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  "The whole world knows about Cuba's humanist vocation and how we contribute to peace. We do not send soldiers anywhere, we send doctors,” said President Miguel Díaz-Canel in an interview published by the prestigious American weekly The Nation.   Díaz-Canel pointed out, however, that Washington included Cuba on a false list of countries that support terrorism, which has further worsened the blockade that we have experienced since we were born, he assured.   The Nation, founded in 1865, spoke exclusively with the Cuban president during his recent visit to New York, on the occasion of the High-Level segment of the 78th regular session of the United Nations General Assembly.   I thank you for allowing me to address the US public, especially the millions of Latinos and Cubans who live in this country, said Díaz-Canel, who also spoke about the future of socialism, economic difficulties and commitment to his people.   “For example, my generation, th...

Author: Pa Modou Cham Following the Gambia's accession to the African Solidarity Fund (ASF) in June 2023, the mission is currently in the country for a seven-day visit to interact with different stakeholders in the private and government sectors on how to provide various financial guarantee products to enable access to finance. The African Solidarity Fund (ASF) is a multilateral, financial guarantee institution and its purpose is to contribute to the economic and social development of its regional member states by facilitating access to credit for states and public and private enterprises in its area of operation, to finance productive investment projects, and to mobilize local and external savings, in particular by providing loan guarantees on the financial markets. In a briefing held at the Ministry of Finance at Banjul, Abdoulie Jallow, Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Finance told journalists that ASF visits to support both sovereign and nonsovereign operations while addi...

Havana- (Agencias) - The Foreign Minister of Cuba, Bruno Rodríguez, reiterated his country's invariable solidarity with the Palestinian cause and proposed several actions for a broad, fair and lasting solution to the conflict in the Gaza Strip. In a press conference, the Minister of Foreign Affairs pointed out that this solution requires, inexorably the exercise of the inalienable right of the Palestinian people to self-determination and to build their own independent and sovereign State within the pre-1967 borders and with its capital in East Jerusalem. He stressed that this position has been the historical one within the Non-Aligned Movement and the Group of 77 and China, a bloc of which the Caribbean nation holds the pro-tempo presidency. " Every moment of impunity, inaction, passivity, double standards or silence will cost more innocent lives. We must act immediately,” stressed the head of Cuban diplomacy. In this context, he pointed out that the Cuban Ministry of ...

New Euclid University Vice Chancellor Pr. Momodou Mustapha Fanneh, on Monday 23rd October 2023, paid a courtesy call to Prof. Pierre Gomez, the Minister of Higher Education, Research Science and Technology (MoHERST)  and its Permanent Secretary Dr. Yusupha Touray.  During the meeting, Pr. Fanneh briefed Minister Gomez about Euclid University's planned graduation event slated to take place in The Gambia on Wednesday, 29th November 2023 at the Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara International Conference Centre. He noted that students and diplomats from various countries around the world will be travelling to The Gambia to attend and graduate in different fields. The graduation is part of events to celebrate 10 years of Euclid University in The Gambia.  Pr. Fanneh and his team from Euclid University were warmly welcomed by the MoHERST Minister who expressed his delight and readiness to warmly welcome and host the Euclid University visiting delegation to The Gambia.   ...

  Author: Pa Modou Cham The National Association of Cooperative Credit Unions of The Gambia (NACCUG), over the weekend, held its third edition of the Credit Union Managers’ and Volunteers’ conference to raise awareness about NACCUG and the credit union movement in the country. The conference held at the NACCUG conference hall in Kanifing was been facilitated by industry experts and graced by partners, central bank representatives and other high-profile dignitaries. The theme for the year’s conference focuses on “Financial Cooperative Harnessing Resources to Promote Economic Resilience in Communities”.   Foday Sanyang, General Manager of NACCUG told this medium that they had over 32 credit unions who participated with 114 participants all across the country. He added that before the conference, the participants underwent a two-day workshop to discuss pertinent topics in risk management, Data Management, privacy, and security.   “These are issues that credit uni...

Author: Pa Modou Cham The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) has partnered with the Government of The Gambia to improve the unreliable and inadequate supply of energy and improve the investment opportunities to reduce poverty through the areas of education, transport and eco-tourism along the river Gambia. The MCC is an independent United States (US) government development agency working to reduce global poverty through economic growth. MCC was created in 2004 to provide time-limited grants that pair investments in infrastructure with policy and institutional reforms to countries that meet rigorous standards for good governance, fighting corruption and respecting democratic rights. In November 2021, MCC and the Gambia government signed a threshold program which provides 25 million US dollars to address the country’s biggest challenge to economic growth. In December 2022, the MCC board of directors selected The Gambia as eligible to also develop a compact, MCC’s five-year grant prog...

  Author: Pa Modou Cham As there are numerous ways that books influence our lives and give us insight into how other people live, Dr. Ismail D. Badjie, recently launched his new book titled ‘Life as a Hyphen’, a book that influences our thoughts on social issues. Dr. Badjie, an influential writer graduated his high school at The Gambia Senior Secondary in 2003 before vacating for his medical undergraduate studies at Tennessee State University in the United States of America is a medical expert and entrepreneur who is currently investing in the country’s health sector.   Dwelling on his impulse to write this book, Dr. Badjie explained that as a grown-up, he acknowledged the journey of self-exploration that happened in his late 20s ranging from spirituality, health, relationships, and lots of dogmas that he thinks individuals need to have a prospect to challenge lots of beliefs what were installed in them at a very young age. He said: “Once my daughter, Isha Haddy wa...