The Minister of Trade, Regional Integration and Employment, Baboucarr O. Joof, has reiterated that women-led businesses are powerful drivers of economic growth and sustainable development. The Trade Minister was speaking during the launching of the private sector coalition to advance gender equality and the public procurement guide to support MSMEs, held Tuesday at the International…
In a bid to enhance regional rice production and food security in West Africa, the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission recently signed a $12 million grant agreement to implement the Rice Resilient Value Chains Development Project (REWARD) in the regional bloc. The signing ceremony was held…
The Government of The Gambia, through the Ministry of Petroleum, Energy and Mines, has signed a landmark mining license agreement with Norwegian-Gambian Mining Company, a subsidiary of the European Eco Minerals (EEM), to explore deep-sea mining opportunities that may be available within jurisdiction. The signing is poised to be historic if at all the prospective…
The police in Brusubi are investigating a suspected murder reported in Brufut Heights on Monday, 10 March 2025. The deceased, identified as Reuben Andrews, a 63-year-old Gambian and retired banker, was found motionless and tied with a rope in his bedroom following a report by his wife. According to the police, the preliminary investigations established…
The Local Government Commission of Inquiry, which is probing the administrative and financial operations of local government authorities across The Gambia, has unmasked a scheme involving fraudulent contracts, manipulated documents, and misappropriated funds in a borehole drilling project in the North Bank Region. At the centre of the scandal is Nyakasi Kassama, the regional officer…
The Gambia’s Vice President Muhammed B. S. Jallow recently received in audience a delegation of students from the School of Education at the University of The Gambia. The delegation was comprised of the executive members of the association of students at that school/faculty (EDUSA), who are tasked with the responsibility of furthering the welfare and…
The West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP-The Gambia) has issued an urgent call for restraint amid escalating tensions between the neighboring communities of Gunjur and Berending in the Kombo South District of The Gambia’s West Coast Region. The decades-long land dispute between Berending and the Darboe, Jammeh, Manjang, and Jatta Kunda clans of Gunjur has…
In a significant development for The Gambia’s healthcare sector, Hon. Modou Lamin B. Bah, National Assembly Member for Banjul North Constituency, has been elected as the Gambia’s first West Africa Bloc Representative (English-speaking Countries) at the Network for African Parliamentary Committees of Health (NEAPACOH) Executive Committee. The election took place during the 16th annual general…
Hon. Alhagie Mbow, a Member of the National Assembly from Upper Saloum and the head of the Gambian delegation to the Pan-African Parliament, has been chosen as the Chair of the Africa Internet Governance Forum (AfIGF) Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG). This new leadership team will oversee important discussions and initiatives related to internet governance across…
EFSCRJ Welcomes a Coroner’s Inquest into the Death in Custody of Jungler Bora Colley We have noticed the public statement from the Gambia Armed Forces published on their Facebook page on March 10 of the death of Brigadier General Bora Colley, a former military officer and a member of the notorious Jungler death squad of…
