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Comium Gambia Limited staff have on Tuesday called on the government and the Public Utility Regulatory Authority (PURA) to lift the ban on Comium’s operation. More than 30 of the company’s redundant staff convened at Comium headquarters along Kairaba Avenue, holding placards with messages like, “we have families to feed, PURA I am also a consumer,…

A Prosecutor in Spain has made a preliminary request to a court in Granada to sentence Sarjo S., a Gambian, and Youssoupha S., a Senegalese, to a prison term of seven years, each. The Spanish coast guards arrested the two men sailing a boat full of migrants from The Gambia, via Senegal, on September 13, 2018, off the coast of Motril (Granada).…

The Gambia is experiencing the ‘triple burden of malnutrition in which under-nutrition, over-nutrition, and micro-nutrient deficiencies co-exist, says Dr. Amat Bah, the Acting Director of the National Nutrition Agency (NaNA). Bah was speaking during a handing over ceremony of the People’s Republic of Japan’s support worth 1.5 US Dollars through…

The International Monetary Fund on Thursday forecast that Africa's economic rebound from pandemic-induced shrinkage would be weaker than in the rest of the world in 2021 and 2022. Low rates of vaccination against COVID-19 across the continent top the list of reasons for the slower recovery, the Washington-based institution said in a biannual…

The Government of The Gambia has given more time to Oslo-listed oil and gas company PetroNor to enable the company to progress its ongoing discussions over its A4 offshore license with potential partners. The Gambian government has granted PetroNor a one-year extension to the Longstop date of the A4 offshore license until October 18, 2022. The…

Australian Operator FAR says the targeted spud date to drill the Bambo-1 exploration well offshore The Gambia is Nov. 13. Exceed’s a wells management team in Aberdeen is supporting planning and execution of the well, with Schlumberger providing various services, and the shore base for the project, in Dakar, Senegal, is ready to support the…

Damel Carayol is a visual artist engaged in portraiture through the media of oil and acrylic paint. Damel was born in the Gambia but his family moved to the UK when he was nine. He seeks to deliver a better understanding of who we are as a 'oneness, encapsulated in historical account and religious doctrine - to extract Black contributions, Black…

Facebook is appealing a Gambian request for internal records linked to a Myanmar genocide case, filings show. On Wednesday, the company challenged part of a judge's order in favor of the Republic of The Gambia that would require the tech giant to release internal documents and private user content connected to the genocide of 24,000 Rohingya…

Gambia's President Adama Barrow has hailed China-Gambia bilateral ties saying cooperation between the two countries has helped facilitate key development projects. The president was speaking over the weekend when he presided over the inauguration ceremony of $81 million worth of roads and bridges in the country's Upper River Region supported by…

Uber is facing court action over claims its software racially discriminates against non-white drivers – and campaigners want answers from Transport for London too. The private hire firm introduced facial recognition software in 2020 after TfL threatened not to renew its license over safety fears. One of the men suing Uber, Pa Edrissa Manjang, has…