(JollofNews)– President Adama Barrow of the Gambia Monday named Fafa Sanyang as his minister of Petroleum and Energy. Fafa Sanyang has been the commissioner of Petroleum since 2006. He previously served as director of the Geological Department from 1993 to 2006. Mr Sanyang obtained BSc in Geology from the University[Read More…]
Economy
Gambia: Seven Decades of Economic Development 1950 – 1959 (Part 1)
(JollofNews) – Introduction Timothy Snyder in his epic work On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons of the Twentieth Century remarked that “If young people do not begin to make history, politicians of eternity and inevitability will destroy it. And to make history, they need to know some.” It is as a result[Read More…]
Australian Company Acquires Major Stake In Gambia’s Offshore Blocks
(JollofNews) – FAR Ltd, an Australian Securities Exchange listed oil and gas company has entered into a definitive farm-out agreement to acquire an 80 per cent interest and operatorship of Erin Energy Corporation’s offshore A2 and A5 blocks in the Gambia. As part of the deal announced on Monday, Erin[Read More…]

