50094 AfranTehran, May 17, IRNA -- Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe on Saturday left for Iran to attend the 14th G15 summit in Tehran.Mugabe was accompanied by First Lady Amai Grace Mugabe, Minister of State for Presidential Affairs in the President...

50093 AfranTehran, May 17, IRNA – The 14th G15 summit, attended by almost seven presidents, has just opened in Tehran with a speech by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.The meeting is also attended by vice-presidents, deputy ministers or foreign minis...

505 34His Excellency Mr. Barry L Wells, the ambassador of the United States to The Gambia has saluted The Gambia government under the dynamic leadership of Sheikh Prof. Dr. Alh. Yahya AJJ Jammeh for demonstrating the political will necessary in the fig...

505 33Farmers from the various farming organisations within the West Africa sub-region along with stakeholders in the agriculture sector has called on regional institutions such as West African Monetary Institute (WAMI) and the ECOWAS as well as the pr...

505 32The director of Public Prosecution (DPP) Richard Chenge, Monday filed 51 fresh amended criminal count charges against ex-IGP, Ensa Badjie and two other military officers, Lt Colonel Mam Matarr Secka and Major Kuluteh Manneh, before Justice Emmanu...

505 31The Ministry of Agriculture is spearheading the Gambia All Village Savings and Credit Associations (VISACA) Congress at the Sheraton Hotel and Spa in Brufut. The two-day forum brings together stakeholders in the micro-finance institutions across ...

505 30Barry L Wells, the US ambassador to The Gambia yesterday wrapped-up his three-day tour of project sites in the country with a visit to projects in the Upper River Region (URR).At Demba Kunda in Jimara District, the community named their health ce...

505 29 World leaders have failed to deliver commitments made in 2002 to reduce the global rate of biodiversity loss by 2010, and have instead overseen alarming biodiversity declines. These findings are the result of a new paper published in the leading...

505 28The increase in human rights violation in Africa the systematic denial of democratic change and the refusal to recognize the fundamental rights of the human being as well as the unacceptable reversal of constitutional order with no regard for the...

505 27Gambian youths have been urged to desist from all practices that might prove endanger the environment as The Gambia joins the rest of the world to mark the World Earth Day. Scores of Gambian youths had gathered at the Brufut Beach Sunday to cele...

505 26 Monday May 3, 2010 was World Press Freedom Day and the occasion was observed by the Gambia Press Union who organised a symposium at the Alliance Franco Gambiene institution along the Kairaba Avenue.The gathering was chaired by Mrs. Ami Bojang ...

505 25The World Health Organization (WHO) country representative in The Gambia, Dr. Thomas Sukwa has saluted Gambian Journalists for their giant strides in covering health issues. He said that the WHO Country Office has been closely monitoring the acti...

505 24Students of the Banjul American Embassy School in Fajara, Kanifing Municipality, recently visited the site of Solar Project ‘Tiloo’ a company making solar equipment in Kanifing South, off Kaiaraba Avenue, as the company celebrated a Solar D...

505 23Mr. Leo Igwe, West Africa representative of the International Humanist and Ethical Union has called on the African Commission to urgently take steps to address many religion-related human rights abuses in Africa and to pressure African states to ...

505 22Government ministries and departments have been urged to synergise their programmes and activities so that actions could have maximum impact as well as deliver positive results in the country’s drive for national development.Hon. Jato Sillah, T...

50135Indications emerged yesterday that the embattled National Chairman of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Prince Vincent Ogbulafor is expected to quit his post anytime following pressure allegedly from the presidency over his recent legal ca...

50134Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday rolls out new guidelines which have limited the amount a director or a “significant shareholder” in any of the country’s banks can borrow from the bank to 1 percent.The directive was contained in the n...

50133There are strong attempts by the federal government of Nigeria would increase the electricity tariff per unit of electricity consumed from N4 to N22 by end of this month.This was disclosed by the General Secretary of the labor wing of the Power Ho...

50131Nigeria’s opposition leader and former Head of State General Muhammadu Buhari accused the western powers and ruling class for the failure of democratic progress in the country, saying that, they succeeded in faltering the democracyBuhari who was...

50130National chairman of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Vincent Ogbulafor yesterday was arraigned at an Abuja High Court over alleged N401 million fraud.He was however, granted a N5 million bail, with two sureties in like sum thereb...