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Drillship owner and operator Stena advises that the window for mobilisation of the Stena IceMax drillship to The Gambia is between October 25th and November 7th, 2021. In early July, a bundled services contract with Schlumberger was executed to deliver the drilling fluids and cement for drilling operations and rent the wireline services and…

Senegal is becoming one of the most exciting oil and gas plays to emerge in recent years in sub-Saharan Africa’s largely underexplored oil and gas sector. The country may be a relatively new player in production coming on stream, but in fact, oil and gas exploration has been taking place in the country as far back as 1961. It was only until major…

As he takes the lead in Paul Abbott’s new crime dramedy, Babou Ceesay talks to Emily Baker about acting with corpses, feeling like an outsider, and how he learned to stop being a people-pleaser. Before Babou Ceesay became an actor, he was an accountant. He loved science at school, studied microbiology at Imperial College London, and dreamed of…

An aircraft of the low-cost Vueling Airlines that covered the route between Barcelona and Banjul was diverted early this Wednesday afternoon to the airport of Gran Canaria because of two overly agitated passengers, with obvious signs of having consumed alcohol, according to Spanish airport sources. The two drunken men on board the flight were…

Passengers declaring the funds at Barcelona airport say they are meant for relatives back home, but investigators suspect that criminal organizations may be using the route for money laundering. Flight VY7574 from Barcelona to Banjul has two separate lines of passengers. One line is for boarding the plane, and the other one is for declaring items…

Among the German federal states, Baden-Württemberg, in southwest Germany bordering France and Switzerland, has many undocumented migrants from The Gambia. With about 15,000 Gambian migrants illegally staying in Germany, it is said that almost 10,000 live in the southwest. Christoph Hoffmann, a liberal member of the Bundestag for the Free…

Gambian-born Louisiana State University football defensive end Ali Gaye is one athlete who is attracting multiple endorsements. Endorsements came from local businesses, large corporations, and everything in between. Some student-athletes will even be able to make millions from these deals. While he is focused on football and school, he uses these…

FAR continues with operations in preparation for drilling the Bambo-1 well offshore The Gambia, scheduled for commencement at the end of October. A rig contract has been executed with mobilization of the Stena IceMax drillship expected in the second half of October. The well is estimated to take 30 days, with real-time logging of the well to take…

A growing movement across West Africa sees a number of chefs seeking to reclaim authentically African food traditions. In The Gambia, a Chef like Ousman Manneh is setting the pace for this culinary reckoning. He delves deep into rich, indigenous cooking histories excising the influences of colonialism. Ousman, who presides over Kololi’s Luna…

Like many areas in The Gambia, residents of Farato continue to struggle with the hardship born of erratic electricity and water supply. The country’s only water and electricity supplier (NAWEC) is still unable to provide these utilities to residents who suffer without anyone to come to their aid. Awa Fatajo, a resident of Farato, said the scarcity…