(JollofNews) – The World Bank will provide $29 million to help Senegal as it negotiates oil and gas contracts with producers, it said on Wednesday. Oil firms including BP and Total are developing previously untapped oil and gas fields off Senegal’s Atlantic coast that could bring billions of dollars of[Read More…]
Author: Reuters
Afreximbank To Make US$500 Million Investment In Gambia
(JollofNews) – The African Export Import Bank (Afreximbank) will invest up to US$500 million in Gambia, its president said, an economic boost to the impoverished West African country ostracized by investors under former president Yahya Jammeh. The money will go towards tourism, infrastructure and agriculture in the tiny riverside country[Read More…]
Custody Extended For Ex-Gambia Interior Minister In Switzerland
(JollofNews) – Swiss authorities on Wednesday extended the detention of Gambia’s former interior minister for another three months amid an investigation into accusations he committed crimes against humanity while serving in the African country’s government. Ousman Sonko, who served under ousted Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh, must remain behind bars as[Read More…]
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