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GAMBIA: World Bank Approves $47.7 Million Grant for Gambia

 The World Bank has approved a $47.7 million grant from the International Development Association (IDA) for The Public Administration Modernization for Citizen Centric Service...

GAMBIA: NPP Response To UDP On President Barrow’s Lower River Region Comments

The National People’s Party (NPP) takes note of the statement issued by the United Democratic Party (UDP) concerning H. E. President Adama Barrow’s recent...

GAMBIA: Paramilitary Police Used Tear Gas to Disperse UTG Protesting Students

On Monday, students at the University of The Gambia (UTG)'s Kanifing campus protested the dismissal of two senior lecturers, Dr. Alieu Gibba and Professor...

GAMBIA: I am Inspired by Edward Francis Small and the Principles He Represented.

In an interview with AG Radio, Mr. Madi Jobarteh stated that his inspiration came from Edward Francis Small, leading him to create the Edward Francis...

GAMBIA: Police Warns UTG Students against Protests

Students at the University of The Gambia (UTG) have received a warning from the Gambia Police Force not to stage an unauthorized protest in...

GAMBIA: UTG Students to Protest Two Lecturer’s Dismissal

In response to the recent dismissal of two senior lecturers, the University of The Gambia (UTG) students are scheduled to organise a protest at...

GAMBIA: UDP Condemns President Barrow’s Divisive Comments

UDP notes with grave concern that President Barrow perpetually dwells on tribal sentiments exposing his mindset that thrives on division and sees elected public...

GAMBIA: Is the 2025 Budget Estimates an Equitable Distribution of the National Cake?

Honourable Musa Cham, PDOIS national assembly member for Serekunda constituency, stated in this interview with AG Radio that the term "Estimates," referring to the 2025...

GAMBIA: Unseating President Barrow is Only Achievable Through a Coalition

In this interview with AG Radio, Mr. Pa Modou Mbowe, former PRO of APRC (No to alliance), expresses his disappointment over Fabakary Tombong Jatta's...

GAMBIA: I Lost in Every Mandinka Village in LRR During 2021 Elections

In a meeting with elders in the Lower River Region (LRR), President Adama Barrow expressed his worries about what he said was the Mandinka...

GAMBIA: Government Struggles to Implement 2024 National Budget

The National Assembly was informed by Finance Minister Seedy Keita on Wednesday that the government has significant difficulties in carrying out the national budget...

GAMBIA: UDP Requested to Reschedule Nationwide Tour

The opposition United Democratic Party (UDP), which was supposed to start its planned nationwide tour on Thursday, November 28, 2024, has been asked to...

GAMBIA: National Assembly Member Criticises Government Travel Budget Increase

The National Assembly's Public Finance Accounts Committee (FPAC) has suggested cutting back on funding for the president's office and other government agencies. FPAC wants to...

GAMBIA: Position of the Edward Francis Small Centre for Rights and Justice on the 2024 Draft Constitution

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has convened a ‘National Convergence on the Draft Constitution 2024’ at the Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara Conference Centre...

GAMBIA: President Barrow’s “Meet the People” Tour, in the Words of NPP’s PRO

In this interview, NPP Public Relations Officer (PRO) Mr. Abdoulie Cham told AG Radio that the current "Meet the people" tour has greatly helped...

GAMBIA: The Gambia Police Force is Investigating Allegation of Missing Cocaine

The Ministry of interior issued a statement expressing concern regarding the troubling allegations that surfaced after the recent public destruction of confiscated illegal drugs by...