Africa, World

The passionate, lyrical voice of the poet from Martinique was part of a lifework that embrace négritude, Marxism and surrealism all in one, says Nira...

"We can get there because we are nearly there". These are the words of the country representative of UNICEF in the Gambia, Min Whee Kang. It was...

    A center for the harmonization of school of thought and its website will be lunched Sunday the 27th April 2008 at latri Kunda town of Serekunda...

Editor Please, allow me space in your widely read newspaper to commend the organisers of the forthcoming Roots Homecoming Festival due in a few...

John Holmes, the UN's top humanitarian official, has called on all parties in the Somali conflict to protect civilians amid an increasing trend of...

Gambian football lovers are still waiting to know who will lead the Scorpions in their bid for a place at the 2010 World Cup finals, to be hosted in...

After years of delays the Mali national cotton company, Malian Company for Textile Development (CMDT), is on the verge of privatisation with bids for...

The National Council of The Gambia Young Men Christian Association (YMCAs) recently launched a skills training and enterprise development project for...

The following is a letter received by The Point and relating to youth matters. Please read on. Editor,     Please allow me a space in your...

Anecdotal evidence is suggesting more and more that petty theft is on the increase in The Gambia. This is bad enough for those people who live here...