In response to the coronavirus pandemic, President Adama Barrow of the Gambia has promulgated the Essential Commodities Emergency Power Regulations (2020) to stop retailers from increasing the price of basic commodities Under these powers, the wholesale and retail prices of all essential commodities will be frozen to the prices they[Read More…]
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Coronavirus: Gambia Records Third Case
A third person in the Gambia has tested positive of coronavirus. Authorities said an unnamed male who travelled to the country from France on 17th March and was living in the Upper River Region of the country tested positive of the disease on Monday. The male was said to have[Read More…]
IMF Approves Over US$47 million Credit For Gambia
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a thirty-nine-month Extended Credit Facility arrangement for the Gambia in the amount of SDR35 million (about US$47.1 million, or 56.3 percent of the Gambia’s quota in the Fund) today. The ECF-supported program aims to anchor macroeconomic stability and progress on[Read More…]
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