Following the recently announced acquisition of a portion of land in Bijilo for a new U.S. Embassy complex and a subsequent press release from The Gambia Environmental Alliance (GEA), the Department of Forestry (DoF) wishes to inform the public that GEA’s press release is entirely inaccurate and therefore, misleading. Map[Read More…]
Tag: Bijilo Monkey Park
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…]