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On Health minister’s visit to Cuba!
EDITORIAL In this day and age, strengthening bilateral ties is not only important, but key in achieving meaningful results. While countries look out for strategic development partners far and wide, Cuba has stood beside The Gambia for many years. The ties which date back to years is one that symbolises friendship based on mutual trust Continue reading
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Cuba is and will always be Fidelist
Ruben G. Abelenda A few days ago I read an expression from a friend colleague that her God was the Commander in Chief of the Cuban Revolution, and I am absolutely certain that for the majority of her compatriots and millions of people in numerous countries he is also so because Fidel is a paradigm, Continue reading
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How ‘democratic’ U.S. callously disregards humanitarian values
The U.S. has been holding high the banner of “openness,” “freedom” and “equality.” But in reality, these universal values have been the first to be sacrificed by American elites for self-interests. Internationally, the “democratic” U.S. has shown its unrivalled bullying skills in interactions with countries it deems as rivals. Over the past few years, the Continue reading
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Gambia demands immediate end to Israel’s illegal occupation
The Gambia’s Attorney General and Minister of Justice has told the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that Israel’s occupation of Palestine is illegal and must be brought to an end immediately. Delivering an advisory opinion at the ICJ in The Hague on Wednesday on the legal consequences arising from the policies and practices of Israel Continue reading
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Sociopaths In Suits
The usual gallery of strutting presidents and prime ministers has yet again closed fraternal ranks to approve and applaud mass killing, this time in the apocalyptic remains of Gaza. Andrew Mitrovica For all their genteel embroidery and grand honorifics, the mundane men who lead Western “democracies” in Washington, DC, London, Paris, Berlin, Ottawa and Canberra, and Continue reading
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Will more BRICs save the world or more global power struggle?
The Atom Bomb ended World War II with the surrender of Japan’s imperial army in 1945. Germany and Japan the main protagonists against the Allied powers of UK, USA, France and USSR switched over soon after the war to the ‘western democratic model’ with pacifist constitutions. In the famous Churchillian phrase the ‘Iron Curtain’ bifurcated Continue reading
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Solidarity internationalism
By: Ana Hurtado We have recently seen Cuban President Miguel DíazCanel on a tour of the African continent with his work team. He has been welcomed as a son, as a brother and even as a father. It should not surprise us that this is the case, it is enough to look back. When the Continue reading
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Dr. Tangara: Cybercrime is global epidemic
Jun 13, 2023, 10:54 AM | Article By: Adama Jallow & Isatou Ceesay-Bah Dr. Mamadou Tangara, the minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and Gambians Abroad revealed that it has been widely recognised that cybercrime has become a global epidemic with rapidly evolving threats that transcend borders, geography and national jurisdictions. He said the drivers Continue reading
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Opinion / Next pandemic, let Cuba vaccinate the world
By Achal Prabhala* and Vitor Ido How can humanity prevent the next pandemic from being as disastrous as this one, in which as many as 15 million people have died? This past week, countries ofthe World Health Organization met in Geneva to begin debating a pandemic preparedness accord. A primary aim is to quickly develop new cures and vaccines, and the capacity Continue reading
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Why unity in Africa can be beneficial for development?
When it comes to development, Africa still has a long way to go. While there have been positive and impactful strides towards development, it is still the beginning. Africa still faces corruption, climate change, increasing water scarcity, biodiversity and ecosystem loss, natural disasters, energy crises, poverty and more. All these issues threaten the development impact within the continent 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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The stalled process of UN Security Council reform (Gambian newspaper The Point)
Article By: BABOUCARR-BLAISE I. JAGNE, RETIRED INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVANT The much-trumpeted reform of the UN Security Council believed to have heralded a new era in the history of the U.N. seems to be fading away rapidly each day. There is no gainsaying that the UN Security Council as it is composed presently at the level of Continue reading
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Renowned gambian leader says Africa will not be part of Western foreign policy
By Binta A Bah* Former National Assembly member, Halifa Sallah has told the meeting of the African, Caribbean and Pacific joint parliament with the European Parliament that Africa will not be part of the West’s foreign policy, emphasising that Africans are advance of them concerning what should be done about the world. Addressing the 41st Continue reading
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Urgently, the African Union (AU) must take action on a dangerous matter
By Williams Brown The African Union (AU) should urgently take action on the Ukrainian ambassador’s attempt in Senegal to recruit young people to use as cannon fodder in his country’s conflict with Russia. Judging by the conduct of the Kiev diplomat in Dakar, denounced by several international media, once again the inhabitants of the so-called Continue reading
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Africa and the African
By Yahya Barrow* Its beautiful scenery and fine beaches are wonders, and appealing to vision. Its coasts, wild lives and domestic animals are a joy to watch by all people, not leaving behind the sunshine and ambient climatic conditions. This is a continent with space larger than Europe, China and the United States of America Continue reading
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Faced with so much injustice, only our Truth remains
By MSc. María Inés Álvarez Garay (*) For almost 60 years, the people of Cuba suffer the consequences of the unjust and cruel blockade of the United States against our sovereign nation. The purpose of this policy has been, since its inception, to impose its will on us through coercion and force, in defiance of Continue reading
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The «slaves» of solidarity and the vocation to save lives
By: MSc. María Inés Álvarez Garay (*) On October 10th, 1868, the patriot lawyer Carlos Manuel de Céspedes (1819-1874) freed his slaves and raised the Cubans in arms, the first founding event of the Revolutions of National Liberation in the largest archipelago of the Antilles. The ringing of the bell of his sugar mill La Continue reading
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Che lives in Africa
By Rubén G. Abelenda (*) Ernesto Guevara de la Serna, Che for the majority of the inhabitants of this world, continues to march gloriously along the paths of Africa, as he did in the past century during his struggles for the independence of this continent, because the new generations carry him permanently in his heart Continue reading
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The most terrorist country that calls itself an antiterrorist fighter
By Patricio Montesinos For six decades, Cuba has been the target of all kinds of terrorism, from bomb attacks on airplanes, hotels and their embassies, attempts to assassinate their top leaders, attacks with firearms on their diplomatic representations and offices abroad, to the criminal blockade that is still being imposed despite the unanimous rejection of Continue reading
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El país más terrorista que se autotitula luchador antiterrorista
Por Patricio Montesinos Durante seis décadas Cuba ha sido blanco de todo tipo de terrorismo, desde atentados con bombas a aviones, hoteles y sus embajadas, intentos de asesinar a sus máximos dirigentes, ataques con armas de fuego a sus representaciones diplomáticas y oficinas en el exterior, hasta el bloqueo criminal que aun se le impone Continue reading
"An Island on a Continent" 