The United Democratic Party (UDP) has issued a scathing rebuke of President Adama Barrow’s administration over its handling of the groundnut trade and the delayed payments to Gambian farmers. In a strongly worded statement released this week, the opposition party accused the government of exploiting rural farmers through monopolistic control[Read More…]
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2025 Rainy Season Predicted To Start Late
The 2025 seasonal rainfall forecast for The Gambia, which was released last week, predicted the start of the rainy season in The Gambia “to be late to normal in most areas of the country”. “In the eastern and central regions i.e URR and CRR, onset is expected between 12th and[Read More…]
GRA Boss Says Gambia Gov’t Recognises Integrated Border Management As Key Trade Facilitation Priority
The Commissioner General of the Gambia Revenue Authority (GRA), Hon. Yankuba Darboe, on Tuesday told participants of a five-day inter-agency workshop on coordinated border management that The Gambia government has recognized the need for the prioritization of integrated border management as an integral part of trade facilitation. Participants drawn from,[Read More…]