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The State of the Nation or the State of Denial
The Standard Gambia
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June 24, 2025
- Advertisement - By Ndey Jobarteh President Barrow’s 2025 State of the Nation Address was grand in delivery, but hollow in substance. It was not a report card; it was a cover-up. Behind the glossy numbers lies a grim reality of debt, dependency,...
ASSEMBLY RECOMMENDS PUNITIVE ACTIONS AGAINST 2 MINISTERS, OTHERS OVER RUSSIAN OIL SCANDAL
The Standard Gambia
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June 27, 2025
- Advertisement - By Tabora Bojang The joint committee of the Public Finance Accounts Committee (FPAC) and Public Enterprise Committee (PEC) into a suspected dubious importation and sale of petroleum products from a Russian ship has recommended a...
Barrow unveils ambitious road projects in new era of connectivity
The Point
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The government’s comprehensive strategy focuses on upgrading existing roadways and constructing new routes aimed at ensuring better access between urban and rural areas. This transformation is expected to facilitate trade, improve transportation...
Yeslem Beisat: Championing Sahrawi people’s foreign interests, By Owei Lakemfa
Premium Times
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June 29, 2025
Yeslem Beisat So, what is the current state of affairs? Beisat said that since November 2020 when Morocco again attacked Western Sahara, seizing more lands, hostilities between the two armies have resumed. He pointed out that while Morocco claims...
Ensuring safe maritime environment for our sailors!
The Point
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Despite, this multi-million-dollar enterprise, mainly controlled by wealthy individuals, the sector is one linked to widespread harassment and discrimination especially working in foreign vessels. Annually, June 25 is marked as International...
Conversations with Yeslem Beisat, Championing Sahrawi People’s Foreign Interests
The News Chronicle
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June 27, 2025
I went to a meeting in Abuja with the visiting Western Sahara –Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic- Foreign Minister. It was arranged by Ambassador Brahim B. Buseif, the country’s ambassador in Nigeria. I was received by Buseif and a friend,...
Rongo’s Lawyer Tells Court Client Will Rely on Fewer Documents
Foroyaa Newspaper
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June 25, 2025
By Nelson Manneh Counsel Borry Touray, the attorney for Mr. Momodou L. Jarju, commonly known as Rongo, told the court that his client has decided to reduce most of his bulky documented evidence and rely on a few selected ones to prove his ongoing...
Challenge of Sustaining On-time Performance
This Day
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June 27, 2025
Chinedu Eze Flight delay and cancellation have been a problem associated with Air Peace over the years that it seemed as if it is the only airline that fails to keep to its take off time. In order to address frequent flight cancellation, the...
EFSCRJ raises concerns over the 67th ordinary session of Ecowas
The Standard Gambia
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June 26, 2025
- Advertisement - By Madi Jobarteh The Edward Francis Small Centre for Rights and Justice hereby expresses its deep concern at the outcome of the 67th ordinary session of Ecowas leaders held on 22 June 2025 in Abuja, Nigeria. After reviewing the...
Ecuador Revokes Visa-Free Transit for 34 African Countries
News Central TV
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June 23, 2025
Ecuador has officially revoked visa-free transit privileges for citizens of 45 countries, including 34 from Africa, in a sweeping overhaul of its immigration and border control policies. Under the new directive, travellers from the affected...
Researchers make concerning discovery after noticing iconic birdsong growing quieter: 'Having a big impact'
The Cool Down - Oregon
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June 24, 2025
The songs of the English nightingale have grown softer in recent years as its numbers plummet, and now researchers have uncovered the alarming reason why, BBC Countryfile reported. What's happening? Nightingales are common throughout Europe, but...
‘It’s heartbreaking’: bad cancer drugs shipped to more than 100 countries
Dawn
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June 26, 2025
Vital chemotherapy drugs used around the world have failed quality tests, leaving cancer patients in more than 100 countries at risk of ineffective treatments and potentially fatal side effects. The drugs in question form the backbone of treatment...
Zohran Mamdani's full victory speech after NYC Democrat mayoral primary
The Post Millenial
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June 25, 2025
"That new day is finally here. And it is here because you have delivered." On Tuesday evening, socialist Zohran Mamdani became the Democratic nominee in New York City's mayoral race, beating out former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and other...
Generic cancer drugs used around the world fail quality tests, investigation shows
STAT - Massachusetts
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June 25, 2025
Vital chemotherapy drugs used around the world have failed quality tests, putting cancer patients in more than 100 countries at risk of ineffective treatments and potentially fatal side effects, an investigation by the Bureau of Investigative...
The U.S. Is Making Prison Deals in Other Countries
Esquire
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June 26, 2025
Is it possible for a nation of Reichstags to develop a world full of gulags, or does that stretch historical analogies beyond the breaking point? Let’s let the Intercept settle this question. An Intercept investigation finds that the Trump...
Zohran Mamdani: “We Can Demand What We Deserve”
Jacobin
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Tonight we made history. In the words of Nelson Mandela: “It always seems impossible until it is done.” My friends, we have done it. I will be your Democratic nominee for the mayor of New York City. An hour ago, I spoke with Andrew Cuomo about the...
Beware of spurious cancer drugs
Nepali Times
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June 25, 2025
Vital chemotherapy drugs used around the world have failed quality tests, leaving cancer patients in more than 100 countries at risk of ineffective treatments and potentially fatal side effects, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism (TBIJ)...
'Heartwarming and hilarious' reality series returns soon with brand new cast
Manchester Evening News
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June 23, 2025
Fans of reality TV romance are in for a treat as 90 Day Fiancé UK is set to return with a new season, following seven British couples and their long-distance partners on their global quest for love. The fourth season, which returns on July 13 on...
How the Iran-Israel war shut down the Middle East's airspace
The New Arab
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June 25, 2025
"NO DEPARTURES AND ARR DUE AIRSPACE RESTRICTION UNTIL FURTHER ADVISE" This was the message received at 3.30 pm GMT on Monday via ACARS (satellite messaging) by hundreds of airliners in the vicinity of Qatari airspace. Speculation had mounted since...
Zohran Mamdani's Victory Speech in Full
Newsweek
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June 25, 2025
Zohran Mamdani declared victory in New York City's Democratic mayoral primary on Tuesday night, after former governor Andrew Cuomo conceded the race in a stunning upset. Mamdani, a 33-year-old Democratic socialist who galvanized voters with an...