The president of the Republic, His Excellency Sheikh Professor Alhaji Dr. Yahya Jammeh continues to receive more messages from Gambians from all walks of life, felicitating him on the occasions of the various national events or feasts, as well as thanking him for his numerous gestures extended to the citizenry.

The letters read:

    In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful, I wish to extend my sincere greeting to Your Excellency, the president of the Republic of The Gambia, Sheikh Professor Dr. Alhagie Yahya A.J.J Jammeh. It indeed gives me honor and pleasure to thank you for the kind gestures and good wish you have for our dear country, The Gambia.

The government of the Republic of The Gambia has announced that it has “left” the British Commonwealth of Nations with immediate effect, a press release from the presidency has announced Wednesday evening.

“The General public is hereby informed that The Government of The Gambia has left the Commonwealth of Nations with immediate effect. Government has withdrawn its membership of the British Commonwealth and decided that The Gambia will never be a member of any neo-colonial institution and will never be a party to any institution that represents an extension of Colonialism,” it concluded.

The First Lady of the Republic, Her Excellency Madam Zineb Yahya Jammeh, who accompanied her spouse to New York for the 68th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, had also participated in a flurry of high-level sessions bordering on different critical sectors. 

During her stay in New York, Madam Jammeh joined her counterparts from around the world, diplomats and tastemakers for Fashion 4 Development’s First Ladies Annual Luncheon and Fashion show; participated in a high level forum on the theme; “Building bridges for peace on Health Disability: Post 2015 Sustainable Development Agenda Initiative”, on the margins of the 68th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York.