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  • [The Point] As you conclude your tenure as Director General of the Gambia Tourism Board, it is fitting to acknowledge your exemplary leadership and the cordial working relationship you maintained with all tourism stakeholders. Your unwavering support for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the tourism sector has had a lasting and meaningful impact, strengthening […]
  • [The Point] In a major boost to The Gambia's growing creative sector, Ferenc Donderer, founder of ART27 – Visual Arts Promotion, has announced plans to establish a permanent art gallery in the country by 2026, a move set to provide a long-overdue dedicated space for Gambian and African visual artists to exhibit their work.
  • [The Point] The Government of The Gambia has formally announced the candidature of renowned legal scholar and human rights advocate Dr. Satang Nabaneh for election as a member of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC), a key African Union organ mandated to promote and protect children's rights […]
  • [The Point] The Deputy Director General of Immigration, on behalf of the Director General, announces the promotion of 91 Senior and Superior Immigration Officers from the rank of Assistant Superintendent (ASI) to Commissioner of Immigration, through the Personnel Management Office (PMO), with effect from 2nd January 2025.
  • [The Point] Police in Farafenni have responded to a fatal road traffic accident that occurred along the Farafenni-Jarra Soma Highway, between Farafenni and Bereto.
  • [The Point] The Edward Francis Small Centre for Rights and Justice (EFSCRJ) during a press conference on statistics on migration stated that while young people continue to die on the 'backway', the country quietly survives on the very migration it publicly condemns.
  • [The Point] The Center for Good Governance (CGG) on Wednesday called for a gradual reduction of the voting age to 16-17 for local government and parliamentary elections, warning that the continued exclusion of young people poses a serious threat to democratic legitimacy in The Gambia.
  • [The Point] The minister for Information and Broadcasting, Dr. Ismaila Ceesay, has issued a warning to Gambian youths, declaring that claims of migrants receiving €600 a month in Europe are completely false and dangerously misleading, accusing political actors of pushing narratives that could cost lives.
  • [The Point] A great scholarly masterpiece authored by the late Alh. Dawooda M.B. Jagne, a man considered to be the architect of public health in The Gambia now deceased, was yesterday launched at a colourful ceremony presided over by the vice president Muhamed B.S Jallow at Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara International Conference Centre.
  • [The Point] His Excellency President Adama Barrow bid farewell to outgoing ECOMIG Commander Col. Ndiagne DIOUF and welcomed the incoming Force Commander Aliou TINE at the State House.
  • … teams to respond decisively. Gambian authorities intercept 780 migrants. … West Africa, particularly to Gambia and Guinea, after Senegal, … 233 Senegalese nationals, 197 Gambians, 176 Guineans, and 148 … boat disasters linked to Gambia.  The vessel that capsized …
  • Authorities in The Gambia said they have intercepted more … from Senegal, 197 from The Gambia, 176 from Guinea, and 148 … another boat capsized off the Gambian coast on New Year’s … Europe by sea using The Gambia as a launch path,…
  • TRAGIC BOAT CAPSIZE OFF GAMBIA COAST: 102 RESCUED, 7 BODIES … read, extending gratitude to the Gambia Navy, emergency response agencies, security …
  • … Supreme Court challenge in The Gambia that could undo the country … , is trying to get The Gambia’s Supreme Court to strike … group of religious leaders and Gambian lawmaker Almameh Gibba has asked … rights. Nearly three-quarters of Gambian women aged 15 to 49 …
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  • … Binta Jaiteh Government-sponsored Gambian students studying in China … GSIC), several beneficiaries of Gambian government scholarship programmes are … the efforts of the Gambian Embassy in China, … again urgently contacted the Gambian Embassy in Beijing, …
  • … lives. Spokesman for the Gambia Immigration Department, Siman Lowe, … Canary Islands. The Gambia’s interior ministry expressed … migrants capsized off the Gambian coast The vessel, carrying … further south, particularly from Gambia and Guinea, lengthening the …
  • … An overwhelming majority (85%) of Gambians say they worry "a … the most important problem that Gambians want their government to … Bank, 2025). In the Gambia, access to affordable and high … the most important problem that Gambians want their government to …
  • BANJUL – Authorities have intercepted more … Siman Lowe, spokesman for the Gambia Immigration Department, told AFP. He … west Africa, notably from The Gambia and Guinea, after Senegal, … increased maritime patrols. "The Gambia has observed with deep concern …
  • … through Functionalism (PASTEF The Gambia) has positioned itself as a … key voice in The Gambia’s political landscape, nearly … presidential election, PASTEF The Gambia has not yet announced a … he said. PASTEF The Gambia aims to nurture leadership based …

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