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President Barrow said his team plans to build 500 kilometers of fresh roads across The Gambia once they finish their research. His administration wants to spread road projects all over the country to make sure every part connects with others. He shared these plans about two weeks back when he...

The Gambian Foreign Affairs Ministry just told everyone they've been keeping a close eye on what's happening with Gambian migrants in Mauritania. They care deeply about this situation. President Barrow sent Dr. Mamadou Tangara yesterday as his messenger to meet with Mauritanian President Mohamed...

The National Human Rights Commission released a news update yesterday about a visit between its leader and the police chief. Emmanuel Joof from NHRC met with IGP Seedy Touray to discuss working together. Mr. Joof thanked the police for their teamwork with NHRC and promised his group would keep...

QCell finished its yearly Qur'anic Recitation Contest and Azaan Competition last Wednesday at QCity. They served a large Iftar dinner for everyone who came. This program lets students from religious schools all over the country show how well they can recite the Qur'an. Students competed based on...

The Standard newspaper gave out awards yesterday to three staff members. Layout editor Saderr Cham earned the employee of the month prize. Reporters Amadou Jadama and Arret Jatta both received the reporter of the month honor. These staff members went home with certificates and cash rewards for...

Zimbabwe has turned its politics into a sad joke. Nobody clearly leads the opposition anymore. People who backed Citizens Coalition for Change before have started cheering for Blessed Geza instead. What makes this funny? Geza used to belong to ZANU-PF. He speaks for unhappy war veterans, yet...

Blessed Geza recently pointed fingers at top people from government, business, and churches for stealing money meant for Zimbabwe. He spoke on March 26 about how these powerful players grabbed state cash, cheated on contracts, and ran money scams. Geza believes their greed caused the hard times...

Zimbabwe faces a leadership crisis as President Mnangagwa appears ready to stay beyond his allowed time. The rules clearly say that nobody can serve more than two terms as president, but many believe he plans to break these limits after 2028. This has angered not just his opponents but also...

President Mnangagwa called war veterans who want him to step down "traitors" and promised harsh action against the March 31 protests. During a Zanu PF meeting on Thursday, he slammed party members he sees as fake, pointing to deep cracks inside his political team. He said these members hurt the...

According to security sources who talked with The NewsHawks, President Mnangagwa might declare a state of emergency before the March 31 protests. These protests come from military-backed war veterans under the leadership of Blessed Geza. They want to kick Mnangagwa out of power. The president...

President Emmerson Mnangagwa reacted angrily when war veterans called for him to step down. He labeled their demands as treasonous and promised to stop protests planned for March 31st. He also attacked people he called chameleons inside his party, showing the deep divisions that exist within...

Someone broke into Andreas Mathibela's house Wednesday night as fears grow before planned protests against the government on March 31. Mathibela leads a group of Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association members. He stayed away from his Killarney home near Bulawayo when unknown...

Kiwoom Securities analysts from South Korea predict SMIC will finish creating its 5 nm chip process in 2025. This news came from a recent social media update by Jukanlosreve. SMIC is the leading chip factory in China, partly funded by the government. They appear heavily connected to making the...

Eurocom just released their BLITZ Ultra 2 laptop. It weighs almost nothing but stands up to rough treatment. Engineers, military contractors, and creative professionals can customize it completely. Anyone needing serious computing power on the move should check it out. Intel's Core Ultra 7 255H...

Have you always wanted to learn another language but never found the time? Babbel offers an amazing deal right now through StackSocial. You can grab a lifetime subscription for just $124.99 when you enter code LEARN at checkout. That saves you nearly $475 off the regular $599 price tag. This...

Path of Exile 2 starts a fresh hunt on April 4th at noon ET. Players can experience a brutal new time of carnage with Dawn of the Hunt. This marks the first big content update since the game came out in Early Access last year. You can take down prey with the new Huntress class, who uses a Spear...

Microsoft just started showing everyone what new Windows 11 features are coming and when they'll arrive. The company listened to thousands of IT workers who wanted clearer plans for upcoming changes. They created a simple roadmap that makes planning much easier for businesses and regular users...

Intel just got a fresh start with Lip-Bu Tan at the helm. He wrote to stockholders about his plan to shake things up at the company. Tan has made listening to customers his top focus since day one. He wants Intel to act faster and work smarter to help their clients succeed. Tan promised that...

A German store started selling those defective NVIDIA graphics cards everyone talked about months ago. These cards have fewer Render Output Units than they should. We first learned about these broken RTX 5090, 5080, and 5070 Ti cards back in February. Tests showed they run up to 11% slower in...

Intel just finished selling its NAND flash memory business to SK Hynix for $8.85 billion. This deal started back in 2020 and happened in two parts. During the first part, SK Hynix paid $6.61 billion to buy Intel's SSD division plus a factory in Dalian, China. They renamed that factory Solidigm...