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Coach Sarr’s regret over Wafu team selection

Alagie Sarr, the coach of the Gambia Under 20 team that is currently participating in the WAFU Under 20 Championships in Nigeria has told Observer Sports that he has a regret about coming with a relatively weakened side for the two-week youth event.  The Gambia drew 1-1 with Guinea in their opening match on Saturday and a win against Senegal on yesterday, would see them put one foot in the quarter-final stage. Few hours before taking on Ghana however, coach Sarr was already discouraged by what...

200 strike at Al-Kharafi

At least 200 employees of the Al-Kharafi Construction Group, working at the Banjul International Airport Improvement Project, have begun a sit-down strike, for the alleged failure of the management to fully settle their January salaries. The workers also accused the management of ‘unjustifiably” sacking 15 of their colleagues, and decried the lack of a compensation package for accidents and emergency, and disregard of safety precautions. They are also demanding 20 per cent increase of...

D5.7M for health personnel

In a bid to retain and improve the living conditions of health personnel (doctors and nurses) in the country, the government of The Gambia, has allocated D5.7M as a new incentive package for the monthly allowances of health personnel in the country. Confirming this to the Daily Observer, Dr Tamsir Mbowe, Secretary of State for Health and Social Welfare, congratulated President Yahya Jammeh on this development, saying that the allocation will help towards curbing instances of brain drain, as...