Sports Minister Ndiaye and Lamine Diack open AIPS Africa Congress in Dakar

By Abdoulie Bah, AIPS Young Reporter - Gambia

DAKAR, March 19, 2014 - New strides in African Sports journalism received a fitting boost Wednesday in Dakar in a high-level opening ceremony from the host Sports Minister Mbagnick Ndiaye who highlighted AIPS Africa’s efforts to give the association fresh impetus.

Editors trained on environmental protection and mitigation

News editors from various media houses in the country on Saturday held a day-long training course on environmental protection and mitigation at Wellingara Model Horticultural Centre in Wellingara....

Gambian blogger, Mamadou Edrisa Njie, writes about social media ‘success story’

If someone had told me that a few years ago that using the social media will one day land me in a job, I would have totally disagreed with that person, be it an expert, a researcher or a fortuneteller. In fact, this wasn’t because I didn’t know what social media was all about but mainly because I was ONLY passionately on Facebook to chart with friends with some that I don’t know.
Here I am, [I] have signed a six month-contract with one of the best IT Service Providers in The Gambia to be its “Social Media Administrator”.

NIA beat gatekeeper, ransack Fatou Touray’s house as she escapes from Gambia

Fatou Touray

Agents of the lethal National Intelligence Agency (NIA) on Thursday, December 05, 2013, reported stormed and ransacked the house of Fatou Touray, a socialite who hosted a television show on Gambian television, while at the same time serving as marketing manager of Gambia’s Telecommunications Company (Gamtel).

U.K Government Warns Against Visiting The Gambia Reads

There is a potential Political unrest in the Gambia. The British Government warns her citizens not to travel to the West African country. The statement release today also warns British nationals against using the Gambian ferry service

Following political disagreement between the government of The Gambia and the European Union about the deterioration of human rights in The Gambia there has been an increase in political tension which may lead to unannounced demonstrations in Banjul and other parts of the country. You should avoid all demonstrations.

National Sports Council React to GNOC Election

Read below the reaction of the National Sports Council to the recent election of the Gambia National Olympic Committee:

NEA HANDS OVER ECO-TOURISM CAMP TO COASTAL COMMUNITIES

By:- Sheikh Alkinky Sanyang (NEA)

The Adaptation to Coastal & Climate Change (ACCC) Project is a UNDP Global Environment Facility (GEF) sponsored project acquired and implemented by the National Environment Agency on behalf of the Government of the Gambia. This sub regional project is responding to shoreline change and its human dimensions in West Africa with the ultimate objective to develop and pilot a range of effective coping mechanisms for reducing the impact of climate change induced coastal erosion in vulnerable regions in the five participating countries.