Banjul, The Gambia-The appointment of Mr. Ahmad Gitteh as Special Adviser to the Minister of Telecommunications and Digital Economy has been warmly welcomed as a recognition of youth leadership, patriotism, and democratic commitment. Mr. Gitteh, a founding member of the ruling NPP and a pro-democracy activist in the Gambian diaspora, […]
Press Release The European Union allocates 1.7 billion dalasi to support senior secondary education Banjul, 27 November 2025 –The European Union and the Government of The Gambia have signed a Financing Agreement for the programme “EU Support to Improve Secondary Education for The Youth (EU-ISEY)”. The new programme, worth approx. […]
By Ousman A. Marong & Anibe Idajili The sun in Kontagora, a town in Nigeria’s Niger State, usually a strong presence, felt like a premonition of an impending violation one afternoon in March, 2025. Amina was just a four-year-old girl with innocent bright eyes until everything changed, tragically. The man […]
By Ousman A. Marong. Torn between her love for her children and fears arising from community rumours about the ‘dangers of vaccines,’ 49-year-old Fatou Manneh refused to vaccinate her children. “As a Muslim, I was concerned that the vaccine could affect my girls’ ability to bear children,” the mother of […]