President Adama Barrow has appointed Sering Modou Njie as the new Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Gambians Abroad with immediate effect. Minister Sering Modou Njie, a seasoned public servant and diplomat, previously served as Minister for Defence. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science and a Master’s Degree in International Relations. Minister…
The Minister of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology has highlighted the tendency of artificial intelligence becoming the great accelerator of progress or the great divider of humanity. Prof Pierre Gomez made this remark recently at the United Nations Development Programme’s launching of the 2025 Human Development Report at the Kairaba Beach Hotel in Senegambia….
The Gambia Police Force has taken in for investigation senior officials of a Quranic school in Sinchu Alagie, where a tragic fire outbreak occurred recently leaving a 12-year-old student dead and another in a critical condition presently hospitalised. The fire outbreak which occurred at Sinchu Alagie Daara (Quranic school) led to the admission of two students…
The Gambia’s Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, Seedy K.M. Keita, has issued a powerful call for urgent reforms to the global financial system during the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4) in Seville, Spain. Speaking at the Third Multi-Stakeholder Round Table on Reforming the International Financial Architecture, Minister Keita highlighted how the…
The Management Development Institute (MDI) has officially unveiled a newly refurbished state-of-the-art classroom dedicated to the first cohort of the Master’s in Public Sector Management program. The unveiling of the classroom took place on Wednesday during the matriculation of the first cohort of master’s students, marking the first of its kind in the institution’s history….
The Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) in collaboration with the Management Development Institute (MDI), has officially welcomed its first cohort of Master’s students in a historic matriculation ceremony held on Wednesday 2 July 2025 at the MDI campus. The event marked the formal admission of 28 Gambian students into the inaugural Master’s…
The United Nations Development Fund (UNDP) recently launched its 2025 annual Human Development Report, bringing together state ministers, permanent secretaries, diplomats, academics, activists and CSO members to discuss the substance of this year’s report. The high-level event was staged at the Kairaba Beach Hotel in Senegambia, with people who have distinguished themselves in their various…
Anchored on broader efforts to cement partnerships and enhance student welfare, members of the executive of the University of The Gambia Students Union recently paid courtesy visits to Modempay and Yonna Group, a mobile transfer service and mobile financial service respectively. During a meeting with Modempay, the parties discussed potential integration of the firm’s digital…
Ahead of this year’s farming season with rainfall to soon commence intensely, Master Farmers’ Cooperative Association (MaFCA), a union of dedicated farmers in The Gambia, has acquired three Massey Faguson tractors and a Mercedes Benz mini truck for their farming activities. The farmers’ association acquired the tractors on credit provided by the Social Development Fund…
Serious revelations about issues surrounding grassroots governance have continued to shake the chambers of the Djembe Hotel down the Senegambia Beach, as the Local Government Commission of Inquiry continues to host witnesses to give testimonies. From fiscal and administrative misconduct to unintentional inefficiencies, fresh revelations emerged as hearing continues in those chambers. This has massively…
