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Celebrating World Press Freedom Day:

Journalists worldwide, including the Gambia, will celebrate World Press Freedom Day on May 3, 2023. The United Nations General Assembly sets aside the day to raise awareness of the importance of freedom of the press and remind governments of their duty to respect and uphold the right to freedom of […]

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8 Gambian Businesses Explore Investment Opportunities in Ivory Coast

Eight (8) Gambian Businesses Explore Investment Opportunities in Ivory Coast. Facilitated by GiEPA and the Honorary Consul of Ivory Coast to The Gambia, the Gambian Businesses were in Abidjan to network with over 25 Ivorian companies in key areas of economic development including Agriculture, Manufacturing, Fisheries, Health, and General Trading. […]

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Senegal’s Second World War combatants return from France

The remaining Senegalese combatants of the Second World War have returned from France. The war veterans were on Friday received by President Macky Sall at the Presidential Palace in Dakar. He also decorated the veterans in the presence of military and service chiefs, diplomats, and cabinet ministers. The veterans also […]

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Macky Sall appoints first female General in the Senegalese Army

The Senegalese president Macky Sall has promoted Colonel Fatou Fall (a doctor in the Senegalese Army) to the rank of Brigadier General on Tuesday. According to Seneweb, this information was announced by the Minister of Armed Forces Sidiki Kaba. “The head of state has appointed to the rank of general […]