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1. Agriculture Minister updates National Assembly on projects designed to lift rural people out of poverty and feed a growing Gambian population
2. Libya orders journalists out of flood-affected eastern city
3. More Africa news
4. Is it better to become a tradie or go to uni?

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Coffee Time With Peter Gomez – 19 September 2023 Podcast

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CTWPG – 19 September 2023 – Headline Hour 1

1. Government takes full responsibility for shooting comments of spokesman and presidential adviser as opposition politicians continue to criticise
2. Alagie Barrow on the politicisation of the tragic Sukuta shooting
3. An encounter with youth leader and UNGA delegate Lawkadinch Silvia Gomez

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CTWPG – 19 September 2023 – Headline Hour 2

1. WASSCE 2023 results released
2. National Assembly Finance Committee gets tougher on public spending
3. Dr Ismaila Ceesay pushes back amidst UTG scandal dubbed “sex for grades”
4. Is civility a sign of weakness?

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CTWPG – 18 September 2023 – Headline

1. Internal security chiefs give public update on alleged killer in the most horrific attack on law enforcement agents in The Gambia
2. Main opposition leader lambasts the Government for the arrest of opposition figures over social media posts shortly before fatal shooting.
3. UTG students and higher education authorities in battle of wills
4. Water contamination risk for Libya flood victims
5. Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso sign security pact
6. How much sleep do you really need?

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Coffee Time With Peter Gomez – 25 August 2023 Podcast

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CTWPG – 25 August 2023 – Headline

1. Eight arrested as Gambian law enforcement officials crack transnational crime network
2. Gambian students welcome new ambassador to Russia with renewed pleas for stipend increase
3. Old Man Musing by Hassan Gibril on the resurgence of military coups in Africa
4. New data confirms Gambia’s growing problem with sexual and gender-based violence
5. Life of the Gambian nurse by Alagie Barrow

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CTWPG – 25 August 2023 – Headline

1. Newspaper headlines
2. Old Man Musing by Hassan Gibril
3. Q&A with Hon. Ousman Bah, Minister of Communications/ICT and the Digital Economy reflecting on his first year on the job.

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CTWPG – 24 August 2023 – Headline

1. Newspaper headlines
2. Darboe rebukes Barrow Government as UDP clocks 27
3. SaHel Executive Education President, Alhaji Abdoulie ‘Baax’ Touray, on a groundbeaking master class and conclave aimed at equipping participants with the knowledge and skills to fully embrace the concept of public, private partnership and be able to confidently tackle potential challenges

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CTWPG – 23 August 2023 – Headline

1. “Abortion is taking place every day despite being illegal in The Gambia,” researcher tells West Coast Radio
2. Undocumented migrant who confronted Gambian ambassador in Turkiye ‘sacked’ for refusing to apologise
3. President Barrow commits to Janjangbureh bicentenary celebrations
4. UDP celebrates 27 years of “resistance as well as fighting corruption and the wrongs in the Gambia and the subregion,” says Tombong Saidy
5. Africa news roundup
6. Russia’s economy not dead but going there

Coffee 23 August 2023 Podcast

Coffee Time With Peter Gomez – 22 August 2023 Podcast

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CTWPG – 22 August 2023 – Headline Hour 1

1. Minister of Transport, Works & Infrastructure, Hon. Ebrima Sillah, and Managing Director, Gambia Ports Authority, Mr Ousman Jobarteh explain the selection process ending in the selection of two Turkish companies as port concessionaires and the benefits of the PPP arrangement
2. Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, Hon. Seedy Keita, harps of the significance of the executive order of foreign travels by public officials and clarifies that the temporary ban equally affects both the Judiciary and the Legislature

CTWPG 22 August 2023 Podcast Pictorial Hour 2

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CTWPG – 22 August 2023 – Headline Hour 2

1. Minister of Transport, Works & Infrastructure, Hon. Ebrima Sillah, and Managing Director, Gambia Ports Authority, Mr Ousman Jobarteh, explain the selection process ending in the selection of two Turkish companies as port concessionaires and the benefits of the PPP arrangement
2. Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, Hon. Seedy Keita, harps on the significance of the executive order on foreign travels by public officials and clarifies that the temporary ban equally affects both the Judiciary and the Legislature

Coffee 22 August 2023 Podcast

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CTWPG – 21 August 2023 – Headline

1. President Barrow makes spy chief his new lands minister, bans official travels to save the flagging economy and approves concessionaires for port expansion
2. NAMs scramble to smother SUV stink bomb as keys to expensive luxury cars are handed over to all 58 members
3. Kanifing Municipal Council launches digital fleet management system for its environmental transformation project
4. Gina Bass eyes place in World Athletics Championship 100m final
5. Spain wins women football’s World Cup but where to from here?

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CTWPG – 18 August 2023 – Headline

1. The Gambia is 8th safest country for tourists in Africa, but ‘Bumsters’ listed as spoilers.
2. As Ecowas ramps up the military threat against Niger, its Ecomig force in the Gambia embarks on trust-building community engagements
3. Hunger-striking Senegal opposition leader in intensive care
4. Fighting in Sudan continues, one million people flee amid food security problems.
5. As National Assembly Members take possession of their pricey 4×4 SUVs Alagie Barrow reminds us of the impecunious life of the average Gambian teacher.
6. Young climate activists plan a conference to boost action in the Gambia on climate change..
7. As the women’s World Cup reaches its climax, football reaches new Australian fans.

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CTWPG – 17 August 2023 – Headline

1. Newspaper headlines
2. Old Man Musing by Hassan Gibril
3. Q&A with Mr Momodou Sabally, economist and youth motivational speaker. He tells Coffee Time that TVET will not solve the youth unemployment problem and slates the employment minister, says Barrow does not prioritise youth empowerment and therefore the ‘backway’ exodus will continue, criticises the youth themselves for not taking education seriously, and much more in another no-holds-barred interview by the former Secretary General and Minister for Presidential Affairs.

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CTWPG – 16 August 2023 – Headline

1. Gambia tries yet again to give impetus to stalling constitutional reform process
2. Minister tells youth government doesn’t create jobs but enabling environment for creators of employment
3. Gambian who headed peace effort in Sudan makes case for Banjul’s active participation in proposed Ecowas force for Niger
4. Proud Gambian? What does it mean?

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CTWPG – 14 August 2023 – Headline

1. As Niger’s military rulers dig heels in, former joint AU-UN peacekeeping mission head reflects on impact of coups.
2. Fears of new civil war in South Darfur
3. Bollywood: the politics behind the scenes
4. Migration not to blame for Australia housing crisis.
5. As Matildas head to semis Aussie demand for football gear highest in decades
6. What are the chances of Matildas defeating England Lionesses on Wednesday?

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CTWPG – 11 August 2023 – Headline

1. Ecowas leaders activate standby force for possible intervention in Niger
2. Former Liberia president and Nobel Peace laureate discourages military intervention
3. UN sponsors Gambia meeting on statelessness
4. SPONSORED: Global Properties Ltd 16th anniversary land offer
5. Friday Commentary

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CTWPG – 10 August 2023 – Headline

1. Newspaper headlines
2. Niger update
3. Government’s TVET strategy: a conversation with the Minister of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology, Prof. Pierre Gomez
4. Old Man Musing by Hassan Gibril
5. Sierra Leone coup allegations

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CTWPG – 08 August 2023 – Headline Hour 1

1. Veep Jallow opens permanent secretaries’ second quarterly retreat
2. Alagie Barrow on life as an imaginary African soldier as Ecowas leaders meet over their military agenda for Niger
3. Retiring PDOIS Sec-Gen and former Serekunda Rep, Mr Halifa Sallah on the Niger crisis and Senegal political turmoil

CTWPG 08 August 2023 Podcast Pictorial Hour 2

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CTWPG – 08 August 2023 – Headline Hour 2

Retiring PDOIS Sec-Gen and former Serekunda Rep, Mr Halifa Sallah on Govt’s assets recycling plan, visa fraud allegations against Gambia diplomats in US, why he should be respected by President Barrow, what UDP needs to hear, possibility of another opposition coalition, the challenge of running an opposition party through 3 presidents, succession and life after nearly four decades at the PDOIS summit, etc.

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CTWPG – 07 August 2023 – Headline

1. Former army commander urges National Assembly not to ratify any request for Gambian troops to Niger.
2. Government holds second quarterly retreat on civil service reforms and National Development Plan
3. Senegal jails French lawyer of opposition leader Sonko
4. More migrants, who could include Gambians, die as a result of shipwreck off Tunisia island.
5. Protest group laments lack of public enthusiasm for demonstration

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CTWPG – 04 August 2023 – Headline

1. PDOIS press conference
2. Reaction to Turkiye treatment of undocumented Gambian migrants
3. Niger cancel France military accords
4. Trump pleads not guilty
5. Mental health study result
6. Essay: environmental sanitation in The Gambia

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CTWPG – 03 August 2023 – Headline

1. Undocumented Gambians in Turkiye tell Coffee Time what harrowing experiences they are going through with local law enforcement and immigration officials and make a direct appeal to President Barrow to visit Turkiye and meet the Gambian community since embassy staff don’t seem interested in the sorry plight of the migrants.
2. Old Man Musing by Hassan Gibril

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CTWPG – 02 August 2023 – Headline

1. Macky Sall in The Gambia as Senegalese capital goes up in flames
2. Barrow applauds Sall’s democratic credentials and confers The Gambia’s highest honour
3. Pa Samba Jow slates Sall’s ‘persecution’ of political figures
4. Ecowas doubles down on Niger stance as bloc’s defence chiefs mull military operation against ruling junta
5. Workshop seeks to scale up “…agricultural value chain finance capability”
6. Cancers on the rise among young people

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CTWPG – 01 August 2023 – Headline Part 1

1. Neighbours stand with Niger in face of Ecowas military threat
2. OPINION: Alagie Barrow doesn’t buy reason for Ecowas stance on Niger
3. Senegal dissolves Ousmane Sonko’s party
4. The Sola Mahoney Podcast (August)
5. Q&A with the chairman of the National Human Rights Commission Mr Emmanuel D Joof.

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CTWPG – 01 August 2023 – Headline Part 2

Continuation: Q&A with the chairman of the National Human Rights Commission, Mr Emmanuel D Joof.

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Coffee Time With Peter Gomez – 31 July 2023 Podcast

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CTWPG – 31 July 2023 – Headline

1. Barrow and Ecowas leaders threaten use of force to reinstate ousted president of Niger
2. Chad president mediates in Niger crisis
3. France threatens retaliation for attacks on nationals and property in Niger
4. Ousmane Sonko is taken into detention in Senegal
5. Halifa Sallah launches scathing attack on “trial and error” government as FinMin Keita comes up before parliamentarians to defend Africa50 deal
6. Gambia Government evacuates 127 stranded ‘backway’ migrants from North Africa but EU deportations continue to frustrate campaigners
7. CAF maintains ban on country’s sole stadium forcing Scorpions to face Congo in Afcon qualifier it mustn’t lose
8. How the coup in Niger could expand extremism and Wagner

Coffee 31 July 2023 Podcast

Coffee Time With Peter Gomez – 27 July 2023 Podcast

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CTWPG – 27 July 2023 – Headline

1. Coup in Niger: Commission President lists drivers of insecurity in Ecowas nations
2. Coup in Niger: Lt. Col. (Rtd) Samsudeen Sarr on what makes Ecowas such volatile region
3. SPONSORED: Conversation on Gambian Social registry
4. UDP drags presidential advisers and diplomats to court, Sulayman Camara says suit is diversionary tactic by party amid damaging revelations about UPD-headed local councils
5. Old Man Musing: Good Old Bathurst – Was it really so good? by Hassan Gibril
6. Focus on Sierra Leone
7. Sinead O’Connor dies at 56

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CTWPG – 26 July 2023 – Headline

1. Newspaper headlines
2. Battle with fires on two continents
3. China’s missing foreign minister replaced
4. New warning about the risks of soft drink
5. Why Elon Musk rebranded Twitter as “X”

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CTWPG – 25 July 2023 – Headline Part 1

1. Newspaper headlines
2. Foreign Ministers gives rare press conference
3. Alagie Barrow on Gambia’s obsession with titles and decorations

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CTWPG – 25 July 2023 – Headline Part 2

Q&A with Mr Lamin Manneh, Deputy Snr Admin Secretary, UDP. In this opening section of the conversation he details some behind-the-scenes actions he initiated at the AfDB to help the Barrow Administration to hit the ground running in 2017. He also doubles down on the UDP’s position that the 2021 election was rigged and the Supreme Court ought to have heard their case.

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Continuation of Q&A with Mr Lamin Manneh, Deputy Snr Admin Secretary, UDP. Tells his interviewer about his role in the setting up of Africa50 and why the Gambia’s decision to put up its Senegambia Bridge for asset recycling should not be allowed to go through

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CTWPG – 24 July 2023 – Headline

1. Government’s uncompromising response to failures leading to AKI deaths
2. Environmental activists march in support of action against climate change
3. Guinea-Bissau suspends teachers’ pay to root out fake staff
4. Sudan: 100 days of violent conflict
5. Day 4: Women’s World Cup

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CTWPG – 21 July 2023 – Headline

1. Hosts win their openers in FIFA Women’s World Cup
2. How hosting tournament might impact women’s game in Australia
3. How much will it cost Victoria to cancel the Commonwealth Games?
4. Nigeria declares food state of emergency amid galloping inflation
5. Small typo sends thousands of US military emails to Mali
6. What happened to China’s missing foreign minister?
7. Old Man Musing: Good old Bathurst; was it really so good? – by Hassan Gibril

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CTWPG – 20 July 2023 – Headline

1. General Manager laments the lack of renewal of ferry fleet amid regular breakdowns
2. Special report on climate change and its effects on the Gambian people
3. NAMs and the SUVs: wither their conscience? – by D.A. Jawo
4. FIFA Women’s World Cup opens in New Zealand and Australia

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CTWPG – 19 July 2023 – Headline

1. Banjul-Barra ferry operators ‘dodge’ opportunity to explain latest vessel problem
2. Government to try again to sell new container charge to non-cooperative importers
3. How The Gambia is dealing with effects of climate change
4. Women’s World Cup ready for kickoff
5. Commonwealth Games cancellation prompts questions about future mega sports events

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CTWPG – 18 July 2023 – Headline Hour 1

1. Australian host city cancels 2026 Commonwealth Games for ballooning cost
2. Disappointment of Games’ cancellation
3. Gambia’s unwanted diplomats now have until end of month to complete exit from US
4. Former Tourism and Culture Minister supports Gambia’s assets recycling initiative
5. Why don’t we talk to each other anymore?

CTWPG 18 July Podcast Pictorial Hour 2

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CTWPG – 18 July 2023 – Headline Hour 2

1. Satire: What goes on in a Gambian MP’s mind?
2. Is it ethical to supply cluster bomb munitions to Ukraine?

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CTWPG – 17 July 2023 – Headline

1. Government dragged to court by families of AKI victims
2. Finance Minister Keita gives a press conference seeking to clear air about controversial asset recycling plan
3. Gambian importers unite against Government’s introduction of container tracking charge at seaport.
4. Disgraced diplomats face deadline to leave US
5. Tunisia gets EU money to stop Gambian and other Europe-bound migrants going through Tunisa
6. Standard Chartered sells Gambia, other subsidiaries to Access Bank

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CTWPG – 14 July 2023 – Headline

1. Gambia College receives aid for mental health education programme
2. High-level OIC delegation inspects projects and gauges Gambia’s preparedness for much-delayed hosting of summit
3. BCC team trained in new, safer waste management techniques
4. Government trains public procurement officers in for better performance and more effective contribution to national development
5. Police Deputy PRO irks Gambians with insistence no single attack on foreigners for more than two years
6. Concerned Citizen Samsudeen Sarr writes to Mayor asking for action against mushrooming mechanical workshops across KM, Mayor gives quick response
7. Gambia draws Cote d’Ivoire in African qualifiers for FIFA World Cup 26
8. Local poultry farmers warn of collapse of industry due to cheap poultry imports
9. Friday Commentary: Oops, it’s raining!

Coffee 14 July 2023 Podcast

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CTWPG – 13 July 2023 – Headline

1. European tourist ‘exposes’ danger to visitors to The Gambia
2. Not a single attack on a tourist in The Gambia in past two years: Police Deputy PRO
3. Benefits of Gambia Social Registry explained
4. Banjul North MP on preventive measures in his constituency a year since the ravaging floods
5. Old Man Musing: Banjul facelift
6. Focus on Sierra Leone

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Finance and Economic Affairs Minister Seedy Keita clarifies after his ‘Asset Recycling’ arrangement with Africa50 generated heated public debate. He’s joined by Transport, Works and Infrastructure Minister Alhaji Ebrima Sillah fresh from performing the Hajj

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CTWPG – 11 July 2023 – Headline Hour 1

1. Embassy staff play hide and seek with truth-seeking Pa Samba Jow in wake of visa fraud scheme costing Gambian diplomats their jobs in the US
2. ‘Generous’ Alagie Barrow commends Macky Sall on third term decision
3. Gambia puts up key bridge for asset recycling
4. Economist and politician Momodou Sabally slams Finance and Economy Minister’s decision to ‘recycle’ new Senegambia Bridge

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1. Award-winning Gambian-American educator Alhassan Susso discusses his new foundation in the Gambia, his teaching career in the US and global awards
2. Gambia Government Spokesperson and Presidential Adviser on Diaspora Affairs, Ebrima G. Sankareh, updates the programme on the visa fraud scheme engulfing the embassy in Washington, tackles some of the questions raised about the Senegambia Bridge recycling, etc

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1. BREAKING: Senior diplomats in Gambia’s Washington embassy face expulsion from US accused of visa fraud
2. HRW urges Tunisia to stop ‘collective expulsions’ of black migrants including Gambians
3. Barrow and colleagues end Bissau meeting by electing Nigeria’s Tinubu as new chair of Authority of Ecowas Heads of State and Government
4. Senegal opposition leaders hints at election disruption if he can’t run
5. Last group of Gambian pilgrims land safely at Yundum
6. Serekunda West MP slams Hajj Commission, demands “hands off Hajj arrangements”

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CTWPG – 07 July 2023 – Headline

1. EU and IDEA launch joint project to consolidate Gambia democracy
2. Reaction to former Finland minister’s derogatory comments on African women’s fertility
3. Old Man Musing: remembering the days when Gambians could roam the world hassle-free
4. US Treasury Secretary arrives in Beijing
5. Concerns over nuclear plant in Ukraine
6. Will early adopters of ‘Threads’ experience buyer’s remorse?

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CTWPG – 06 July 2023 – Headline

1. President Barrow receives update on OMVG
2. NDMA Boss on how the disaster management agency is bracing itself for another season of possible natural disaster
3. Essayist Pirjo Andersson-Bah in studio taking questions on her writing, charity work and cost of living in the Gambia

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CTWPG – 05 July 2023 – Headline

1. Gambia expects favourable ruling in court case against resources magnate Frank Timis
2. Hydara and Drammeh families relieved killer Jamie Barrow found guilty
3. El Nino returns as world experiences hottest-ever average temperatures
4. Catholic Mission Credit Union holds AGM
5. Senegal presidential race wide open after Macky rules out re-election bid
6. Israeli forces withdraw after two-day operation in occupied West Bank
7. Meta launches ‘Threads’ as Twitter’s rival

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CTWPG – 04 July 2023 – Headline Hour 1

1. Macky Sall won’t seek third term in office
2. OPINION: Do your parliamentarians truly represent your interests?
3. The Sola Mahoney Podcast (July): Elder Abuse Awareness
4. Hon. Alagie Mbowe on need for MPs’ new cars

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CTWPG – 04 July 2023 – Headline Hour 2

Q&A with Alhaji Abdoulie ‘Baax’ Touray, founder and president of Sahel Knowledge Campus Think Tank.

Talks about progress made in national development since 2017, challenges remaining and how to overcome them.

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CTWPG – 03 July 2023 – Headline

1. Gambian pilgrims excited to have completed the Hajj to Mecca go on shopping spree ahead of phased return home
2. Muslim OIC says measures needed to prevent Quran desecration
3. Abba Sanyang ‘shocks’ Barrow with premature departure but President ‘relies’ on wrong section of Constitution in accepting the resignation
4. Pa Samba Jow calls out ‘hypocrisy’ of Gambian parliamentarians who less than a week openly shed crocodile tears over a lack of incubators for our hospitals but are about to further expose their own profligacy with purchase of cars costing an estimated US$60,000 apiece
5. Alagie Barrow “dismayed” by resignation of “NPP henchman” and, like every Gambian, demands to know what Abba Sanyang did that “contravened” his position as a cabinet minister
6. Sierra Leone’s main opposition party demands rerun of general election
7. French President will do “everything possible to re-establish order” amid violent unrest

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CTWPG – 30 June 2023 – Headline

1. Gambian pilgrims prepare to journey back from annual Saudi Arabia Hajj
2. Barrow congratulates Sierra Leone’s Bio, the process of whose re-election European election observers don’t entirely endorse
3. Nigeria’s elections eroded public trust in voting: EU
4. UN peacekeeping mission in Mali set to end on June 30
5. International day in support of victims of torture observed first time in the Gambia
6. Ambitious, forward-looking Kombo East teachers form union
7. Tribute to former GCCI president, Bai Matarr Drammeh
8. Old Man Musing: Good Old Bathurst/Banjul Part II
9. Friday Commentary: Meditarrenean migrant shipwreck

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CTWPG – 27 June 2023 – Headline Hour 1

1. As temperatures climb across Saudi Arabia, Gambian pilgrims ascend Mount Arafat for Hajj 2023 climax, one pilgrim dies
2. Hon. Fatoumatta Njai, NAM Banjul South, Ind., is special guest for rest of the hour

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1. OPINION: Alagie Barrow on the leaked audio tapes of “delusional” ousted dictator Jammeh and why Gambians are losing trust in their leaders and politicians
2. Hon. Fatoumatta Njai, NAM Banjul South, Ind., is special guest for rest of the hour

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CTWPG – 26 June 2023 – Headline

1. NHRC Boss tells high school students Gambia is a secular democracy
2. Lamin Village Development Committee warns government to stop meddling in area’s land management
3. Sierra Leone in tense wait for outcome of violence-marred presidential election
4. Mali approves constitutional amendments in a referendum
5. 37 migrants missing after shipwreck between Tunisia and Italy
6. Aid stalls as fighting spreads across Sudan
7. Cracks appear in Putin’s authority
8. Real de Banjul pips Falcons to Gambian football title as newboys Greater Tomorrow send dethroned champions Hawks to life in lower league next season.

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CTWPG – 23 June 2023 – Headline

1. In the wake of the AKI emergency faced by The Gambia in the summer of 2022 and the deaths of more 70 children after ingesting toxic syrups made in India, the Medicines Control Agency has made it mandatory for pharma products from India to undergo pre-shipment inspection and certification from July 1, 2023. But is the problem the MCA personnel themselves who are accused of being conflicted? The programme welcomes newly-appointed Deputy Executive Director Essa Marenah, who doesn’t agree with suggestions that the best way to avoid another disaster on the scale of the AKI catastrophe is to fire the entire MCA leadership
2. A former UTG student union president looks for help for the urgent evacuation of a critically-ill friend, a much-loved school teacher.

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CTWPG – 22 June 2023 – Headline

1. Gambian Hajj pilgrims pray for rain, peace, betterment of people and country and bountiful harvest
2. World leaders and activists in Paris seek financial response to poverty and climate emergency
3. Barred opposition leaders could regain eligibility for Senegal’s 2024 presidential election
4. National Youth Parliament inaugurates office
5. Old Man Musing: Bathurst/Banjul – warm heart of The Gambia
6. How far away are flying cars?

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CTWPG – 21 June 2023 – Headline

1. Gambian Hajj pilgrims visit Islamic historical sites in Medina
2. Gambia tightens rules for Indian drugs after cough syrup deaths
3. Pressure group holds peaceful demonstration against interminable white-collar crime and cost-of-living crisis
4. Gambia celebrates World Refugee Day

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CTWPG – 20 June 2023 – Headline Hour 1

1. Gambian Hajj pilgrims arrive in Medina before heading to Mecca.
2. Prof. Adama Sallah of Lamtoro Medical Centre on some common illnesses during the rainy season

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1. Prof. Adama Sallah of Lamtoro Medical Centre on some common illnesses during the rainy season
2. Alagie Barrow on public officials’ response to criticism
3. National Security Adviser on benefits and perceived slow process of Security Sector Reform

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CTWPG – 16 June 2023 – Headline

1. Gambia suffers heavy flooding after torrential first rains. Forecaster says the effect is worse than expected
2. International Day of the African Child: looking at the rights of the Gambian child in the digital environment
3. IMF launches April 2023 regional economic outlook
4. Friday Commentary

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CTWPG – 15 June 2023 – Headline

1. SPONSORED: The importance of food safety
2. Old Man Musing: New weekly feature introducing the free-flowing thoughts, ideas and…yes, musings of Hassan Gibril
3. Ghana inflation rises to 42.2%
4. EU takes step towards regulating AI

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CTWPG – 14 June 2023 – Headline

1. India investigates bribery claims involving killer syrups blamed for 70 Gambian deaths
2. Finance Minister grilled on Gambia’s piling debt burden driven by Nawec black hole
3. Alleged white killer of Gambian mother and her two daughters goes on trial in Nottingham
4. Transport ministry launches action plan against deaths and injuries caused by road accidents
5. Gambia seeks to boost Afcon qualification chances with win over South Sudan
6. Commentator Alagie Barrow’s take on this year’s state-of-the-nation
7. Nigeria swears in lawmakers; other news roundup

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CTWPG – 12 June 2023 – Headline

1. PDOIS gives press conference on Barrow’s speech
2. Senegal counts the cost of its latest outbreak of political violence
3. The weekend in UK politics – former UK Prime Minister resigns as MP, former Scotland Minister arrested over party finances
4. Donald Trump indicted in classified documents probe

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CTWPG – 09 June 2023 – Headline

1. The Gambian economy faces reduced private remittance receipts and lower tourist arrivals: President Barrow in SoNA 2023
2. President’s address didn’t respond to his campaign promises: Hon. Swaebou Touray, Wuli East PDOIS
3. I have turned my back on the SoNA because of its poor timing, repetitiveness and the President’s unwillingness to address Executive issues directly with MPs: Hon. Madi Ceesay, Serekunda West, UDP
4. The SoNA is not a yearly scorecard on the President’s performance: Hon. Alhagie Mbowe, Upper Saloum, NRP
5. Friday Commentary: Education to ‘liberate’ Gambian women from dependency on men

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1. Barrow to visit National Assembly for 7th SoNA
2. UTG student union leader welcome approval of loan for Faraba campus but decries mounting infrastructure challenges
3. Barrow to commission new rural roads
4. West African human rights chiefs meet in the Gambia
5. Apple to stop autocorrect replacing profanity

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CTWPG – 07 June 2023 – Headline

1. TANGO calls for calm after deadly Senegal violence
2. Cheques on the way out; concern for seniors
3. Thousands evacuated after huge Ukrainian dam destroyed
4. Growing number of Republicans battle to become US President
5. Harry grilled in court over tabloid claim
6. Shock merger upends golf

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CTWPG – 06 June 2023 – Headline Hour 1

Q&A with Minister of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology, Prof. Pierre Gomez, on TVET

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CTWPG – 06 June 2023 – Headline Hour 2

1. OPINION: Alagie Barrow on recent statements by the ministries of the interior and trade
2. The Sola Mahoney Podcast: June 2023
3. Political unrest in Senegal: perspective of Gambia presidential aspirant Momodou Bah

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CTWPG – 05 June 2023 – Headline

1. Gambia calls for calm in Senegal
2. Senegal government cuts mobile internet access
3. Guinea-Bissau holds legislative elections amid political deadlock
4. Gambia inflation rises amid deepening cost of living crisis
5. Activists kick-start activities leading to 75th anniversary celebration of Universal Declaration of Human Rights
6. Families demand accountability after deadly India rail disaster
7. Australian wives and children of IS fighters launch legal action
8. Newcastle United on brink of snapping up Gambian wunderkind for £6m: report

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CTWPG – 02 June 2023 – Headline

1. Peter’s Rant: Why CTN’s declared suspension may be bad news for the taxpayer
2. Deadly protests rock Senegal in wake of Sonko sentencing
3. Gambia knocked out of FIFA U20 World Cup
4. Medical student Muhammed Lamin Janneh on life in Sudan
5. Friday Commentary with Pirjo Andersson-Bah

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CTWPG – 01 June 2023 – Headline

1. SPONSORED: Mobile money financial services platform looks to harness potential of Gambia’s “osussou” culture
2. Devastating impact of overfishing on local Gambian communities: Amnesty report
3. Rohey Malick Lowe sworn-in with most of her councillors boycotting the ceremony
4. Ruling party councillors explain their ‘issue’ with re-elected Banjul mayor after low-key oath ceremony
5. NPP has become “National Problem Party”: UDP Tombong Saidy
6. Macky Sall promises fair election as tensions simmer
7. Australian garlic helps fight spread of COVID-19 and flu
8. Gambia goes for history at FIFA U20 World Cup

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CTWPG – 31 May 2023 – Headline

1. The Gambia’s governance challenges and their implications
2. VP launches project to strengthen coastal resilience
3. India to tighten pharma quality checks in response to child deaths in Gambia and Uzbekistan
4. Unrest flares again in Senegal over opposition leader
5. South Korea faces plummeting birth rate
6. Warning of AI extinction risk

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CTWPG – 30 May 2023 – Headline Hour 1

1. Gambians demonstrate against forced deportations from Europe
2. GPA boss addresses controversial port tracking system introduced by company thrown out by Sierra Leone over same issue
3. OPINION: Alagie Barrow excoriates fugitive former dictator over ‘delusional’ return-to-rule declaration
4. Dr John Jabang on neurosurgical mission to save poor Gambians needing brain and spine surgeries

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CTWPG – 30 May 2023 – Headline Hour 2

Incoming Brikama Area Council Chairman, Mr Yankuba Darboe, tells West Coast Radio about his plans to develop sprawling West Coast Region

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CTWPG – 29 May 2023 – Headline

1. Gambia Supreme Islamic Council inaugurates working committees
2. Banjul hosts historic surgical scientific conference
3. Barrow attends Bola Tinubu’s inauguration as Nigeria’s President
4. Erdoğan wins another term as Türkiye President
5. US debt default averted for now
6. Senegal opposition leader faces backlash to degrading comments about rape victim

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CTWPG – 26 May 2023 – Headline

1. Campaigners plan protests in Germany and The Gambia against deportation of undocumented migrants
2. Fact-checkers find Gambian politicians ‘fond’ of misinformation
3. Gambia U20 dominate France to secure second round passage in second FIFA World Cup game in Argentina
4. OPINION: Who Is To Blame – Barrow or Darboe?
5. Celebration amplifies calls for elimination of obstetric fistula disease
6. Tina Turner remembered after death at 83

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CTWPG – 24 May 2023 – Headline

1. Wednesday’s newspaper headlines
2. West African Chief Justices, Attorneys-General and Ministers of Justice, etc, meet to scale up efforts to end region’s culture of military coups
3. The significance of Africa Day (formerly African Liberation Day and African Freedom Day)

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Dr Hamidou Jawara, Senior Researcher, Centre for Policy, Research and Strategic Studies explains the methodology used by CepRass for its last pre-election poll and clears the doubts of the ruling NPP

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Mr Sulayman Jawara, NPP Media and Communications, explains the party’s latest setback in elections in the Banjul, Kanifing, Brikama and Mansakonko LGAs

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Demba Ali “D.A.” Jawo shares some thoughts on the recent municipal polls and the 2021-2023 election cycle while Alagie Barrow weighs in with another hard-hitting essay

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1. Peter’s Rant: After a bad-tempered election cycle let’s unite and work for the common good
2. Rohey Malick Lowe Repeats: Gambia’s first female mayor is also first woman in West Africa to win re-election
3. Talib Ahmed Bensouda Repeats: Popular Kanifing mayor says he’ll work for every constituent and extends olive branch to President and his government
4. UDP leader mocks NPP

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CTWPG – 19 May 2023 – Headline

A look back at historical moments in The Gambia’s history with Mr Hassoum Ceesay, Director-General, National Council for Arts and Culture of The Gambia Elections: Have we just witnessed the nastiest election campaign in The Gambia’s history?
A Proud Legacy: Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara would have been 99 this year. We look at his legacy in the areas of environmental conservation and world peace
Banjul’s Unforgettable Shipwreck: On the 66th anniversary of its sinking we ask what led to the sinking of the ferry boat “Metta”
In Memoriam: A final word on OJ, Alieu K Jammeh and ‘Lady Fanta’
SPONSORED: Honourable Justice Edward Amoako Asante, President, Ecowas Court of Justice, on the role and challenges of the Court
OPINION: Friday Commentary with Pirjo Andersson-Bah

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CTWPG – 18 May 2023 – Headline Part I

1. Last day of campaigning in The Gambia as dog makes the list of candidates in Canadian city’s mayoral elections
2. Affable “OJ” laid to rest after conferment with Gambia’s second highest honour
3. A week after his untimely demise Alieu K Jammeh remembered

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Q&A with former Governor of the Central Bank of The Gambia Mr Bakary Jammeh

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CTWPG – 17 May 2023 – Headline

1. Tribute to Omar Amadou Jallow “OJ”
2. Japan and Unicef donate medical equipment
3. Sonko rape trial quickly postponed after opening in Dakar
4. US Congress warned AI could go “quite wrong”
5. Study finds weight gain early in life increases risk of prostate cancer

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Talib Ahmed Bensouda, UDP, tells Coffee Time why he is seeking re-election as mayor of Kanifing

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1. Newspaper review
2. Tributes to popular PPP politician “OJ”
3. OPINION: Are You Worried About Conflict in The Gambia?
4. Bakary Y. Badjie, NPP, tells Coffee Time why he is running again for mayor of Kanifing

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CTWPG – 15 May 2023 – Headline

1. Barrow kicks off stakeholder conference and donor roundtable on implementation of TRRC recommendations
2. Youths protest against Nawec utility price hikes
3. NPP to continue to fail to make an impression with metropolitan voters, survey reveals
4. Talib Bensouda seeks the support of trades union leaders
5. UDP accuses Barrow and NPP of violating the electoral code and campaign calendar

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CTWPG – 12 May 2023 – Headline

1. UDP dissociates party from campaign manager’s hurtful comments and apologises to the offended Christian community
2. Gambia’s Freetown ambassador dies suddenly
3. Health director dilates on worrying case of under-five deaths
4. Israeli airstrikes kill 28 in Gaza
5. Friday Commentary

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1. Christian religious leaders call for calm and dialogue as religious tension further divides Gambia’s long neighbourly Muslim and Christian communities
2. President Barrow gets back on the road to link more communities with new roads
3. Investigative journal “Malagen” formally launched
4. Q&A with activist Jeggan Grey-Johnson
5. Pakistan braces for more unrest after Imran Khan arrest
6. Controversial Trump era immigration policy expires
7. How have violent and graphic videos spread on Twitter?

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1. Donor roundtable later this week will consider funding for Government’s implementation of TRRC recommendations
2. Gambia embraces Single Window system to ease foreign trade
3. Donald Trump found liable for sexual abuse and defamation
4. UN condemns widespread looting amid raging Sudan conflict
5. Politics meets football in one-off NBR match dedicated to MoTIE Joof

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1. Vice Chair of FPAC explains salary and allowance structure of National Assembly Members and staff
2. “PURA acted in a way that [suggests] they want to satisfy the whims and caprices of certain people in society.” – Emily Touray
3. Gambia Press Union to meet PURA over letters to King, Home Digital and Fayda FM stations

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1. OPINION: Alagie Barrow ‘eulogises’ his ‘friend’ Denial
2. Polling on local elections conducted
3. Chief Medical Director speaks ahead of biggest ever meeting in The Gambia of scientific and surgical experts from around the globe; seeks public support for the event

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CTWPG – 08 May 2023 – Headline

1. Barrow extends electricity to country’s remotest parts
2. Bensouda offers KM voters cheaper transport, affordable housing, free social and legal services, modern road network, more efficient waste management etc, for their votes
3. EFSTH and First Lady’s foundation prepare for historic surgical and scientific conference
4. Will Britain’s King Charles be a defender of all faiths?
5. Africa news roundup

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1. Barrow opens African customs leaders’ conference
2. New microfinance established
3. Protesters make plans for King Charles’ coronation
4. Ancient coronation ceremony will embrace multi-faith leaders
5. Activist laments division resulting from veil controversy
6. OPINION: Why governments control information
7. OPINION: Human trafficking and prostitution
8. IN MEMORIAM: Dr Jimmy E Carr remembered

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1. Gambians evacuated from Sudan to be flown home from Saudi Arabia next week
2. As The Gambia’s human rights commission warns of “rising religious tension between Muslims and Christians” American author talks about book, “How to have impossible conversations”
3. Election observer shares some thoughts on high stakes mayoral election
4. Dr Pa Saikou Bojang discusses Hands On Care work with people living with HIV/AIDS
5. What does Europe’s clean energy plan mean for for Africa and the environmental footprint it will leave?

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1. Gambian writers and academics strive to promote reading and writing in indigenous languages
2. The Gambia soars in World Press Freedom Index as Senegal plummets
3. African officials meet in The Gambia to discuss the next steps in combating customs fraud
4. Sudan’s warring generals extend a truce but keep fighting
5. Sierra Leone approves Bio’s candidacy for a second presidential term
6. Western countries pile pressure on Mali over Russian Wagner Group role
7. Myanmar among countries not invited to King Charles’ coronation

Gambia Ranks 46th On RSF’s Global Press Freedom Index

The Gambia has nudged its way through the Reporters Without Borders’ global press freedom ladder as the West African nation now ranks 46th in this year’s RSF global press freedom ranking.
Exactly this time last year, RSF ranked The Gambia 50th in its world press freedom ranking.
Meanwhile, The Gambia has been ranked 5th in Africa by the international NGO as it marked World Press Freedom Day.
World Press Freedom Day is celebrated annually to promote freedom of expression and freedom of the press.
It also serves as a reminder to all governments to respect their commitment to freedom of the press.
The day also serves as a poignant reminder and special occasion for all media personnel to ensure press freedom and professionalism in their work.
“I would like to congratulate all Gambian journalists for work well done,” acknowledged RSF’s Banjul Rep. Pap Saine.
“The Gambia has made a significant progress in the world ranking,”Mr. Saine recognized.

Gambian Writers Call For Infusion Of Indigenous Languages In School System

Gambian writers have called for the streamlining of indigenous languages in the school system at
a time when some indigenous languages in the country continue to be threatened by extinction.
The Gambia has already acquired funds from the African Union(AU) for the creation of a national language policy document to promote the teaching and use of indigenous languages.
Gambian writers and authors last week met at the Alliance Franco-Gambienne to celebrate the World Book and Copyrights Day.
This year’s commemoration was themed Preserving Our Indigenous Languages.
The international book and copyright day is commemorated annually to celebrate and hail the valuable role of writers in the global community.

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1. Bakary Badgie and Talib Bensouda approved by IEC for KMC showdown
2. Badgie supporters on why the NPP candidate is best for KMC job
3. Bensouda supporters on why the UDP candidate is best for KMC job
4. Barrow’s ‘grand NPP rally’
5. Forex bureaux strike averted

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1. OPINION: Who Are The Hypocrites
2. The Sola Mahoney Podcast: May edition
3. Minister of higher education on new university funding models
4. Nigeria readies troops for Gambia Ecomig ‘peacekeeping’ assignment
5. Gambians in Turkey say their embassy doesn’t honour their calls for help
6. Q&A with Government Spokesperson and Presidential Adviser Mr Ebrima G Sankareh
7. Hijab in schools palava ends up in High Court

Gambia’s Higher Education Minister In Turkey To Lobby Scholarship Packages

The Gambia’s minister of higher education has arrived in Istanbul, Turkey where he was expected to hold vital discussions with Turkish education authorities on issues of extreme significance to possibilities of Gambians obtaining post-graduate degrees in Turkey.
Prof. Pierre Gomez travelled to Istanbul on the invitation of the Higher Education Commission of Turkey and the higher education minister and delegation were scheduled to meet the Turkish higher education minister and hold discussions with Istanbul University’s authorities.
“I’m here with my delegation to see how best we can have collaboration. Scholarship, for that matter, and develop the capacity building strategy, “Prof. Gomez told Coffee Time With Peter Gomez on the line from Istanbul on Tuesday.
He pointed out that The Gambia was keen on sending post-graduates students to Turkey to read.
“Remember, we’re giving out scholarships. We said based on our bilaterals and Turkey is one of them so that we can get scholarship for our students for post-graduate training,”Prof. Gomez disclosed.

Foreign Exchange Bureaux Will Not Down Tools Wednesday

The threat of a nationwide strike declared by foreign exchange bureaux in The Gambia has been contained.
Foreign exchange dealers last week issued a warning to close shop tomorrow following the introduction of a new reference rate by the Central Bank of The Gambia.
The dealers said the reference rate has been eroding the profitability of their businesses.
“So, the reference rate was set with a spread and unfortunately that spread did not consider the profitability of bureaux,” a leading member of the Association of Foreign Exchange Bureaux in The Gambia(ALFOBS), Momodou Muhammed Jagana, explained to Coffee Time With Peter Gomez on Tuesday.
He continued:”And, some of the banks misinterpreted the intent of the central bank. They were effectively buying the forex from the bureaux based on what we pay to customers. So, it was starting to cause losses.”
Mr.Jagana also the Country Director of JFin Money Transfer and CEO of Kuringho money services, stated that the new reference rate has started to pose challenges to members of ALFOBS in terms of pricing and services they provide.
He,however, informed Coffee Time that a silver lining has already appeared in the dark cloud hanging over the reference rate issue.
Jagana, who’s currently the vice president of ALFOBS, explained:”The governor reacted very swiftly and called us for an emergency meeting on Friday. We had a detailed discussion on the challenges we face as citizens and also as employers and contributors to tax in this economy. He(governor) was very helpful and supportive and we came up with an amicable solution.”

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1. Dozens of Gambians extracted from Sudan wait for flight to Banjul from Saudi Arabia
2. Cashew farmers meet over plans to boost production
3. Journalists For Justice organises “Victims’ Dialogue”
4. India to overtake China as world’s most populated
5. Friday Commentary: Hunger spreading across Africa

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