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Oct 13,2008

Gambia News : Gambia makes history, qualifies for third round

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Gambian senior national team, the Scorpions, Saturday made history, by qualifying, for the first time, for the third round of the World and African Nations cup competitions' next stage. Following their goalless draw in Banjul with the Taranga Lions of Senegal and a 1-1 draw in Dakar, Gambia qualified for the World and African Nations cup tournaments, which draws will be held in Zurich, Switzerland ...
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Oct 14,2008  by

Gambia News : Gambia Out Of World and African Cup Qualifiers


imageDespite a brilliant performance against Senegal last Saturday in Dakar, The Gambia’s hope of reaching the next stage of the World Cup/Nations Cup qualifiers was dashed when they drew 1-1. Ordinarily, the draw should ... [Gambia News]


Oct 14,2008  by

Gambia News : Senegal fires soccer coach Lamine Ndiaye after draw with Gambia


imageSenegalese national coach Lamine Ndiaye was sacked Monday after visiting Gambia locked hosts Senegal to a disastrous 1-1 draw in the CAN-World Cup joint qualifiers. As a result, Senegal will stand aloof of international contest for three-year, which sent irate fans in ... [Gambia News]


Oct 13,2008  by

Gambia News : IFJ condemns arrest of Gambian journalist


imageThe International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) Monday condemned the arrest and subsequent bail of journalist Pa Modou Bojang of Yiriwa FM radio by the officials of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) in The Gambia. According to an IFJ release to APA, “journalists ... [Gambia News]


Oct 13,2008  by

Gambia News : Gambia's VP opens WAJA Excellence Awards


imageGambia's vice president Aja Isatou Njie Saidy will deliver the keynote address at the first edition of the West African Journalists Association (WAJA) Excellence Awards, to be hosted by the Gambia Press Union (GPU) here on Thursday, 16 October 2008. According to ... [Gambia News]


Oct 13,2008  by

Gambia News : Mauritania deports 139 illegal Gambian migrants


imageMauritania on Friday deported 139 Gambians who were attempting to travel illegally to the Canary Islands, official sources said here. The illegal migrants were intercepted Friday morning by a coastguard vessel of the gendarmerie off the Mauritanian coast after leaving Banjul ... [Gambia News]


Oct 13,2008  by

Gambia News : West African journalists honour slain Gambian colleague


imageThe West African Journalists Association (WAJA) will Thursday, 16 October, honour the late proprietor and editor of the Point Newspaper, Deyda Hydara, who was gunned down 16 December 2004, with the conferment of a posthumous Lifetime Achievement Award. A press statement from ... [Gambia News]


Oct 13,2008  by

Gambia News : Gambians Monday enjoy public holiday following draw with Senega


imageThe Gambian President Yahya Jammeh, on Sunday declared 13 October as a public holiday to "properly" celebrate the one-all draw against Senegal in the African Cup of Nations and the World Cup soccer elimination series. Radio Gambia described the draw as a ... [Gambia News]


Oct 11,2008  by

Gambia News : Violence follows Senegal exit


imageSenegal's failure to make it to the final stage of qualifying for the 2010 World and Africa Cup of Nations was met by a hail of missiles from their fans in Dakar. A 1-1 draw with local rivals Gambia left the Teranga Lions ... [Gambia News]


Oct 10,2008  by

Gambia News : Jammeh Grants Amnesty to 14 Prisoners


imagePresident Yahya Jammeh on Thursday 2ndOctober 2008 granted remission of the remaining unserved sentences of imprisonment of the following people: Bully Bojang, Manyima Hydara, Amie Jabang, Adama Gaye, Abdoulie Camara, Ousman Sanyang, Ebrima Secka, Muhammed Banura and Pa Chaw, all Gambians. Mansour Diop and Vieux ... [Gambia News]


Oct 10,2008  by

Senegalese butcher fined for defying President Jammeh's ultimatum


imageA magistrate court in Gambia has ordered a Senegalese butcher, Abdoulie Njorr, to pay a fine of 5,000 Gambian dalasis (approximately 238 US dollars) or face a four-month jail term after finding him guilty of selling beef above the presidential fixed price, sources ... [Gambia News]


Oct 10,2008  by

Gambia News : Jail for Gambian mental health nurse who raped patients


imageA Gambian mental health nurse who raped two of his patients has been jailed for at least four-and-a-half years.   John Mendy, 33, who worked at St Martin’s Hospital in Canterbury, will also be deported back to Gambia when he ... [Gambia News]


Oct 10,2008  by

Gambia News : Gambia cocaine swallowers face jail


imageA father and son who admitted swallowing packages of cocaine after agreeing to buy them during a trip to Africa have been warned they face jail. Paul and Michael Clynes needed emergency hospital treatment after suffering stomach problems when they swallowed ... [Gambia News]


Oct 10,2008  by

Gambia News : Scorpions Captain Calls For Calm


imageThe captain of the Gambia senior national team, Ebou Sillah has urge the Gambian fans travelling to Dakar, Senegal for the most crucial derby game between the Gambia and Senegal in the World and African cup preliminaries round to stay calm and avoid no ... [Gambia News]


Oct 10,2008  by

Gambia News : Gambia slides on Mo Imbrahim governance scale


imageThe West African state of Gambia slid on the Mo Ibrahim Index of African governance scale for 2008 to 55.2 per cent from 55.8 per cent the previous year. According the 2008 Mo Ibrahim Index of African governance published by the Mo Ibrahim ... [Gambia News]



  
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