(JollofNews) – West African troops have extended their military mission in Gambia by one year after entering the country in January to force out longtime ruler Yahya Jammeh, regional bloc ECOWAS said on Monday. About 500 ECOWAS troops remain in Gambia of the original 7,000 that crossed over from neighboring[Read More…]
Author: Reuters
World Bank To Provide Senegal $29 Million To Bolster Oil Sector
(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…]
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…]
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