Gambia

11
Feb

Bar Association Calls for Urgent Set Up of Special Tribunal for Gambia

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By Sanna Camara Neneh Cham, President of the Gambia Bar Association has called on the government of The Gambia to follow through with the process of establishing a special tribunal for accountability and justice for the crimes of grave human rights violations committed under the 23-year rule of former President Yahya Jammeh in Gambia. According […]

06
Feb

Starfish International Celebrates International Day Of Education Focusing on AI in Learning

mmglobalnews / 2 weeks
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By Haddy Jatta “Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Education: preserving human agency in an automated world” was the theme of this year’s celebration of International Day of Education at Starfish International Academy in Lamin, a suburb outside Banjul, West Coast Region of The Gambia. The day, celebrated on 24 January 2025, had a special focus on […]

17
Jan

EU Gives Gambia Another D718.2 million, Total of Over D10 Billion Since 2017

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By Sanna Camara Since 2017, only through four ‘State and Resilience Building’ Budget Support Programmes, the EU has disbursed to the Government of The Gambia more than 10.2 billion Dalasi (135 Euro Million). EU ambassador Immaculada Roca I Cortés recalled: “The budget support’s goal is to accompany the Gambian Government’s efforts to consolidate a peaceful, […]

10
Jan

UN Special Rapporteur: Gambia’s Transitional Justice Slow, Special Court Backing Historic

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By Sanna Camara In a statement released today, Friday, January 10th 2025, the Geneva based UN Human Rights Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence, Bernard Duhaime has decried the Gambia’s transitional justice process as slow, and the ECOWAS decision to back the setting up of a special hybrid tribunal […]

20
Dec

Gambia’s Newest Solar Plant to Power Over 1,000 Schools, Health Facilities

Sanna Camara / 2 months
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By Sanna Camara. Jambur solar plant, a farm of over 47,000 solar panels collectively producing up to 21 Mega Watts (MW) of electricity – more than Kar Power’s 15 MW, Brikama power stations 1 and 2 combined, and Senelec’s 15 MW – has been described as a more sustainable means of power generation and supply […]

11
Nov

Basiru Barrow’s Widow ‘will never forgive Jammeh’

mmglobalnews / 2 years
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In a conversation yesterday, Sunkary Yarboe-Barrow, one of the widows of the late Basiru Barrow, maintained that she would never forgive Jammeh and the AFPRC for the cold blooded murder of their husband. Barrow was captured along with a number of soldiers, including Abdoulie “Dot” Faal on the early hours of 11th November 1994. The […]

07
Nov

Millions in Livestock Business Rundown by COVID-19

mmglobalnews / 3 years
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The Covid-19 containment measures put in place by the government in March 2020 are already affecting livelihoods in The Gambia. Several socio-economic activities have ceased. Remittances from abroad may also dwindle. This has forced many people in the informal sector of the economy to venture into crop and horticultural production to sustain lives and livelihoods. […]

Bar Association Calls for Urgent Set Up of Special Tribunal for Gambia

Starfish International Celebrates International Day Of Education Focusing on AI in Learning

EU Gives Gambia Another D718.2 million, Total of Over D10 Billion Since 2017

UN Special Rapporteur: Gambia’s Transitional Justice Slow, Special Court Backing Historic

Gambia’s Newest Solar Plant to Power Over 1,000 Schools, Health Facilities

Basiru Barrow’s Widow ‘will never forgive Jammeh’

Millions in Livestock Business Rundown by COVID-19

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Starfish International Celebrates International Day Of.

ROSATOM CEO Urges Africa to Embrace.

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