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Current Feed ContentSlavery Still Exists- Secy Grey-Johnson Mr. Crispin Grey-Johnson, Secretary of State for Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology, has asserted that Africans are the victims of the trans-Atlantic slave trade that lasted for some four hundred years. He reiterated that the slave trade did not only cause untold misery, suffering and damage to Africans, but that it also led to the colonisation of the continent and the institutionalisation of racism, especially in the Americas and certain parts of the...Gambia Receives 800,000 Euros from FranceTheSecretary of State for Finance and Economic Affairs, Mr. Musa Bala Gaye, onThursday signed a French-backed financial assistance agreement for thepromotion of the French language in The Gambia’s education sector, according toa press release. Mr Bala Gaye signed the agreement- pledging a total amount of800,000 Euros(Eight hundred thousandeuros)- on behalf of The Gambia Government while with the French Ambassador,Christophe Rufin, signed on behalf of the French Government. His...556 Police Officers PromotedThe Point can confirm that a total of 556 police officers were promoted last Wednesday to various ranks. According to Inspector Sulayman Secka, the police spokeperson, out of that total figure 38 officers were promoted to the rank of Chief Inspector. 79 were promoted to the rank of Inspector, 39 were promoted to the rank of Sub-Inspector, 144 were promoted to the rank of Sergeant and 256 to the rank of Corporal. According to him, this kind of promotion has never happened in the history of... |
