Nominated Member of the National assembly Fatoumatta Jahumpa Ceesay has reiterated the strides government has made in empowering Gambian women, citing the adoption and ratification of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (Cedaw) as an example of progress.

Concern Universal (CU) requires a Project Co-ordinator to ensure the effective management and implementation of its conflict prevention and enterprise development programme.

Editor-in-Chief Abdoulie Sey and Managing Editor Alagi Yorro Jallow, both of the Banjul daily Independent newspaper have received a series of death threats from unknown persons, who vow to eliminate them in retaliation for reports published by the paper.

One Gambian was killed while another was rendered lame for life after they were beaten in two separate incidents in Sweden, where immigrants, especially Africans are reportedly being subjected to racist attacks that are said to have received overt approval from right wing politicians.

A survey in The Gambia in October found that acute malnutrition among children aged 6-59 months was 11.2 percent, which was above the 10 percent ceiling used in African countries to indicate an alarming situation, the Food and Agriculture Organization and World Food Programme said on Tuesday.