The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has reached a staff level agreement for a $6.4 million loan program for Gambia to help the West African country tackle inflation and foreign exchange market pressures, it said in a statement on Tuesday. Gambia’s inflation rate rose to two-digit figures in April and reached[Read More…]
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Anti-FGM Fight Takes Center Stage In Gambia
Campaigners are reviving the crusade against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) as they converged on the tiny West African nation to chart the way forward. “We are constantly deepening our understanding of the drivers pushing and pulling FGM, not only through investments in robust research and evaluation, but also the uptake[Read More…]
Where Is The Japanese Food Aid?
In June this year, the minister of foreign affairs and the Japanese ambassador signed a food aid agreement. According to officials, the food relief was to come in the form of rice donation and was meant to cushion vulnerable Gambians from the effects of the Covid pandemic. However, the Gambia[Read More…]
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