The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a thirty-nine-month Extended Credit Facility arrangement for the Gambia in the amount of SDR35 million (about US$47.1 million, or 56.3 percent of the Gambia’s quota in the Fund) today. The ECF-supported program aims to anchor macroeconomic stability and progress on[Read More…]
Year: 2020
Coronavirus: 3 MRC Staff In Self-Isolation After Contact With Late Islamic Preacher
Three staff members of the Medical Research Council at the Bundung Maternal and Child Health Hospital (BMCHH) are in self-isolation after coming into contact with an Islamic preacher who died of the coronavirus. The unnamed 70-year-old Islamic preacher arrived in the Gambia from Senegal on 13th March and was residing[Read More…]
Madi Jobarteh: Coronavirus: Has The National Assembly Approved The D500 Million?
On Thursday March 19 the President announced a package of D500 million as response to the Coronavirus. This is indeed a laudable initiative. However, it is now more than 72 hours since that announcement was made and there is no emergency sitting of the National Assembly to approve this money.[Read More…]
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