Tag: Gambia

Islamic Development Bank commits $297 million to Côte d’Ivoire, Gambia, and Mauritania

July 13, 2025

The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) has approved nearly $297 million to fund major development projects in Côte d’Ivoire, Gambia, and Mauritania. The funds aim to ... Read More

Gambia’s President sends message to King Mohammed VI

June 3, 2025

Gambia’s President Adama Barrow has sent a written message to King Mohammed VI. The message was handed over by Gambia’s foreign minister Mamadou Tangara to ... Read More

Remittance costs in Sub-Saharan Africa remain high despite fintech’s effort to slash fees

February 26, 2025

Sub-Saharan Africa remains the world's most expensive region when it comes to transferring remittances, with an average cost of transferring money of 8.37% in the ... Read More

Senegal inks peace deal with rebel group, ending four decades of conflict

February 25, 2025

Senegal has officially ended one of Africa's oldest conflicts with the signing of a peace agreement between the government and the separatist Movement of Democratic ... Read More

Gambia’s President addresses message to King Mohammed VI

January 15, 2025

Gambia's President, Adama Barrow, has addressed a written message to King Mohammed VI. The message was handed over by Gambian Foreign Minister Mamadou Tangara to ... Read More

Spain’s Canary Islands break new record of 46,843 irregular migrant arrivals in 2024

January 4, 2025

Spain has announced it set a new record for migrant arrivals in 2024, having received 63,970 people who entered Spanish territory irregularly by land or ... Read More

Regional Bloc Establishes Court to Address Gambia’s Dictatorship-Era Atrocities

December 18, 2024

A regional coalition of West African states has approved the creation of a special court to address egregious abuses committed in Ghana, a small coastal ... Read More

Africa Visa Openness Index 2024: mixed progress with many challenges lying ahead

December 7, 2024

The number of African countries offering e-visas has risen from 9 in 2016 to 26 in 2024, the latest addition of the Africa Visa Openness ... Read More

Senegal-Gambia: Customs agreement allows resumption of road traffic between the two countries

August 16, 2024

Traffic has resumed Thursday on the Trans-Gambian route, which connects Senegal's north and south through The Gambia. Truck drivers from Senegal have stopped using the ... Read More

Nigeria sends peacekeepers to Gambia

June 16, 2024

Nigeria said it will deploy 197 peacekeepers to Gambia to back the ECOWAS’s peace and stability mandate. Troops from ECOWAS entered The Gambia in January ... Read More

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