Gambian health experts are warning that more Gambian children are dying from malaria despite an intensive campaign against the disease and the provision of heavily subsidised anti-malaria drugs by the government.

Africa's many coups have led some countries on the continent to devise other ways of engaging their armed forces. The aim is to make the military more productive and relevant to society, instead of toppling elected governments. In The Gambia, the army men and women are being provided with various skills including farming.

The Committee to Protect Journalists has condemned the October 17 arson attack on the offices of the private, biweekly Independent newspaper, located in a suburb of the capital, Banjul.

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, leading journalists and media executives, has expressed its concern at the disappearance of Abdoulie Sey, the editor-in-chief of the bi-weekly Independent newspaper.