(JollofNews) – While our democracy may not yet be strong enough and our institutions will constrain whatever abuses of power President Adama Barrow’s administration might commit during his three-year transition, but his policies and actions will not be as extreme as we me may fear. However, the truth is that[Read More…]
Year: 2017
EU To Give ‘Virtually Bankrupt’ Gambia $340 Million
(JollofNews) – The European Union announced aid worth 225 million euros (S$340 million) for The Gambia on Thursday (Feb 9) as President Adama Barrow warned that the nation was “virtually bankrupt” due to economic mismanagement by the former regime. The EU froze assistance to The Gambia in December 2014 over the[Read More…]
Africa EU, ITC Launch Job Entrepreneurship Initiative For Youth In Gambia
(JollofNews) – The European Union, the International Trade Centre (ITC) and the Government of the Gambia Thursday launched a new initiative to support job creation and entrepreneurship for Gambian youth. The Gambia Youth Empowerment Project is a four-year project that will benefit from €11 million from the EU Emergency Trust[Read More…]