Two weeks or so ago, UDP leader Lawyer Ousainou Darboe was telling a delegation from Baddibu that visited him that the West has now lost so much confidence in the Barrow government’s ability to prudently manage public funds that they are now redirecting some funds away from it. Hon. Darboe[Read More…]
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Darboe Hints At Waning Global Trust Over Gov’t’s Attitude Towards Money
Lawyer Ousainou Darboe has indicated that the international community has started losing confidence in the Barrow government over its management of public funds. The UDP leader believed the trust of the international community in the Barrow government as regards finances was dwindling. To Hon. Darboe, the recent ‘diversion’ of D200,000[Read More…]
EU To Give ‘Virtually Bankrupt’ Gambia $340 Million
(JollofNews) – The European Union announced aid worth 225 million euros (S$340 million) for The Gambia on Thursday (Feb 9) as President Adama Barrow warned that the nation was “virtually bankrupt” due to economic mismanagement by the former regime. The EU froze assistance to The Gambia in December 2014 over the[Read More…]