Former Gambian Prisoner's Fast Track to Success, Imprisonment and Freedom

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

What is wrong with the right to assemble and demonstrate in The Gambia?

Baboucarr Ceesay: “One would wonder what are the sources of all these charges and what are they meant for people who only apply for permit to hold a demonstration against the execution of the nine death row inmates.”

Gambia: Parliament gives nod to $12M electricity loan

The House of Parliament in Banjul, the Gambian capital on Tuesday ratified an electricity expansion project loan agreement of $12 million meant to expand electricity coverage in the Gambia.

On June 18, 2012, the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Fund for International Development (OFID) revealed it had reached an agreement of US$12M loan with the Government of The Gambia. 

PIWAMP scores forth in IFAD fiduciary rating

By Mamadou Edrisa Njie

 Participatory Integrated Watershed Management Project (PIWAMP), a demand-driven project co-funded by the Government of The Gambia (GOTG), International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the African Development Bank (AfDB), has been ranked fourth in IFAD’s fiduciary rating 2011.

The design of PIWAMP was built on the successful experience of the concluded Lowland Agricultural Development Project (LADEP), its achievements, effects, impacts, as well as the strengths and shortcomings. 

Singer Freaky Joe rocks Europe

Freaky Jow, a leading Gambian dance-hall star grab headlines across Europe for the right reasons/PHOTO:Blogger News Newtwork.

Gambian singer Freaky Joe, recently concluded a European tour that took him to Belgium, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland and Finland. 

The tour followed the release of his latest album: “Mansay Kay” meaning (the President).