Wake up from slumber VP tells United Nations

VP addresses sixty-seventh session of the General Assembly/PHOTO:United Nations.

In an address in New York to the 67thsession of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on September 26, 2012, Gambia’s vice president said the paralysis displayed by the UN member states common security mechanism is astounding.

Gambia: Quality education remains a challenge

Gambia struggle to give quality education to citizens, admits Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education (MoBSE): PHOTO: Fatou Lamin Faye Minister of BSE.

By Jainaba Manjang, The Voice Newspaper

After 47 years of independence, The Gambia, a low income and highly indebted poor West African country, is struggling to give her citizens the quality education they desire.

CCG welcomes Dr. Janneh’s release

Jesse Jackson with former Gambian dissidents Amadou Scattred Janneh (left), a graduate of Knoxville College and the University of Tennessee, and Tamsir Jasseb (right), a Navy veteran of Desert Storm./ Photo by Roy Lewis

Pressure groups, the Coalition for Change-Gambia (CCG) and the Civil Society Associations- Gambia (CSAG) have issued a statement welcoming the release from prison of Dr Amadou Scattred Janneh, national coordinator of the CCG.

Statement!

VP addresses sixty-seventh session of the General Assembly/PHOTO:United Nations

Delivered by H.E. Dr. Isatou Njie-Saidy Vice President of The Republic of The Gambia on the occasion of the 67th United Nations General Assembly, 26 September 2012 New York,USA

Drug agency arrest suspected drug trafficker

News reports monitored on Gambia TV, GRTS revealed officials of the National Drug Enforcement Agency (NDEA) have arrested and detained a Nigerian suspected of drug trafficking.

John Agwy, 32, who the NDEA described as uncooperative with investigators was arrested during the early hours of September 14, 2012 at the Banjul International Airport. He had flown into the Gambia on board an Arik Airliner from Nigeria.