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Gambia Britons on sedition charge

admin — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:01:46 +0000

Two British Christian missionaries have been charged with sedition in the West African state of the Gambia. Mr Fulton, a former army major, is said to be held at a high security jail outside the capital, Banjul. A friend said Mrs Fulton is being treated well, but there were concerns for her husband.

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Bakau Women Gardeners Cry for Help

admin — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:13:40 +0000

Inadequate vegetable seeds, water, insecticides, garden materials, storage facilities, a competitive market, as well as a good fence is causing a lot of damages in the agricultural sector and indeed hindering good harvest in all farming and gardening activities.

One out of such examples is the Bakau women’s horticultural garden.

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Crofter who built own road inspires African villagers to do the same

admin — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:28:21 +0000

Villagers in Gambia failed to win state funding for their project, and once they have built their road it will be named after the Raasay crofter, who died in 1988.

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Deafness fear for Gambian girl facing deportation

admin — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 06:40:11 +0000

A toddler who underwent a series of operations to improve her hearing is facing a lifetime of total deafness after the Home Office refused her family permission to stay in the UK. Fatima Chaw’s hearing was damaged when she contracted meningitis a few weeks after she was born in Crawley, south London.

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Fund raising show at Bakau Lower Basic School, Gambia

admin — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 07:40:40 +0000

Bakau Lower Basic School, on Friday, organised a musical fund raising show with the famous DJ Lamin Cham, of the Champion Sound system at the Bakau Lower Basic school ground.

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Gambian First Lady launches Unicef 2008 report

admin — Fri, 30 May 2008 23:03:04 +0000

The First Lady Madam Zineb Yahya Jammeh has launched the Unicef State of the World
’s Children Report 2008 on behalf of President Jammeh, at a ceremony held at the Sheraton Hotel in Brufut heights. The theme for this year’s launch is “Child Survival”.

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A worthy cause deserves supporting

admin — Thu, 29 May 2008 17:51:39 +0000

Noble initiatives are distinguishable not only by how they are conceived or who conceived them, but also for what they are conceived for. In other words, the choices of societal problems such initiatives are set to tackle tell them apart from those that aim at merely solving individual concerns.

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A Friendship Thrives, With a Sack of Rice

admin — Tue, 13 May 2008 08:45:38 +0000

Night falls quickly in Africa. Under a half-moon and partly cloudy sky, a single kerosene lantern silhouetted the contestants against the blackened backdrop.

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Rising Grain Prices Panic Developing World

admin — Tue, 13 May 2008 08:41:40 +0000

SHANGHAI — A spike in the price of rice and other food staples is triggering consumer panic, including food riots in Yemen and Morocco, and hoarding in Hong Kong.

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Rural Water Project Improves Lives

admin — Tue, 13 May 2008 08:27:45 +0000

The rural water project initiative, which resulted from the long-term bilateral co-operation between the governments of the Gambia and Japan, has been taking pace in the rural areas, especially in areas around of the Lower River Region, most notably, in the Districts of Kiang.

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