ÁFRICA
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New group of Cuban health professionals in The Gambia to continue mutual solidarity
Banjul, Apr 17.- A new group of Cuban health professionals will join the island’s Medical Brigade (BMC) that has been in Gambia for almost three decades to continue the historic solidarity that unites the two sister nations . The doctors, graduates and professors from the largest of the Antilles recently arrived in Banjul, and in Continue reading
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Cuba congratulates The Gambia on the occasion of the 58th anniversary of its Independence
Banjul, Feb 16.- The President of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, sent a congratulatory message to his Gambian counterpart, Adama Barrow, on the eve of the 58th anniversary of the Independence of this sister African nation, to be celebrated next Saturday, February 18th. In a letter, sent through the embassy of the Caribbean island here, Díaz-Canel stressed Continue reading
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President of The Gambia sends fraternal greetings to his Cuban counterpart
Banjul, Feb 10th.- The President of The Gambia, Adama Barrow, conveyed fraternal greetings to his Cuban counterpart, Miguel Díaz-Canel, today, in a meeting to say Good bye to the outgoing ambassador of the Caribbean island in this West African nation, Rubén G. Abelenda. In this meeting at the State House, Barrow told the diplomat that Continue reading
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Foreign Minister Tangara bids farewell to Cuban ambassador
BANJUL, 7th February 2023: The Honorable Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Gambians Abroad, Dr. Mamadou Tangara on Friday 3rd February 2023 received in audience the out-going Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba to The Gambia His Excellency Sr. Rubén García Abelenda, at the Ministry’s offices in Banjul. In the presence of the Permanent Continue reading
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Vice Prime Minister of Cuba signs book of condolences for the death of the Gambian Vice President
Havana, Jan 25 (RHC) Cuban Deputy Prime Minister Ricardo Cabrisas Ruiz attended Tuesday the signing of the book of condolences opened by the Gambian Embassy in Havana, on the occasion of the death of its Vice President Badara Alieu Joof , on January 18th . The senior leader conveyed the deepest condolences on behalf of Continue reading
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Cuba mourns physical loss of Vice President of The Gambia
Havana, Jan 19.- Cuba mourned the death of the Vice President of the Gambia, Badara Alieu Joof, and expressed its solidarity for the unfortunate event, reported on Wednesday by the authorities of that West African nation. The Cuban Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodríguez, released a message on Twitter in which he expressed his deepest Continue reading
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Cuban President reiterates invitation to his Gambian counterpart to visit the island
Havana, Jan 12.- The President of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, reiterated a recent invitation to his Gambian counterpart, Adama Barrow, to visit the Caribbean island soon. On Wednesday receiving the credentials of Sheikh Tijan Hydara, the new ambassador of this West African nation in the largest of the Antilles, Díaz-Canel also reciprocated a greeting received from Continue reading
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The Truth Behind the film ‘Cuba in Africa’
By Kester Kenn Klomegah (From Gambian newspaper The Voice) In this snapshot WhatsApp interview, Negash Abdurahman, producer of the the film ‘Cuba in Africa’ which won several prestigious international awards, narrates his experiences. Abdurahman is an Ethiopian-American filmmaker and an educational technology specialist. He is also the Founder of RI Systems Inc. His award-winning film Continue reading
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Gratitude and much affection in The Gambia towards the Cuban health professionals
Banjul, Dec 18th.- Moving words of praise received from the management of the Central Hospital of Banjul a group of members of the Cuban Medical Brigade (BMC) who successfully concluded their mission in The Gambia. In an act chaired by Dr. Ammar Al Jafari, director of the main healthcare center of this West African nation, Continue reading
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USA-Africa: A summit for collaboration or another recolonization?
By Patricio Montesinos Not a few are the doubts of analysts about the purposes and results of the summit between the US and the African heads of state that will be held from December 13th to 15th in Washington: Will it be for a genuine collaboration or a new colonization? Another of the unknowns of Continue reading
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Emotional tribute to Fidel in The Gambia
Banjul.- Ten-line stanzas, poems and beautiful prose texts were dedicated this November 25 to the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, in an emotional tribute activity for the VI anniversary of his physical disappearance, organized by the Medical Brigade of the Caribbean Island (BMC) in The Gambia. After listening to and singing the Continue reading
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Cuba Holds Developed Countries Responsible for Climate Change
– President of the African Union (AU) demands climate responsibility from rich countries «Developed countries are responsible for climate change,» said Elba Rosa Pérez Montoya, Cuban Minister of Science, Technology and Environment (CITMA) in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, where the XXVII United Nations Conference on Climate Change is taking place. Climate (COP 27). «For this Continue reading
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Cuba expresses deep gratitude to Gambia for its solidarity
Banjul, Sep 28 – Cuba expressed deep gratitude to Gambia for the solidarity of this African nation with the Caribbean island, reiterated by President Adama Barrow in his speech at the high-level session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). -77). In an official note yesterday from the Diplomatic Mission of the largest of the Continue reading
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Cuba expresses deep gratitude to Gambia for its solidarity
Banjul, Sep 27.- Cuba expressed deep gratitude to Gambia for the solidarity of this African nation with the Caribbean island, reiterated by President Adama Barrow in his speech at the high-level session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). -77). In an official note today from the Diplomatic Mission of the largest of the Antilles Continue reading
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New Cuban health professionals arrive in The Gambia
Banjul, Sept. 18th. – Nearly twenty Cuban health professionals arrived in The Gambia this weekend to join the Caribbean island’s Medical Brigade (BMC) that provides health care to the people of this West African nation. The doctors, mostly specialists, in addition to graduates and professors, will work in hospitals in the various regions of this Continue reading
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Vice President of the Gambia and Cuban Ambassador coincide in relaunching bilateral ties
Banjul, Sep 1st.- The Vice President ofthe Gambia, Badara A. Joof, received today at the State House the Cuban ambassador to this West African nation, Rubén G. Abelenda, with whom he agreed on the mutual interest in strengthening even more relations and cooperation between the two sister countries. In the cordial and friendly meeting, Joof Continue reading
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Cuba offers the world what it has and not its leftovers.
– On the occasion of this August 31 International Solidarity Day Havana, Aug 31 (Prensa Latina) Cuba offers the world what it has and not its leftovers, and under this principle of solidarity it also receives the embrace of nations in favor of unity and mutual respect. In the context of today’s celebrations of International Continue reading
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The Gambia and Cuba will sign a Memorandum of Understanding in the area of Higher Education
Banjul, August 6th. – The Gambia and Cuba will soon sign a Memorandum of Understanding in the field of Higher Education with the purpose of further strengthening the links of collaboration between the two sister countries. To that end, the Minister of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology of this West African nation, Pierre Gomez, Continue reading
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New young people from the US, the Caribbean and Africa graduated as doctors at the Latin American School of Medicine in Cuba
Havana, July 31st. (Agencies) A new group of young people from the US, the Caribbean and Africa graduated as doctors from the Latin American School of Medicine (ELAM), an institution that aims to train health professionals from developing nations. More than 800 new doctors will join to strengthen the health services of a dozen countries Continue reading
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Mandela the Indomitable
By Patricio Montesinos – On the occasion of this July 18 International Nelson Mandela Day Certainly, Nelson Mandela was indomitable, as former Bolivian President Evo Morales described him, shortly after the physical disappearance of the historic South African anti-apartheid leader, an irreparable loss for humanity and for the most dispossessed in this world. According to Continue reading
"An Island on a Continent" 