Gambia News – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com Breaking News, Nigeria News and Top Stories Thu, 19 Jan 2017 19:19:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://www.theinfostride.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/cropped-The-InfoStride-Favicon-150x150.png Gambia News – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com 32 32 Rumble in the Gambia as Yahya Jammeh stay put https://www.theinfostride.com/rumble-in-the-gambia-as-yahya-jammeh-stay-put/ Thu, 19 Jan 2017 19:19:19 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=154166 The Gambia shouldn’t be at the centre of global attention. But it is. Thanks to the intransigence of a man who has been in power for too long, the tiny African country is in the spotlight. At stake is the future of democracy in the Gambia and the refusal of Yahya Jammeh, one of the [...]

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]]> What Is It Like Being A Journalist In Gambia? https://www.theinfostride.com/being-a-journalist-in-gambia/ Tue, 01 Sep 2015 20:05:49 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/09/being-a-journalist-in-gambia/ Unlike some of its West African neighbours, Gambia has enjoyed relative stability, portrayed in tourist brochures as an idyllic holiday destination. But it’s also a country whose government is well known for intolerance to dissent. Gambians have been imprisoned, exiled and even allegedly disappeared for being critical of President Yahya Jammeh and his government. Our [...]

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]]> IMF Mission Reviews Policy Implementation under the ECF in The Gambia https://www.theinfostride.com/imf-mission-reviews-policy-implementation-under-the-ecf-in-the-gambia/ Thu, 21 Nov 2013 13:52:00 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2013/11/21/imf-mission-reviews-policy-implementation-under-the-ecf-in-the-gambia/ BANJUL, Gambia, November 21, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — A mission from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), led by Bhaswar Mukhopadhyay, visited Banjul during November 7- 20, 2013, to review policy implementation of The Gambia’s economic program supported by the IMF’s Extended Credit Facility (ECF).1 The mission met with Vice-President Aja Dr. Isatou Njie Saidy, [...]

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]]> GAMBIA’S VICE PRESIDENT SAYS ENERGY ACCESS IS VITAL TO PEACE AND SECURITY https://www.theinfostride.com/gambias-vice-president-says-energy-access-is-vital-to-peace-and-security/ Thu, 21 Nov 2013 12:36:00 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2013/11/21/gambias-vice-president-says-energy-access-is-vital-to-peace-and-security/ BANJUL, Gambia, November 21, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Vice President of The Gambia, Dr. Isatou Njie-Saidy, has said that availability and access to modern energy services is not only vital to reducing poverty in West Africa but also critical in maintaining peace and security. She made the declaration while delivering the keynote address [...]

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]]> Fourth ERERA Forum on Regional Electricity Regulation to begin in Banjul https://www.theinfostride.com/fourth-erera-forum-on-regional-electricity-regulation-to-begin-in-banjul/ Sat, 16 Nov 2013 10:14:00 +0000 http://apo.theinfostrides.com/africa/fourth-erera-forum-on-regional-electricity-regulation-to-begin-in-banjul/ BANJUL, Gambia, November 16, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Some 150 participants from West Africa and elsewhere are expected to attend the fourth annual Forum on regional electricity regulation of the ECOWAS Regional Regulatory Authority (ERERA), which will take place on 20th and 21st November 2013 in Banjul, The Gambia. Designed to promote cooperation and [...]

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