President Barrow's National People's Party won 19 of 53 parliamentary seats in the 9/04 legislative elections, according to the country's Independent Electoral Commission, overturning the majority held by its main challenger, the United Democratic Party

The Gambian delegation to the ECOWAS Parliament presented the national government's report on economic growth, youth development, climate resilience and macroeconomic convergence

Maternal mortality rate is still high in the country, indicates Gambia Medical Research Council, together with London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine: surveys of 2019-2020 report 289 deaths per 100.000 live birth

Follow-up of influential community leaders, women's representatives and village development committees on implementation of surveillance and risk communication was initiated with IOM support

The Gambian Manufacturers Association has welcomed the government's decision to increase tariffs on cement sacks imported from abroad