The 54th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) Africa Region Conference closed in Banjul on Friday with the election of a new Chairperson of the Executive Committee and the adoption of bold resolutions to advance democratic governance, economic resilience and climate action across Africa. At the Annual General Meeting, Rt. Hon. Fabakary Tombong Jatta, Speaker of the…
Dr Christopher Kalila, Chairperson of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) Africa Region, has urged African nations to take a stronger role in global governance. Dr Kalila made this call during the 54th Annual CPA Africa Conference held in Banjul, The Gambia, on today, 13 August 2025. Speaking on the theme of African unity, democratic resilience…
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is actively participating in the High-Level International Conference on the Peaceful Settlement of the Palestinian Issue, currently underway at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. Co-chaired by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and France, the three-day summit aims to reinforce global commitment to the two-state solution and push…
The Gambia’s Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, Seedy K.M. Keita, has issued a powerful call for urgent reforms to the global financial system during the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4) in Seville, Spain. Speaking at the Third Multi-Stakeholder Round Table on Reforming the International Financial Architecture, Minister Keita highlighted how the…
President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone has been appointed the new Chairman of the Conference of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for a one-year term. The announcement was made at the 67th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority, held on Sunday in Abuja, Nigeria. The…
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has reaffirmed its commitment to gender equality and women’s empowerment during a high-level ministerial conference held on the sidelines of the 69th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69) at the United Nations headquarters in New York. Organised by the ECOWAS Commission’s Department of Human Development and…
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…
