The Gambia government has clarified the impacts of human activities on the Tanbi wedlands as Banjulians are raising concerns about the continued depletion of the mangroves cover in the capital city. The Gambia government spokesperson, Ebrima G. Sankareh, told reporters Thursday that the Jammeh regime allocated in 2006 part of[Read More…]
Agriculture
Gambia’s Grinding Food Poverty Sees Monkeys Attack Kitchens & Cats Abandon Owners
The pervasive food insecurity, which many Gambian households currently grapple with, has not also spared domesticated and wild animals in some neighbourhoods as monkeys get ever closer to the kitchen and cats ditching owners. Housewives around the Bijilo Monkey Park have been complaining of monkey intrusions into the kitchens. The[Read More…]
22 Containers Of Timber ‘Intercepted’ At Ports
Twenty-two containers of timber have been reportedly intercepted at the Banjul ports, sources said. Details of the reported timber seizures were still scanty at the time of writing this story. The police were investigating the issue, our source said.