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…]
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Gambia: Opposition Leader Concerned At ‘Distorted’ Security Sector Reforms
An opposition leader in the Gambia has expressed concerns at the reincarnation of a pernicious policy in the country’s police force which conditions the promotion of officers based on their loyalty to the head of state. The government of President Adama Barrow ssupported by the United Nations and other partners[Read More…]
Gambia: TRRC’s Executive Sec Quits University Post
The executive secretary of the Gambia’s truth commission, Dr. Baba Galleh Jallow, last week resigned from his teaching job at La Salle University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Until his resignation, Dr. Jallow was an assistant professor of African and World history at La Salle. Prior to joining the La Salle faculty[Read More…]