By Bate Felix The second phase of Senegal’s Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) gas project will need investments worth around $5 billion and could start in 2024 or 2025, Senegal’s President Macky Sall said on Thursday. BP (BP.L) and U.S.-listed Kosmos Energy (KOS.N) are leading the development of GTA and Yakaar-Teranga, Senegal’s first natural gas projects.[Read More…]
Economy
CBG Backtracks On Decision That Caused Acute Foreign Currency Shortages
The Central Bank of The Gambia (CBG) has backpedalled the decision that led to acute foreign exchange scarcity in the country in recent months. The CBG announced on Wednesday that customers can now deposit and withdraw from their FCD accounts in the approved currencies. It would be recalled that the[Read More…]
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…]

