The Daily IIJ

The Darling Scorpions of The Gambian overturned a 1-0 deficit against their equals, Shooting Stars of Sierra Leone in Banjul over the weekend during the first leg of the second round of qualifiers for the Under 20 African Nations Cup.

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DINESH KARKI KATHMANDU, July 25: If a proposal forwarded by the Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation is endorsed by the government, foreigners coming to the country will not need to spend even a single penny as visa fee. In a bid to attract more foreign tourists to the country and make Nepal Tourism Year [...]

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The Gambian leader has indicated that his government is intolerant to drugs and corruption, saying it has no place in this country. “It is no secret that in the recent past, the spate of drugs in particular has increased alarmingly as Gambians became flabbergasted by discoveries of huge quantities of hard drugs involving public officers [...]

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The Opposition United Democratic Party’s (UDP) Propaganda Secretary has condemned the ruling APRC party’s desire to celebrate annually the coup that brought President Jammeh into office in 1994. At a press briefing at the UDP’s Bureau in The Gambian Capital, Banjul, Mr. Shyngle Nyassi told journalists that his party condemns the celebrations marking the ‘July [...]

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The group campaigning for the proposed constitution is still in the lead according to polls, 12 days to the referendum.

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The media in West Africa and its personnel remain vulnerable and victimized by attacks, arrests, detentions, and draconian media laws among other things. Though there are a few gains registered in the quest for free media, there have been recent attempts to muzzle the press, thereby violating free expression and depriving the public of their [...]

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The 11th “Forum on Telecommunication/ICT Regulation and Partnership in Africa (FTRA 2010)” and the “International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Forum on Regional Development” hosted by The Gambia Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) in Banjul from July 12 to 16, 2010, brought together Telecommunication think tanks from across the continent and the world to discuss issues of [...]

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Stalwart the poor people’s Voice also known as (a.k.a) Mental Assassin who was born in Bakau in the 1980′s as Yankuba Dibba is one of The Gambia’s most conscientious and controversial artist. The vocalist, whose songs are mainly feet-tapping tunes, hails from the Mandinka ethnic group of The Gambia. It is the largest in the [...]

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The first conference of the Inter Country Quality Node (ICQN) on Technical and Vocational Skills Development (TVSD) kicks-off in the Cote d’Ivoire capital, Abidjan on Monday with calls to tap the immense youth potential in the continent.

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Ghana’s Parliament by unanimous decision on Thursday adopted the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance. Ghana, thus, becomes the six Member State after Lesotho, Uganda, Sierra Leone, Ethiopia and Mauritania to ratify the Charter.

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