government partners, Imperial College London,...
GRA Launches E-Invoicing System to Enhance Tax Transparency and Revenue Collection
The Voice Gambia
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July 9, 2025
By: Nyima Sillah In a landmark step toward digital tax reform, the Gambia Revenue Authority (GRA) has officially launched its Electronic Invoicing (E-Invoicing) Project, a platform designed to improve transparency, enhance VAT compliance, and...
President Barrow Reassigns Sering Modou Njie as New Foreign Minister
The Fatu Network
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July 9, 2025
- Advertisement - President Adama Barrow has announced a major cabinet reshuffle, appointing Hon. Sering Modou Njie, the current Minister for Defence, as the new Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Gambians Abroad. The...
Prudence is required to avert problems and risk!
The Standard Gambia
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July 9, 2025
- Advertisement - By Pa Jagne Should Gambia have a potential and valid case against FAR Ltd (now Woodside Energy) concerning our Oil and Gas dealings? Ousman Mbai is a British and Gambian lawyer who has filed formal complaints with Australian...
Gambian president withdraws defamation lawsuit against journalist, media house
Premium Times
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November 5, 2024
The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes Gambian President Adama Barrow’s decision to withdraw a civil defamation lawsuit against The Voice newspaper and its editor-in-chief and urges Attorney General Dawda Jallow to drop related false news...
ANALYSIS: How ECOWAS-backed Special Criminal Court in The Gambia can be successful
Premium Times
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January 26, 2025
On 15 December 2024, the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), meeting in Abuja, Nigeria, approved the Statute of the “Special Tribunal for The Gambia,” a hybrid court with Gambian...
Gambian delegation in Malawi for a study tour at LUANAR
Nyasa Times
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November 4, 2024
The Gambian delegation led by its Minister of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology, Professor Pierre Gomez is on a week-long study tour to Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR) specifically in the centres...
Gambia Standards Bureau Gets New Board of Directors
Foroyaa Newspaper
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October 30, 2024
By Ndey Sowe Baboucarr Ousmaila Joof, the Minister of Trade, Industry, Regional Integration, and Employment, on Tuesday, 29 October 2024 presided over the fourth inauguration of the Board of Directors of the Gambia Standard’s Bureau at the...
Works Minister says new road projects have ‘open up Gambia’
The Point
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Ebrima Sillah was speaking on Monday in Kiang West as he inspected the new road in the area, which is almost near completion. However, the visit forms part of his ongoing nationwide site visit to road infrastructural projects in the country....
Understanding hepatitis: A global and Gambian perspective
The Standard Gambia
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January 24, 2025
- Advertisement - UTG Medical Students’ Association Imagine a storm sweeping silently through our communities, a fire that burns slow and steady, and by the time you start to feel its burn, it’s already too late. This is the heartbreaking reality...
NRA DMD visits Banjul Denton Bridge
The Voice Gambia
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January 24, 2025
By Arfang M.S. Camara, Communication Officer, NRA The Deputy Managing Director of the National Roads Authority (NRA), Mr Sulayman Sumareh Janneh, accompanied by one of his Principal Engineers, Mr Omar Saidykhan, on Thursday, 23rd January 2025,...
Resisting neocolonialism & defending Gambian sovereignty
The Standard Gambia
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January 28, 2025
- Advertisement - On this crisp morning of January 22, 2025, as I tuned into the vibrant Coffee Time program on West Coast Radio, a striking narrative unfolded: the British government is reportedly pressuring President Barrow’s administration to...
First Oncology Nurse Leadership Programme in Africa launched at UHAS
Joy FM
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July 9, 2025
The Oncology Nurse Leadership Programme (ONLEP) was officially launched at the University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS) on Monday, July 7, 2025. The programme, the first of its kind in Africa, is set to revolutionise cancer care across the...
GRA Collects D13 Billion in Six Months, Minister Hails Digital Reform
The Voice Gambia
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July 9, 2025
By: Haddy Touray The Gambia Revenue Authority (GRA) has collected over D13 billion in revenue in just the first six months of 2025, surpassing the total revenue it collected for the whole of 2022. This was revealed by the Minister of Finance and...
The popularity of mobile betting in the Gambia: key trends in the gambling industry
Malawi 24
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January 23, 2025
Today, many different online companies, including bookmakers, have mobile applications. If we talk about the sports betting industry in the Gambia, mobile betting apps from 1xBet.gm are the first thing every player looks for. They provide the...
Gambia Country Report 2024
The Standard Gambia
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October 24, 2024
- Advertisement - Executive Summary During the period under review, The Gambia has experienced two significant developments. One of these is the ongoing, albeit uneven, consolidation of democratic gains resulting from the transition away from...