Referencing to the press release issued in December 2024, the Auditor General (AG) wishes to once again remind those charged with governance of public institutions (i.e. Board and Management), of their statutory responsibility to prepare and submit their financial statements by 31st March 2025, for audit. This reminder also extends to public institutions whose audits…
Talib Ahmed Bensouda, the mayor of Kanifing Municipal Council (KMC) and the UDP’s chairman of the campaign and organising committee, has said the United Democratic Party’s victory in Kiang Masembeh ward by-election serves as a big blow to the ruling National People’s Party (NPP), after they have been alleged to have spent six million dalasis on the campaign. Mayor Bensouda was speaking to the media just after the…
The community of Berending in the Kombo South District, West Coast Region (WCR), have pleaded with the government to lift the embargo on land they claim to legally own, after a court ruling. The said area was a subject of dispute between Berending and the Darboe Kunda clan of Gunjur. According to the villagers, both…
The Gambia Pharmaceutical Association (GaPA), established in 2017 to unite the country’s pharmaceutical importers and wholesalers, has entered a new chapter of growth and expanded influence following its Inaugural Annual General Meeting held on February 26, 2025, at EMJ Pharmaceuticals Headquarters in Yundum. The landmark meeting marked a significant milestone for the association, whose members—primarily…
Gambia Revenue Authority’s Commissioner General Yankuba Darboe has underscored the graveness of the illegal flow of finances across borders and shores of Africa to other nations around the world. The national revenue generation kingpin hammered home the fact that illicit financial flows remain a grave threat, draining billions of money annually from Africa through tax…
On behalf of the United Democratic Party (UDP) and on my own behalf, I hereby acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 23 February, 2025 congratulating me and my party on our victory in the Masembeh Ward by-election, held on 22 February, 2025. I would like to express my appreciation of the content and tone of…
International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva delivered the following remarks at the first meeting of the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors in Cape Town, South Africa: “I would like to thank the Government of South Africa for hosting this week’s G20 meeting, and Minister Godongwana and Governor Kganyago for their leadership in…
On the sidelines of the 38th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, African Heads of State, Government and Business Leaders convened for a Presidential Breakfast Dialogue to address the continent’s financing and investment gaps. The event was held under the theme “Africa at the Forefront: Mobilizing African…
The Edward Francis Small Centre for Research and Justice has expressed concern over the “administrative action” by the Gambia Police against former police public relations officer ASP Binta Njie for comments she made on social media. The human rights and justice body states: “In the wake of the Masembeh by-elections, one Baboucarr Bahoum, a known…
Food import and export company Rahma Gambia Limited, owned by international Gambian entrepreneur and scholar, Monday laid the foundation stone for the construction of a state-of-the-art multi-purpose food processing factory in Foni Kanfenda. Entrepreneur Alassan Gent Ceesay, based in the United Kingdom, executed the venture in collaboration with business partners and government stakeholders. The historic…
