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Netally chi lameng nyi borom – Wolof proverb
By Cherno M. Njie
What do we make of a country whose leader digs a hole and buries a live ram to avert an attempted coup? An odd question to be sure, but that is how strange recent history…
Budget support: EU disburses €22 million to Gambia
European Union Budget Support and Technical Assistance contribute to macro-economic stability, economic governance and support the implementation of the National Development Plan. It also support the ongoing political and legislative…
Development implications of a bloated security sector
By Dr. Ousman Gajigo
The World Bank recently carried out a public expenditure review of the security sector in The Gambia, of which the draft report it out. Its broad findings shouldn't be news to most people following developments in…
Gambia embarks on developing a National Financial Inclusion Strategy
Banjul, The Gambia –December 10, 2019: Financial inclusion is a critical enabler to reducing poverty and boosting shared prosperity. The World Bank, working in conjunction with the Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI), and the United…
Gambians can address widening inequalities in transformative capabilities
Gambia makes progress in human development
By Aissata De
This week, Gambians joined the rest of the World in launching the Global Human Development Report examining inequalities in human development in the 21st century. The Human…
Equipment and valuable records of Fisheries Ministry burnt to ashes
By Sally Jobe
On Monday, about a million worth of office equipment and valuables including paper records have gone up in flames at the Ministry of Fisheries.
The fire incident which was blamed on poor electrical wiring started at around…
‘We want Gambian artists to compete on the world stage’
State House, Banjul, 29th October 2019 - On the margins of the ongoing President’s Meet the People tour, President Adama Barrow has granted audience to a popular Gambian singer, Jizzle, for the successful launching of his album at a…
New party Citizens’ Alliance launched
Dr Ismaila Ceesay, a Gambian political commentator and critic of the coalition Government is the interim secretary general of the Citizens’ Alliance, a new political party launched on November 29, at the Paradise Suite Hotel.
The new…
Lawmakers urges Finance Minister to curtail expenditure, reduce borrowing
Suwaibou Touray, the representative of the Wuli East constituency, has urged the Finance Minister Mamburay Njie to curtail spending to ensure public debt is brought down to a manageable level.
Gambia is in a debt distress and in the 2020…
The launching of Citizens’ Alliance Party
The pubic is hereby invited to a press conference to learn about the new Citizens’ Alliance Party and its plans for the Gambian people.
Citizens’ Alliance - 11/27/2019 (Press Release) – Since gaining independence 54 years ago, and…