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COVID-19
Gambia Vice President Tests Positive for COVID-19
Gambia Vice President Dr. Isatou Touray, has tested positive for coronavirus, making her the first known person working at the…
Pandemic: When Tourism Workers Laid-off and Families Getting Hungry
Men and women who are directly responsible for putting food on the table to feed their families are now crying for their lives.…
Covid-19: The Global System and the African Economy
In the short-term, we are already aware of the immediate changes Covid-19 has brought to our lives. Air travel is limited, many of…
Gambia COVID-19 Frontline Workers Strike over Unpaid Allowances
The frontline workers in The Gambia are currently staying at home without working since Friday as they protest to demand payment…
Coronavirus Kills Gambian Health Worker
The Ministry of Health announces Monday the death of a senior nurse at the country's main referral hospital in Banjul of…
COVID-19 in the 3rd Republic
Around the various communities in The Gambia, the COVID-19 pandemic is ever so present in most conversations and on the minds of…
Farafenni Motel Owners Complain Non-Payment of Bills for Hosting Quarantine…
Three motel owners in Farafenni have complained about the non-payment of bills by the ministry of health for quarantining…
Gambia Registers Second COVID-19 Death
The Gambia’s healthy ministry has confirmed the country’s second coronavirus related death on Saturday.
“One new laboratory…
Area Councils Seek Government’s Bailout amid COVID-19 Hit
Three local government administrations have requested for the central government’s bailout amid decline in revenue collections as…
Impact of COVID-19 on Lives and Livelihood Extremely Destructive –…
The Gambian President Adama Barrow says Wednesday the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on human lives and livelihoods is…