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GSCC, GWCC launch Banjul trade fair, hosts Gambia’s Good Market
The Point
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The initiative, delivered in partnership with the International Trade Centre (ITC) through the EU-YEP–funded Tourism and Creative Industries Project, aims to enhance market access and forge stronger partnerships for micro, small, and medium-sized...
Gambia Seeks Nigeria’s Support to Boost Rice Production
Point Blank News
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June 22, 2025
The Government of Gambia is seeking Nigeria’s support to improve rice production and achieve food self-sufficiency, as part of a broader agricultural collaboration between both countries. This was the highlight of a recent courtesy visit by the...
China’s Agricultural Revolution: Lessons For Nigeria
Prompt News Online
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June 30, 2025
By Kemi Yesufu, who recently returned from China The 1949 revolution, led by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), resulted in the proclamation of the People’s Republic of China and the CCP’s consolidation of power on the mainland. Several years...
Gambia commemorates World Refugee Day
The Point
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During the opening of the celebrations, Musa Saho, the Alkalo of Sibanor, spoke at length on the significant role refugees play towards nation building, adding: “Wherever you go, there are refugees among us. Refugees are just like us, capable of...
How Europe’s appetite for farmed fish is gutting Gambia's coastal villages
Modern Ghana
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Gambian fishermen are watching their future disappear. Their catches are shrinking, their costs are climbing and their boats are increasingly idle. Much of the fish they once relied on is now hauled away by foreign trawlers – not to feed people,...
Sen. Kyari: Driving Tinubu’s agenda for agricultural renaissance, by Sufuyan Ojeifo
Eagle Online
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June 27, 2025
For a nation that once towered as West Africa’s agricultural beacon, Nigeria’s gradual slide into food import dependency was an unheralded catastrophe, largely accepted with a shrug and managed through unsustainable quick fixes. Today, however,...
Gambian Agricultural delegation visits Nigeria, draws inspiration from Kebbi State’s rice revolution
TVC News Nigeria
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June 19, 2025
A delegation of senior Agricultural experts from The Gambia has arrived in Nigeria on a study mission to explore how Africa’s most populous country is advancing food self-sufficiency—particularly in rice production. The team, led by Ambassador...
Senator Abubakar Kyari: Driving Tinubu’s agenda for agricultural renaissance, by Sufuyan Ojeifo
Prompt News Online
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June 27, 2025
For a nation that once towered as West Africa’s agricultural beacon, Nigeria’s gradual slide into food import dependency was an unheralded catastrophe, largely accepted with a shrug and managed through unsustainable quick fixes. Today, however,...
Environment Minister Unveils Clean Energy Plan, Ditching Charcoal
Foroyaa Newspaper
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June 26, 2025
By Kebba AF Touray In a renewed effort to protect the country’s depleting forests and mitigate environmental degradation, Environment Minister Rohey John Manjang has outlined the government’s strategy to substitute charcoal burning with cleaner,...
GAMBIA, MOROCCO RENEW SPORTS- COOPERATION
The Standard Gambia
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June 19, 2025
- Advertisement - Sports form a greater part in the bilateral relations between The Gambia and the Kingdom of Morocco. Yesterday, Bakary Badjie received Ahmed Belhadj, Chargé d’Affaires of the Moroccan Embassy in his office. The purpose of the...
Gambia to commission first national University of Engineering, Science and Technology
The Point
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The meeting provided an update to the President regarding the upcoming convocation and commissioning of the USET multimillion-dollar, ultra-modern College of Science and Engineering (CoSE) campus in Brikama. This significant event is slated to...
Gambia partners Kebbi on strategies to enhance food security
Eagle Online
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June 18, 2025
The Gambian Government has revealed plans to partner with the Kebbi Government to adopt the state’s agricultural strategies to attain self-sufficiency in rice production. The News Agency of Nigeria reports a high-powered delegation of agric...
Gambia’s Rural Regions See First-Class Roads in Landmark Infrastructure Drive
The Voice Gambia
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June 18, 2025
By: Yunus. S. Saliu The Minister of Transport, Works, and Infrastructure (MoTWI) Honourable Ebrima Sillah, has reaffirmed the government’s commitment to delivering first-class road infrastructure in rural Gambia as he continued his periodic...
Gambian artistes to compete at Global Street Culture Contest in Russia
The Point
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This comes after a keenly contested national event held in June at Africell-KMC Park in Serrekunda, ahead of the Grand Finale to be held in Russia. The national event, organised in partnership with KARDO and the Smile Nation Foundation, attracted...
Gambia Urged to Lead as OIC Chair Amid Iran-Israel Tensions
The Voice Gambia
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June 18, 2025
By:Fatou Krubally Retired Lieutenant Colonel Samsudeen Sarr has called on The Gambia to step up and exercise its leadership role as current chair of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), amid escalating hostilities between Iran and...
Wyndham Hotels to Open First Branded Resort in The Gambia
Rus Tourism News
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June 26, 2025
Ramada Resort by Wyndham Banjul is set to become the first internationally branded hotel in The Gambia, marking a significant step forward for the country’s tourism industry. This new development, a collaboration between G Wellness Company...
Reform is not a command: Why resistance in The Gambia tells us more than we think
The Standard Gambia
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June 26, 2025
- Advertisement - By Dr Lamin K Janneh Since 2016, “reform” has become one of the most repeated words in Gambian public life. From security to civil service, from decentralisation to digitisation, almost every national conversation begins or ends...
Gambia Connect: How Good Road Infrastructure Promotes Businesses in Rural Gambia
Foroyaa Newspaper
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June 17, 2025
By Nelson Manneh Infrastructural development, particularly road construction, makes life easy for every Gambian, especially those in rural Gambia, where roads connect neighbourhoods and boost business activities between communities. Donkey carts,...
Environment Minister Outlines Tougher Sand Mining Rules, Clean Energy Push
The Voice Gambia
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June 26, 2025
By: Fatou Krubally The Minister of Environment Rohey John-Manjang, has told the National Assembly that government is stepping up efforts to rehabilitate degraded sand mining sites and promote cleaner energy sources to reduce deforestation. Mrs...
Banjul North Legislator Raises Alarm over Ongoing Destruction of Tanbi Wetland
Foroyaa Newspaper
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June 16, 2025
By Nelson Manneh Honourable Modou Lamin B. Bah, the National Assembly Member for Banjul North, has raised concerns over what he describes as the deliberate and ongoing environmental destruction of the Tanbi Wetland in Banjul. The lawmaker said...