Gambia’s Minister for Local Government, Lands and Religious Affairs, Ahmad NK Bah, has announced that the government is finalizing national Hajj policy aimed at regulating the pilgrimage to Mecca and shielding pilgrims from exploitation. Speaking Friday evening at the Mansa Kunda Ministerial Town-Hall held at the Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara[Read More…]
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Gambia Joins African Efforts To Tackle Debt Crisis
The Gambia and several other African countries are stepping up efforts to better manage their national debts as part of wider reforms to foster economic stability, inclusive growth, and long-term development. At a recent week-long regional training in Accra, Ghana, organised by the African Development Institute under the African Development[Read More…]
Gambia Gov’t Maintains Fertilizer Price At D1100
Despite last year’s poor performance of the groundnut crop, The Gambia government has maintained the retail price of a bag of fertilizer at D1100. Also last year, fertilizer was sold to groundnut farmers at D1100, but yields dropped significantly, hugely affecting their income statuses. Many peanut farmers rely heavily on[Read More…]
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