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Tennis Head Coach, Philip Akibogun Calls for More Support

Wednesday, April 08, 2009

Supporting has played and is still playing a major role in elevating the country’s name to higher heights at the status of international rankings and...

GTBank Licensed as a ‘’Principal Member’’ of Visa International

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Becomes the 1st Gambian Bank to Achieve the Status Guaranty Trust Bank scored another ‘first’ in the history of banking and financial services in...

National National Women’s Council Represents all Women - Executive Director

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

The Executive Director of Women’s Bureau Mrs. Aja Ida Faye Hydara, has informed The Point that the National Women’s Council represents the interests...

Football coaches meet on Saturday

Thursday, January 15, 2009

The Gambia football coaches will hold their annual general meeting on Sunday, January 18, at the Gamabia National Olympic House situated at Mile 7,...

UGANDA: 'One million to test' campaign logs first victory

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Thursday, November 27, 2008

KAMPALA Thursday, November 27, 2008 (IRIN) - More than 1,000 people were recently tested for HIV at a busy marketplace in the Ugandan capital,...

UGANDA: Draft HIV bill's good intentions could backfire

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Monday, November 24, 2008

KAMPALA Monday, November 24, 2008 (IRIN) - AIDS activists in Uganda have slammed a proposed new law that will force HIV-positive people to reveal...

Statement of John McCain of the Republican Party

Tuesday, November 04, 2008

Today we are seeing how, in so many ways, Washington is on the wrong track. We need change and I know how to deliver it. The status quo is not on the...

Susan Waffa Ogoo is Gambia’s New UN Rep

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Monday, April 21, 2008

Mrs. Susan Waffa-Ogoo, the recently appointed High Commissioner to India, has now been appointed Gambia’s Permanent Representative to the United...

KENYA: Blood donors encouraged to learn HIV status

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Sunday, March 02, 2008

Blood donation drives held in Kenya in recent weeks to meet the need created by post-election violence have highlighted the shortage of regular blood...

SUDAN: HIV status a closely guarded secret for most

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Monday, February 18, 2008

Fadia Awad offers us sweets, a traditional Sudanese gesture of hospitality, and then asks if we are going to refuse them, as all her neighbours do. ...