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Azhar Sheikh denies awareness of shaking hands with Israeli President

CAIRO: Amid a media frenzy targeting Azhar Sheikh Mohamed Sayed Tantawy for shaking hands with the Israeli President last month, an ex-deputy Azhar sheikh is blaming the Egyptian delegation’s lack of professionalism. Local press published pictures showing Tantawy shaking hands with Israeli President Shimon Peres during a UN-sponsored religious dialogue conference in the US last month.Tantawy told the Egyptian press that he did not know Peres, who has served twice as Israeli Prime Minister and...

LIPS Leading in Professionalism

Manylearning institutions including proffessional ones are springing up in thecountry and many are benefiting from them each day. Lamin Institute of Professional Studies has stood up on its feet to be seen as amillennium goal contributor and is doing so at a very fast pace. Pa ModouBojang went along to find out when, why, who are behind the success of LIPSsituated away from the city yet outstanding during its 5 years of existence.The secret behind this has been highlighted and it shows how...

The Big Read “Super- power Gambia”

President Jammeh’s Post-AU Summit Speech: "Gambia is a super power" "First of all, I want to thank the Almighty Allah for making it possible. Secondly, I want to thank the Gambian people, friends of the Gambia and all Africans and none Africans who made the summit a great success. The Gambia is the smallest country in Africa and is described as one of the poorest countries in Africa and also one of the smallest countries in terms of population and land-size. These are facts that cannot be...

Bravo Daily Observer !

Editor, Can you please allow me space in your widely read and reputable  newspaper to commend the general staff of the Daily Observer newspaper for your  fore sight in updating The Gambian populace about current affairs taking place in the country. I always find your new items interesting and enjoyable. The staff  are obviously demonstrating a real sense of professionalism to their work, as the service they render to The Gambian population at large suggest. The way you feature your articles...

Ferry chaos in Banjul

There was total breakdown of authority and services at the ferries last Sunday night, between the hours of 20:24 and 21:50, as the Kanilai ferry was unable to dock and let off busy travellers, among them returnees from their weekly weekend outings to the countryside. This was caused by the much talked about installation of the new ramps at the (Banjul-Barra entry and exit points).   The Kanilai ferry had departed Barra at 19:47 heading to Banjul on a very high tide. The ferry did very well to...

Special Forces at GAF - as 2008 bill amended to create new units

Following the amendment of The Gambia Armed Forces (GAF) Bill 2008 on Monday at the National Assembly, three new special units - The Republican Guards, The National Guards and Special Forces will now be created at GAF to expand its definition. The creation of these units within GAF, is prompted with the present day security threats characterised by terrorism, armed robbery, cross-border crimes and other social ills that not only threaten the peace and security of this country, but the continent...

"Gambia Needs Such a Man"

Kuwaiti development partner lauds Jammeh’s efforts Mr Wail Abuljebin, the chairman and managing director of UNETEC, the consultancy company behind all the massive infrastructural development programmes in the Gambia (including the Kombo Coastal Highway, the International Airport and the Northbank and Southbank highways) paid a courtesy call on President Jammeh at State House on Friday. This is what Mr Wail Abuljebin had to say to reporters after his meeting with His Excellency the President....

S/Leoneans Praise Jammeh

A delegation of Sierra Leonean members of President Koroma’s APC ruling party, Gambia Branch, called at State House, yesterday, to pay their respects to His Excellency Alhaji Dr Yahya AJJ Jammeh. The group was received by the secretary general and SoS for Energy, Honourable Ousman Jammeh, the PS at the President’s Office, Dr Njogu Bah and the PS, Foreign Affairs, Mawdo Touray. The group expressed delight at the relationship between The Gambia and Sierra Leone, "two sister countries from way...