GPU Press Release: Gambia Gets First Ever Journalism School

The National Training Authority (NTA) on 11 March 2013 formally accredited the GPU School of Journalism to provide journalism education in the country, an unprecedented development in a country that has never had a formal structure for journalism education. Under the terms and conditions of its licence, the GPU School of Journalism is mandated to […]

The Gambia: Diesel Shortage Slowed Down Business

The Gambia has been hit hard by a weeklong shortage of diesel, the country’s most popular form of fuel among commercial vehicle drivers. The shortage started since Tuesday 26th February 2013, just about a week after the country celebrated 48 years of so-called independence from Britain on 18th February 1965. The current fuel crisis is […]

Ghana: Exporting Democracy to The Gambia?

  Reports from Ghanaian media indicate that the country is set to mount a democracy exhibition in Banjul, The Gambia, dubbed “The Colour of Peace”. The precise date of the event is not indicated but it is said to be part of series of events to commemorate the 57th anniversary of Ghana’s Independence.   A […]

CBG Closes Prime Bank

Central Bank of The Gambia (CBG) has on Monday 21st January 2013 closed down Prime Bank (Gambia) Limited. The closure comes as a result of the bank’s failure to meet the minimum capital of D200 million for commercial banks in The Gambia.  The CBG has increased the minimum capital for commercial banks in The Gambia from […]

President Jammeh “rubbishes” EU’s proposals for dialogue, warns Cabinet Ministers

The Gambia’s President has dismissed European Union delegations proposals for dialogue as “insulting, unacceptable and not up for discussion”. In a televised Cabinet meeting on Tuesday 8th January 2013, President Jammeh also warned ministers against what he described as “serving foreign interest”. “You either work with me to serve the Gambian people or you leave and […]

About 40 cyclists arrive in Basse for Annual Conference

On Thursday 27th December 2012, thirty eight cyclists from various parts of The Gambia including the Greater Banjul Area have literally pedal to Basse, a provincial town about 360 kilometres east of the capital, Banjul. The cyclists are in Basse for a three-day conference of the Majlis Khuddamul Ahmadiyya The Gambia (MKATG) – male youth […]

The Gambia Gets New Presidential Affairs Minister

  Mustapha Charles Camara has been appointed Presidential Affairs Minister with effect from today Monday 31st December 2012, a media dispatch from the Office of the President has revealed. According to news monitored over the Gambia Radio and Television Services (TV) 20:00gmt newscast, Madi Jatta newly appointed Acting Secretary General and Head of the Civil […]