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Workshop Teaches How to Handle Medical Waste. The National Commission for UNESCO of The Gambia held a workshop on Tuesday at NANA Hall. The workshop taught people how to deal with medical and electronic waste. Medical waste comes from places that provide health care. It can include needles...

Media Groups Learn About Ethics. The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) taught some media groups on Tuesday. They taught the Media Council and the Gambia Press Union. The lesson was about how to check if news stories follow the rules of good reporting...

Brikama Market Gets Clean-Up. Kaddy Samateh Entertainment and Brikama Area Council (BAC) started cleaning the Brikama market on Tuesday. They want to make it a better place to buy and sell things. Cherno Jallow from BAC said it is important to work together to keep the market clean. He said a...

Man Gets 1 Year in Jail for Stealing Phone. Modoulamin Jobarteh stole a phone. The court put him in jail for 1 year. It happened on January 29, 2025, in Serekunda. Modoulamin took a Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime phone from Ebrima Jallow. The phone cost D4,000.00. A man named Samba saw Modoulamin...

Cultural Groups Wanted for Gambia's 60th Birthday. The National Centre for Arts and Culture (NCAC) is getting ready for Gambia's 60th birthday party. They want to put on a big show with songs and dances from all over the country. NCAC sent a team to talk to the governors in each region. Siaka...

Transport Minister Sees New Hakalang Road. Minister Ebrima Sillah visited the new Hakalang road on Thursday. The road is almost done, and he said it is one of the best roads in the Gambia. Many people said the government was not serious about building the road. They said the promises were...

Kenya's Business Troubles Push Companies Away. Companies in Kenya say high taxes and power problems hurt their growth. They find it hard to make money when rules keep changing, and power costs rise. The country's business numbers show less growth in late 2024. Production slowed to 2.3 percent...

Top Police Chief Tests Own Officers, Finds Poor Service. The new Coast police leader faced problems when he played the part of a crime victim at a police station. Ali Nuno went to Kisauni station to see how officers treat people who need help. Nuno made his secret test on February 3. He walked...

Study Links Red Meat to Brain Health Problems. People who eat more red meat are more likely to develop memory and thinking problems as they age. A new study points to processed meats like bacon and hot dogs as the biggest risk. The news comes from work in the American Academy of Neurology's...

Kenya Pauses Job Drive, Keeps Kisumu Event Only. Kenya's jobs minister, Alfred Mutua, said the country's big hiring push must wait. Some people still come to hiring places, but the work stopped weeks ago. "We have no other hiring plans right now," Mutua said. He asked people not to follow the...

Three Shot in Phone Theft Chase Through Nairobi Slum. A seven-year-old boy and two others suffered gunshot wounds during a clash between police and thieves in Mathare, Nairobi, on Wednesday evening. The shooting left the victims with stomach and leg injuries. Police say the trouble started...

Man Dies in Cattle Raid, Police Report Success Against Rural Crime. A shooting at a home in Maralal killed a 23-year-old man early Thursday. The attack happened in Ngano village when armed men tried to take cows from the property. Leonard Lendunda heard a noise outside his house. He stepped...

Police Hunt Thieves After Two Cash Robberies in Kenya. A woman lost 3.6 million shillings near a petrol station in Nairobi's Industrial Area on Wednesday morning. The theft happened on Lunga Lunga Road after she took the money from a bank for her business. She stopped her car to take medicine...

Senators had a big fight on Thursday. They were discussing how to share money among counties. The Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) had made a plan, but some senators did not like it. The senators whose counties would get less money were very angry. They said the plan was not fair. But the...

Kenya sent more police officers to Haiti to help keep the country safe. The officers left Kenya on Wednesday night. The group consists only of women. They are very good at what they do and have special skills that will help in Haiti. Godfrey Otunge is the leader of the group. He said it was...

Kenya wants to export more cows and cow products to other countries. It used to send them to places like the UAE and the Middle East, but now it wants to send them to countries in Africa, like Libya and Nigeria. Nicholas Ngahu is in charge of a group that helps send cows and cow products to...

Hezron Opiyo started a small chicken farm in Kisumu County to earn money for college. His farm grew quickly. Hezron worked hard, saving money by selling chickens. Then, he went to college, studying business and project management. After college, Hezron had a choice. He could get a job or...

MSI plans five new computer boards with fresh features. These boards will come out between April and June. They work with AMD's B850 system and fit different case sizes. Two of these boards have a special design. Makers put all the wire spots at the back. MSI marks these boards with "PZ" and...

AMD shared some news about its latest computer parts at a big show in Las Vegas this month. The firm talked about two new items, the Radeon RX 9070 XT and RX 9070. AMD kept most facts private at the event, so only a few people learned the full story. The company first planned to show these...

A new tax on goods from China is pushing companies to look at other places to make their products. The United States added a 10% tax on Chinese items on top of other taxes firms must pay. PC Partner shows how businesses are changing their plans. The firm moved its main office from China to...