The World Bank announced today Djibrilla Issa as its new Division Director for Senegal, Mauritania, Cabo Verde, Guinea-Bissau, and The Gambia. In this role, Mr Issa will oversee the World Bank Group’s engagement across the five countries, working closely with governments, development partners, and keystakeholders to support priority initiatives. Central to this agenda is fostering…
Binta Bah, a Gambian based in Germany, has been honoured as Bremen Woman of the year 2026 due to her dedication in empowering women, integration, inclusion and intercultural dialogue. Binta, founder of Lundu e.V. a civil society organisation in Bremen supporting public health, integrations of migrants and intercultural connections was awarded by The Bremen State…
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Gambians Abroad informs the public that His Excellency President Adama Barrow held telephone conversations on Tuesday, 10 March 2026, with the leaders of Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and Jordan to discuss the evolving situation in the Middle East, particularly the recent attacks by Iran targeting several…
Mansoureh Khojasteh Bagherzadeh, the wife of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, died on Monday 2 March 2026, according to Iranian state-owned Press TV. Before she finally passed on, following the killing of her husband on Saturday 28 Feb. by the US-Israeli strikes, she was reportedly in a coma after sustaining injuries from the attack…
Laws intended to guarantee equal economic opportunities for women are only half-enforced worldwide, leaving millions unable to fully contribute to national growth, according to a new report by the World Bank Group. The latest Women, Business and the Law report reveals that while many countries have introduced legislation promoting gender equality, enforcement remains weak. On…
A three-day training of 74 field monitors from 12 ECOWAS member states, which explored how technology, especially artificial intelligence, could be used to enhance data collection and analysis, concluded in Lomé on Friday. The training, organised by the ECOWAS Early Warning Directorate and held in the Togolese capital from 25 to 27 February 2026, was…
Dewi Justicia Meidiwaty, Indonesia’s Director of African Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has highlighted the importance of having a visa-free agreement with The Gambia, a longstanding international partner and a strategic hub for trade with West Africa. The Indonesian Director of African Affairs was speaking to the media on the sidelines of an…
Ambassador Lang Yabou, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has underscored The Gambia’s readiness in working closely with the Republic of Indonesia. Amb. Yabou re-emphasised this readiness at a recent Foreign Office Consultation between Indonesia and The Gambia in Bali. Senior officials of both countries met on 4 December this year at the…
The Republics of The Gambia and Indonesia have gone a notch higher in cementing cooperation between the two countries. The Foreign Ministries of both nations have signed a cooperation pact, covering strategic areas of development, emphasizing the need to reconvene a Second Joint Commission for Bilateral Cooperation (JCBC) in 2026 in Banjul. This is aimed…
A $2.7-million project funded by the African Development Bank (AfDB) to boost the early warning and crisis response capacity of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has officially entered its implementation phase. The milestone was marked by a four-day retreat that began on Monday, 10 November 2025, at Zuma Rock in Niger State,…
