An International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff team, led by Jaroslaw Wieczorek, visited Banjul from May 3–9, 2018. The team assessed implementation of The Gambia’s Staff-Monitored Program (SMP) [1] with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from end-September 2017 to end-March 2018. Forward-looking discussions focused on economic and financial policy commitments for[Read More…]
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Ex-Newspaper Editor To Receive Award For Services To Gambian Media
One of Gambia’s most persecuted journalists during the previous APRC regime of President Yahya Jammeh is to be honored today for his contributions to the development of Gambian media. Alagi Yorro Jallow, former managing editor and founder of The Independent, the Gambia’s only private newspaper before it was banned by[Read More…]
Briton Fears Brother’s Killer Could Walk Free In Gambia
(BBC) – The sister of a Briton stabbed to death in The Gambia fears his killer could walk free amid a court “shambles” that has seen the case adjourned 44 times, BBC news website reports. Jack Kenley was knifed by a burglar at his Kotu home in August 2015. His[Read More…]