The Gambia Police Force Sports Department presented its team of referees to the Inspector-General of Police, Seedy Muktarr Touray, CIP Samba G. Kah, Secretary-General of GPF Sports, on Tuesday, January 21, 2025, introduced the talented team, highlighting their achievements at national and international levels. The team includes FIFA referee Lamin N. Jammeh, along with FIFA…
The Gambia today plays host to a high-level gathering on anti-doping in sport organised by the Ministry of Youth and Sports in collaboration with UNESCO Anti-Doping Secretariat in Paris. The august event, which brought together African sports ministers, members of the COP 9 Bureau, and representatives of regional and international organisations, was held at the…
A Board member of the Global Allergy and Airways Patient Platform (GAAPP) headquartered in Vienna, Austria, has urged Gambians to be favourably disposed towards people living with asthma and other respiratory diseases and help to collectively tackle them. Mr Ugo Nwangoro, Secretary, GAAPP Board of Directors, and also the Founder and Coordinator of the Asthma…
Concerned Gamcel staff have staged a protest demanding better working conditions and payment of their 2-month salaries from Gamcel management. The protest was held at the Gamcel head office along the Momodou Majang highway in Kanifing on Monday. Pierre Njie, the commercial clerk of the company, read the petition statement on behalf of the protesters…
The Alliance for Patriotic Re-Orientation and Construction (APRC) has held a landmark national congress at the Atlantic Hotel in Banjul. Members at the congress discussed the party’s agenda and addressed political issues that could undermine democratic values, good governance, and peaceful coexistence in the country. The event, held at the weekend, was the 9th Congress…
The Kanifing Municipal Council (KMC) has launched a crusade for maintaining a clean and hygienic environment called Operation Sanity. Operation Sanity is a necessary measure to enforce local government bye-laws throughout the Kanifing Municipality in maintaining a clean environment. The initiative aims to eliminate illegal sewage disposal in public gutters, combat littering, and prevent the…
Buba Saidykhan, a 31-year-old, who returned home to Farato, Bojang Kunda after a difficult journey, has made a difference in the field of recycling. After overcoming a tough experience attempting to migrate to Italy, which included three dangerous trips across the Mediterranean Sea and spending eight months in a Libyan prison, he was determined to…
The Gambia Market Union has reiterated its call on government to protect and aid small-scale businesses in the country. “The government needs to support small-scale businesses that are run by citizens, especially those that supply the community with rice, oil and onions,” stated GMU’s public relations officer Sulayman Dampha in an exclusive interview with SeniGambia….
The European Union has allocated 718.2 million Dalasi (9.5 Million EURO) to the government. This new payment is the 2nd disbursement under the budget support programme (the “State and Resilience Building Contract for The Gambia 4”). It is comprised of a fixed tranche of 2 Million EURO that is recognizing progress in the areas of…
Ibrahima Sanyang, Director of Procurement Policy and Operations at The Gambia Public Procurement Authority (GPPA) has said the recent Procurement Act and Regulations is designed to make procurement processes more accessible to disadvantaged groups, including micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), women, youth, and persons with disabilities. Mr Sanyang was speaking during the opening of…
