Macky Sall, the president of Senegal and chair of the African Union, sent a direct message to his fellow world leaders: Africa does not want to be the battleground for a proxy war between nations on opposing sides of the Russia-Ukraine war. It was one of the highlights of his[Read More…]
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Ex-Finance Minister Sees Ukraine War As No Justification for Gambia’s Woes
The Gambia government has persistently blamed the turmoil in the essential commodity market on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine but ex-finance minister Amadou Sanneh sees this as scapegoating. “The Gambia’s economy is not big. They (government) always use Ukraine as excuse but the countries the Ukraine war will affect are there,”[Read More…]
Freight Surcharges Could Worsen Gambia’s Woes Beyond Russia War
The cost of living problem in The Gambia could exacerbate well beyond the Ukraine-Russia war as Banjul ports continues to bleed profusely to Port Autonome De Dakar with the ports expansion project remaining a chimera. According to experts, the ports expansion master-plan, commissioned by the government of The Gambia, remains[Read More…]
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