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Gambian Parliamentarians Urged To Legislate Against FGM

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Every year women die of complications associated with childbirth, with most of them being related to traditional beliefs and practices that are...

Gambian Parliamentarians Hold Bilateral Talks with Moroccan Counterparts

Picture: Fatoumata Jahumpha Ceesay

Wednesday, May 06, 2009

The Honourable Speaker of the National Assembly Madam Fatoumatta Garba Jahumpa accompanied by the Majority Leader Hon. Fabakary T. Jatta, Minority...

Nigerian High Commissioner hosts visiting Nigerian parliamentarians

Friday, March 27, 2009

Her Excellency, Esther John Audu, Nigerian high commissioner to The Gambia, yesterday evening, hosted a reception in honour of some visiting Nigerian...

Journalists capacitised on population issues

Monday, December 29, 2008

At least, 28 journalist drawn from the print and electronic media within the Network of Journalists on Population and Development last Saturday...

As You Come Back Home from Ghana

Monday, December 08, 2008

One of the many benefits of visiting new places is picking up fresh ideas for doing things, so we hope that the Gambian parliamentarians who...

NAMs call for control of food products

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

As the National Assembly opens its third annual meeting, parliamentarians have raised concerns over the long standing phenomenon of uncontrolled...

Two Gambian Parliamentarians Return From Delta State

Picture: Sen. Patrick Osakwe and Hon. Sulayman S. Joof

Tuesday, August 05, 2008

Hon. Sulayman Joof Vice Chairman, Joint Committee on Administration and Finance, Economic Policies and Budget Control and Hon. Momodou Sanneh a...

FJC Off To Zimbabwe as African Union Observer

Picture: Fatoumata Jahumpa Ceesay (Speaker of the National Assembly)

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Hon Fatoumatta, speaker of the National Assembly, accompanied by four parliamentarians will leave Banjul today for Zimbabwe as an African Union...

ECOWAS Parliamentarians on Gender Mainstreaming

Picture: Madam Aminata Dibba

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

In a bid to enhance the knowledge and capacities of ECOWAS Parliamentarians on gender related issues, the ECOWAS Gender and Development Center...

NYP set for local gov’t elections

Thursday, January 17, 2008

The national youth parliament has announced that they are poised to embark on a sensitization campaign for youths and students on the upcoming local...