Senegal Reports Bird Flu Outbreak On A Poultry Farm In The Thies Region
Senegal has reported an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu on a poultry farm in the Thies region, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said on Thursday. It has been reported that 58,000 birds in the 100,000 strong flock were killed. H5N1 – a type of influenza virus – causes a highly infectious, severe respiratory More...
Gambian Businesses Reflects 2020 & It’s Challenges
As the New Year 2021 rolls into the lives of people, our VOD reporter went round to seek the views of Gambians mainly engaged in services, buying and selling in the past year 2020. For many businessmen, they More...
Human Rights Commissioners First Retreat In Two Years Of Existence
By Hatab Nyang The retreat, which was held from the 16th to the 19th of December at the West Coast Village of Kanilai, brought together the Commissioners and staff of the Commission for the first time in their More...
Rampant Juvenile Fishes In Gunjur Beach
By: Hatab Nyang December 19th,2020 Gunjur Beach is rampant with juvenile Bonga Fish and some juvenile catfishes. This reporter observed since the opening of the Golden Lead Fishmeal Factory on November 31st,2020 More...
‘Gambia Must Prioritise Human Development’
Omar Janneh, Director of Admin and Human Resources at Central Bank of The Gambia has said that a developing country like The Gambia must prioritize human development. Mr Janneh who made these remarks during More...
National Council for Civic Education- ‘Where there is peace, there is development’
Ansumana Ceesay, National Council for Civic Education (NCCE) senior program officer has said that where there is peace, there is always development. He therefore called on citizens to safeguard the peace and stability More...
Investing in MSMEs, Poverty & Unemployment In The Gambia
Amson Sibanda, Chief, National Strategies and Capacity Building Branch, Division for Sustainable Development Goals (UNDESA) has said that investing in MSMEs would not only contribute to the eradication of poverty More...
Gambian embassy-‘taken aback’ by Canadian border agent who used irregular channels to obtain a passport for deportation
Ebrahim Toure’s lawyer started asking questions a month ago about the irregularities with a passport and birth certificate obtained by the Canada Border Services Agency to deport his client to Gambia. At More...
MSMEs contributes 20% of Gambia’s GDP, says VP Touray
Dr. Isatou Touray, vice president of The Republic of The Gambia has said that in The Gambia MSMEs contribute approximately 20% of our GDP, adding that as a government they recognize the significant contribution More...
End violence against women and girls’, says Tabu Njie
Tabu Njie-Sarr, coordinator CSO Gender Platform has called on all and sundry to end violence against women and girls. However, she added that both men and women suffer violence. Madam Njie-Sarr made these remarks More...
