Petroleum Governance: The Gambia and Ghana signed a petroleum cooperation MoU between their regulators to boost upstream regulation, capacity building, and technical knowledge sharing as The Gambia moves toward the next phase of exploration. Electricity Security: PURA’s draft Electricity anti-theft and Infrastructure Protection Regulations were validated with MDAs, utilities, and security bodies, aiming to curb power theft and protect critical grid assets. Health Systems Support: ECOWAS handed over 10 ambulances and medical equipment worth about $3.4m to The Gambia under an AfDB-funded COVID-19 resilience project, including training and upgraded emergency and diagnostic capacity. Tourism Regulation & Jobs: GTBoard ran a stakeholder sensitisation on the Tourism Development Area’s legal framework, while ECOWAS Parliament urged West African governments to create decent youth jobs and tighten anti-trafficking laws to reduce irregular migration. Food & Agriculture Cooperation: The Gambia-Indonesia commission set priorities for food security, including rice production, irrigation, mechanisation, agro-processing, and value addition. Climate & Water Risk: A report highlights saltwater intrusion damaging Gambian farming, and another notes ECOWAS’ launch of solar-powered water stations to improve access to safe drinking water. Energy & Industry Politics: An NDP leader pledged healthcare and agriculture reforms and more training for youths, and the tourism minister pushed a creative-sector revival through GTHI upgrades and arts integration.