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Long before the mandate of the Ecowas Mission in The Gambia (ECOMIG) was extended by West African regional leaders in January 2021, the debate has been on over whether its peacekeepers have overstayed their welcome.
There was general consternation by internet users in The Gambia earlier this week over a network slowdown and eventual outage which lasted for more than four hours on Tuesday.
An ongoing peacekeeping mission by the regional ECOMIG forces in The Gambia has been extended by a year, local reports suggest, quoting the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Tuesday.
The Gambia has announced a ban on all live chickens from neighbouring Senegal following an outbreak of the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) Bird Flu in that country, APA learnt on Monday.
Two cases of a new variant of coronavirus detected in the United Kingdom have been confirmed in The Gambia by the country’s Health minister, APA can report on Friday.
The Senegambia bridge has been temporarily closed after an overturned truck disrupted traffic on it on Monday and Tuesday, APA can report.
The race to state house may still be at least 12 long months away but the political space in The Gambia is already crowded thanks to a teeming number of politicians taking to the field ahead of schedule.
Police in The Gambia have launched an operation to hunt down and clear stray animals from the streets of the country’s major towns and cities.
The Gambia Football Federation has been slapped a $100, 000 fine by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) over unsportsmanlike conduct over last month’s Nation’s Cup qualifier against Gabon, APA can report on Wednesday.
The Confederation of African Football says it is opening an investigation into allegations by a visiting Gabonese football delegation that its members were “detained” at the airport in Banjul ahead of a crucial Africa Cup of Nations match against The Gambia.