Essa Faal from +Abdoulie Ceesay

1. On International Women's Day what does the future hold for Gambia's 'women in tech'? 2. Ambiguous Covid restrictions kick in as death toll rises to 153 3. Health ministry rolls out vaccine against cervical cancer 4. Party Primary: PDOIS chooses Halifa to take on President Barrow 5. Party Primary: NRP declares intention to dissolve into Barrow's NPP 6. Party Primary: Mama Kandeh's absolute control confirmed as GDC claims to 'snatch' 200 loyalists from NPP 7. Nusrat High School is 50 8. Tension builds over Prince Harry and Meghan Markle interview

1. December's presidential poll to use marble instead of paper ballots, in major climb down by IEC 2. GDC party congress to confirm leader Mama Kandeh as candidate for December presidential election 3. PDOIS' weekend assembly of delegates to serve as reminder that party is "alive, well and ready to move to the next level" 4. Nurses and midwives reach deal with authorities over pay demands 5. Italy blocks vaccine destined for Australia 6. China expected to unveil new controls on Hong Kong 7. Tension between Facebook and Apple over privacy and power

1. Gambia receives Senegal's donation of 10,000 doses of Chinese vaccine 2. Senegal's ambassador describes "excellent" bilateral relations with Gambia while calling Sinopharm vaccine "the best" 3. Cervical cancer immunisation to target girls aged 9 months to 14 years 4. Nurses' pay demand threatens both Covid-19 and HPV vaccine roll-outs 5. Mai Fatty denounces "social disharmony" and "corruption" as he seeks to highlight failures of the first five years of the Barrow Administration 6. Flower growers along the Bertil Harding nervous about the future 7. Biden Administration puts pressure on Ethiopian government

1. Gambia takes delivery of first vaccine consignment 2. UNICEF and WHO reps assure of safety of received AstraZeneca doses 3. Health Minister Samateh silent on vaccination schedule as he awaits arrival of Senegal's drug donation on Wednesday 4. WHO calls for maintenance of basic health measures as Covid cases grow globally 5. Babylon village fights for identity and existence 6. Youths receive training in event planning and management in hopes of dissuading them from 'back way'

1. Touma Njie blames old guard for culture of 'greed' before declaring herself leader and announcing her executive team 2. James F Gomez hits back saying Touma lost the party election contest 3. New AFP boss talks to CTWPG after smooth leadership transfer 4. GPU and The Point co-founder Pap Saine pay tribute to veteran journalist Ba Trawally, dead aged 90 5. Gambia to take delivery of Covid-19 vaccine on Tuesday but who's first in line for the jab? 6. Prime Insurance boss tackles audience feedback on insurance 7. Weekly Q&A with Minister of Information and Communication Infrastructure Ebrima Sillah and Government Spokesperson Ebrima Sankareh

1. Needles before vials: 37,000 syringes delivered ahead of "imminent" vaccine rollout 2. Another PPP congress of chaos: Kebba Jallow wins, Touma Njie cries foul 3. He lacks leadership: BB Darbo's GFA rips into Barrow 4. That's too expensive: cement producer accuses retailers of profiteering 5. Dozens of Nigerian schoolboys freed as search continues for 317 abducted girls 6. Deadliest day as Myanmar police fire on protesters 7. Hong Kong activists charged for alleged breaches of security law 8. Trump hints at 2024 presidential run in first speech since leaving White House

1. "What's in it for you?" Gambian politicians face questions about their Abuja meeting with Goodluck Jonathan 2. Socialists PDOIS explain their absence in talks on the defeated Draft Constitution 3. National Human Rights Commission to investigate abuse of girls trafficked to Mid East 4. British High Commissioner discusses military cooperation with The Gambia 5. Ghana first African country with vaccines received through Covax 6. PNG's Grand Chief dies at 84

1. Covid-19 will spare no one: Gambia at 147 deaths as woman, 25, becomes latest casualty 2. 4 million Dalasi rescues CT scan at referral hospital 3. Committee inaugurated to draft Gambia's first defence policy document 4. Could the Covid-19 vaccines become a pill? 5. More Yemeni children on brink of starvation than ever before 6. Biden under pressure to stop Russia-Germany gas pipeline

1. MP tries to defuse border tensions between villagers of Basori and Duwasu 2. MP confirms President's party plans for Covid-defying ceremony still on track 3. CEO denies hospital lacks medicine countering West Coast Radio listener 4. Philippines leads world's strangest vaccine rollout 5. Joy inside US nursing home after vaccine 6. Facebook backtracks on news ban

1. Perm Sec for basic and secondary education on the health situation at Covid-hit Marina International School 2. 2 die, 58 newly-infected as second Covid wave tightens grip 3. Side effects to be expected after the vaccine 4. MoBSE PS shares perspective on lack of water and not enough toilets at Fajikunda school 5. OIC Gambia Focus 6. Regional anti-money laundering body builds capacity in Gambia 7. US-based commentator sounds off on Constitution mediation talks led by former Nigeria leader. 8. Weekly encounter with Mr Ebrima Sillah, Minister of Information and Communication Infrastructure and Mr Ebrima Sankareh, Gambia Government Spokesperson

1. School with nearly 5000 pupils has only 12 pit latrines, no running water 2. Marina International resumes after two-week closure because of Covid outbreak 3. New Latrikunda Alkali officially begins work 4. APRC holds Congress as politicians continue to defy Covid warnings 5. Citizens' Alliance severely criticises Gov't over corruption, Ecomig and Covid-19 while pursuing on-the-road 'voter education' exercise 6. 1 new Covid-related death, 15 new infections 7. Australia vaccine rollout begins 8. US Covid death is near half a million

1. Barrow exhorts Gambia's youths to focus on education to become role models for future generations 2. UDP leader says President's 'unite for the common good' plea a regurgitation of country's National Anthem 3. Gambia announces measures to prevent Ebola from entering the country from Guinea 4. 4 people die and 33 are newly infected as second Covid wave bites harder 5. With the devastating impact of the pandemic persisting, the tourism and culture Minister discourages new lockdown 6. UDP considers data not dates as it pulls the plug on February fundraiser in response to more Covid infections leading to more deaths. Plans apparently still afoot for another NPP carnival days before lockdown 7. Sahara Desert dust cloud covers the Gambia 8. New power plant moves Nawec a step closer to 2025 objective 9. World's strongest economies to consider vaccines for poorer nations 10. Blocking of Australian news content denounced as "schoolyard bullying" by Facebook *11*. Mars rover touches down on Red Planet

An Independence Day Special featuring Alhaji Kalilou Singateh, independence veteran and minister in charge of various portfolios in the First Republican government of The Gambia's founding father, Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara.

1. Gambia records 55 new Covid-19 cases, no virsus-related death 2. Banjul Mayor denies contemplating defection to President's NPP 3. Livestock boss denies Senegal ban reason for Gambia's chicken meat shortage 4. New Latrikunda Alkali preaches peace after his confirmation 5. Guinea officials race to contain Ebola outbreak as death toll rises 6. Some Australians hesitant about Covid-19 vaccines 7. Aung San Suu Kyi hit with new charge

1. "Only Ousainou Darboe is indispensable in the UDP" - Almamy Taal response to Suku reported defection to NPP 2. Scientists identify evolving Covid-19 variant 3. Nusrat Senior Secondary School celebrates Gambia independence 4. OIC Gambia Focus 5. Encounter with Banjul South MP and PPP leadership contender Fatoumatta "Touma" Njie Weekly encounter with Mr Ebrima Sillah, Minister of Information and Communication Infrastructure, and Mr Ebrima Sankareh, Spokesman, The Government of The Gambia

1. Doctor who sequences coronavirus sees a "worrying trend" in The Gambia 2. Physician on the front line of Covid containment doesn't think old age alone behind unusual elderly mortality rate 3. Lawmaker defends phenomenal allowances for doctors in public sector 4. UK reaches "significant milestone" in vaccine rollout 5. Republican recriminations begin after Trump acquittal *6*. Russia exerting influence in Australia

1. Banjul port congestion about to ease 2. Military top brass to be decorated amid plans to deploy Gambian troops to C.A.R peacekeeping effort 3. Campaign gains momentum for more girls in STEM subjects 4. Chicken import ban hits Gambian poultry market 5. OIC Gambia Secretariat secures funding for Bertil Harding and calls for bids for its roads project 6. ST Brikama Boyo talks about his music and new album

1. Gambian tourism plans for an uncertain future 2. Banjulinding women gardeners frustrated at chronic water shortage 3. Fire and Rescue crew put out blaze at Abuko Nature Reserve 4. Wealthy nations 'hogging' Covid vaccine doses 5. President Biden announces new sanctions on Myanmar 6. New social media app Clubhouse makes waves

In this special edition Mayor Talib Ahmed Bensouda responds to the appointment of an "alkali" he did not recommend to the minister; and claims that he fails to make use of two sites made available to his Kanifing Municipal Council to end the use of Bakoteh as a rubbish dump. Mayor Bensouda speaks with Alhagie Kolley