The Sasakawa Association will work with the Japan International Corporation Agency (JICA), to help double rice production to 50 million tonnes by 2030. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made the announcement at the Sasakawa Africa Association (SAA) symposium held on Wednesday during TICAD7. “Japanese technology can play a key role[Read More…]
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Rights Group Pays Tribute To Ex-President Jawara
The Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (IHRDA) has expressed it’s sadness at news of the passing-away of the Gambia’s first President, Alhaji Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara, on 27 August 2019. It described the former long-term ruler as an African Statesman who contributed relentlessly to the development and[Read More…]
President Barrow Wants To Bequeath A Better Gambia
President Adama Barrow has used his meeting with the Council of Elders of the West Coast Region to expressed his desire to bequeath a better Gambia that is imbued with a vibrant economy, a constitution that can serve the country for 50 to 100 years; build strong institutions and a[Read More…]