Gambia

The government and its partners launched a new project called 'IP+ Accelerator Program for women SMEs in the Gambia' that focuses on the use of intellectual property to strengthen the competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises

Girls' Pride Gambia concluded a 20-day training programme for 25 Home Science teachers in the Lower River Region on how to make handmade reusable sanitary napkins and on menstrual health and hygiene management through games

As the country prepares to host the 15th Organization of Islamic Cooperation Summit on 4 and 5 May 2024, the OIC Local Security Organising Committee presented the National Security Plan

Mai Fatty, leader of the Gambia Moral Congress, has urged Gambia and Senegal to foster closer collaboration to lead the fight against insecurity in the subregion following a rise in violence, conflict, drug trafficking, piracy, extremism and other threats

About seventy Gambian migrants deported from Tunisia and attempting to get back home have been denied entry into Mali and are now are stranded on the border after traveling through several countries, says Abubacarr Kinteh, one of the stranded men there

To rally support and intensify community awareness against HIV and AIDS, Action-Aid International Gambia, in collaboration with the National AIDS Secretariat, recently organised a three-day awareness-raising event targeting the country's religious leaders

The Cabinet approved the review of licence fees for fishing boats and fishmeal factories; the activities of foreign fishing boats and factories are criticised and accused of illegal and unregulated fishing activities that threaten livelihoods of Gambians

The country's remittance inflow from January to September 2023 amounted to US$ 564,1 million, an increase of 4,5% compared to the corresponding period of the previous year, confirmed the Governor of the Central Bank of The Gambia

The 10th successor of the Don Bosco Catholic Missionary Congregation visited Gambia as part of his duty to familiarise himself with the people he is serving, following his recent ordination as a cardinal

The Gambian Peace Corps concluded a three-day youth convergence in an effort to contribute to the Gambia's youth employability and development initiative and the fight against irregular migration

The biennial African Competition Forum, organised by the Gambia Competition and Consumer Protection Commission and the ECOWAS Regional Competition Authority, was held in the country on Tuesday

The Network of Financial and Tax Reporters organised a training on the role of journalists in enhancing public-private partnership in the country