1. Cut cable disrupts Internet service; Minister explains 2. Impact of internet downtime on banking 3. Gambia condemns Myanmar military coup 4. Minister renews Gambia's commitment to arresting illegal timber trade 5. Limited use of face masks as second Covid-19 wave tightens grip 6. Safety concerns grow with boom in roof-top solar panels

Hour 1. 1. 3 new Covid-19 deaths, 49 new cases as second virus wave grips the Gambia 2. President Barrow bitterly criticised for not respecting Covid protocols 3. Amid growing health crisis popular musician cleared to hold concert at national stadium 4. How effective are current vaccines against new variants of coronavirus? 5. Weekly Q&A with Information Minister Ebrima Sillah and Government Spokesperson Ebrima Sankareh. Hour 2 6. OIC Gambia Focus 7. Defence Minister Sheikh Omar Faye...

1. President Barrow presides over lavish inauguration of his NPP as second Covid wave hits Gambia 2. Main opposition UDP rubbishes Barrow's NPP promises 3. Worried medical doctors slam politicians for insouciance to the menace of coronavirus 4. Impatient taxi driver blamed for near-fatal fire at petrol station 5. More than a 1000 teachers get pay rise 6. WHO criticises EU over Covid vaccine controls 7. Honeymoon over for Biden as Congress looks for relief

1. Singer's manager talks tough after 'ST' is denied access to stadium for album launch 2. Visually-impaired activist confident long-pending Disability Bill will be passed 3. Barrow meets Chinese doctors, swears in civil servants and welcomes U20 champions 4. WHO allays fears over Covid-19 vaccines 5. UK bans UAE flights 6. Poland's stand on abortion sparks new protests 7. Australia asked to appoint more female judges 8. US politicians fear for their safety 9. Tennis players emerge from...

1. Ecomig commander denies troops an occupation force 2. Gambia doing little to stop illegally logged timber passing through its territory 3. Incorporating 21st Century skills in the Gambian classroom 4. Why fish continues to be scarce 5. Brazilians demand President's removal from office 6. Foreign farm workers urgently needed in Australia 7. What Biden told Putin in first phone conversation

1. Barrow's NPP aims to draw 100,000 to party launch despite Covid menace 2. Lawyer lambasts NPP and other politicians defying Covid warnings to stage congresses and rallies 3. How international logistics prices are sending food prices skyrocketing in the Gambia 4. Deal with Switzerland will not prevent deportations to Gambia - Foreign Ministry mouthpiece 5. Covid-19 vaccine fighting begins as supplies slow down 6. Joe Biden Cabinet shaping up 7. Google flexes muscles under pressure from US,...

*Hour 1* *1*. 36 new infections take Gambia's covid case count to 4008, 128 deaths *2*. Dr Abdul Karim Sisay explains how genome sequencing is helping keep coronavirus numbers low *3*. Kidney foundation donates face masks for free distribution *4*. Why Internet is extremely expensive in Gambia and what's being done to bring cost down *5*. Did Gambia sign a 'deportation agreement' with Switzerland? *6*. Q&A with Information Minister *Mr Ebrima Sillah* and Gambia Government Spokesman *Mr...

*1*. Coronavirus: Gambia hit by second wave of Covid-19 *2*. Janjangbureh calling: cultural capital to hold "Kankurang and Masquerade Festival" *3*. "Setsetal" abandoned, youth NGO helps clean littered KMC streets *4*. Climate change back at top of US agenda *5*. Reality bites as Joe Biden bids to breach Washington gridlock *6*. Third US party; Trump future?

*1*. Irate community leader accuses authorities of trying to "eradicate" settlement known as Babylon *2*. KMC builds wall around polluting dump *3*. Activist won't pin blame on lack of political will for the foot dragging on corruption commission *4*. Union leader blames drivers for increase in taxi fares *5*. What future for traditional sport of wrestling in the Fonis? *6*. Friday comment: Fake news

*1*. Biden inaugurated *2*. Can Biden restore the soul of America? *3*. Police arrest Nawec staff stealing company fuel *4*. Government reconsiders "tinted glass levy" *5*. Fuel price hike irks motorists *6*. Donald Trump's White House legacy

*1*. Gambia gets two new patients with UK variant of Covid-19 *2*. WHO and Gambian authorities address the infodemic of false information about the pandemic *3*. Gambians endure worsening cost of living crisis *4*. "Biden Day" as Trump's reign comes to end *5*. Opening schools a priority to avoid mass drop out

Hour 1 Barrow acolyte *Mr Ahmad Jitteh* and critic *Pa Samba Jow* give conflicting perspectives on his four year as President of The Gambia. *Mr Ebrima Sillah*, Minister of Information and Communication Infrastructure and libertarian *Mr Madi Jobarteh* lock horns over Barrow's achievements so far. Hour 2 *Mr Ebrima Sankareh*, the Government of The Gambia Spokesman, joins Sillah and Jobarteh.