As US Embassy is facing a backlash over plans to build a permanent diplomatic mission in ‘protected area’, Media Coordinator, Fatoumata Ceesay, has clarified the position of the embassy over a matter that continues to generate headlines. “The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is the start of a process, not the[Read More…]
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Madi Jobarteh: Department Of Forestry Should Not Mislead
The Department of Forestry has issued a press release today claiming that no inch of Monkey Park will be affected by the construction of a new US embassy. The press release accuses the Gambia Environmental Alliance of misleading the public about this issue. Apparently, it looks like it is the[Read More…]
Forestry Department Clarification On The Status Of Monkey Park
Following the recently announced acquisition of a portion of land in Bijilo for a new U.S. Embassy complex and a subsequent press release from The Gambia Environmental Alliance (GEA), the Department of Forestry (DoF) wishes to inform the public that GEA’s press release is entirely inaccurate and therefore, misleading. Map[Read More…]