Authorities in the Gambia have put in place measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus in the West African country. The Gambia is yet to register any case of the disease, which is now described by the World Health Organisation as a pandemic that has reached the shores of some[Read More…]
Economy
Gambia’s International Airport Gets $12Million Facelift Funding
(JollofNews) – As part of efforts to modernise the Banjul International Airport to meet the required aviation standards, President Adama Barrow Monday presided over the signing of a $12Million funding agreement between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Republic of The Gambia at the State House. The agreement was[Read More…]
Gambia Agrees US$48 Million Extended Credit Facility Agreement With IMF
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team, led by Jaroslaw Wieczorek, visited Banjul during February 3–11 to take stock of the 2019 SMP implementation and agree with The Gambian authorities on policies underpinning their request for a three-year program that could be supported by an ECF arrangement in the amount of[Read More…]