Oct 14,2008 by
 Despite 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]
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Oct 14,2008 by
 Senegalese 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]
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Oct 13,2008 by
 The 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]
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Oct 13,2008 by
 Gambia'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]
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Oct 13,2008 by
 Mauritania 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]
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Oct 13,2008 by
 The 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]
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Oct 13,2008 by
 The 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]
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Oct 11,2008 by
 Senegal'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]
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Oct 10,2008 by
 President 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]
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Oct 10,2008 by
 A 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]
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Oct 10,2008 by
 A 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]
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Oct 10,2008 by
 A 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]
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Oct 10,2008 by
 The 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]
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Oct 10,2008 by
 The 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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