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The U.S government on Friday announced that it has lifted sanctions placed on the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Fatou Bensouda. The sanctions were imposed during the era of former President Donald Trump, whose administration expressed anger over attempts to probe its actions in Afghanistan. The ICC prosecutor had…

The International Monetary Fund demands that the Gambia unlocks the pending constitutional reform to advance critical macroeconomic policies, including state-owned enterprises and public financial management. The recommendation is part of preliminary findings that an IMF mission has compiled in a report for the Fund's Executive Board for discussion…

Germany deported more than 750 people to Africa in 2020. Most African countries are ill-prepared to welcome rejected asylum seekers, and the coronavirus could make matters worse, activists say. Toure explains the nightmare he had to endure in January, as he faced the real prospect of being deported. "I became sick with worry. I could hardly move…

The economic slowdown following the coronavirus outbreak has strongly affected Gambian businesses, putting a particular strain on small businesses and recently created companies.   In an assessment carried by the National Association of Cooperative Credit Unions of The Gambia (NACCUG), over 80% of the surveyed businesses reported that their cash…

Fishing boat owners in Sanyang bemoan the destruction of their working material, during the Sanyang youths rampage on Senegalese properties [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNo0gFXZQhY]

Angry demonstrators have taken to the streets of Sanyang village, this Monday morning, to express their fury, following the death by stabbing of one Gibril Ceesay, 25, a resident of Bunkiling Sanyang, a locality in the village. The situation quickly degenerated into a riot when the police attempted to stop a group of youths in this coastal fishing…

The Gambia has looked to liberalize its economy and allow for foreign direct investments (FDI). But for a decade or so, the Gambia has been known to international watchdogs as a conduit for ill-gotten money. The just-released 2021 biennial Corporate Tax Haven Index, prepared by the non-profit Tax Justice Network (TJN), features The Gambia as one of…

Mobility in the Greater Banjul area has become a nightmare, as a result of a poor road network and the absence of critical feeders. One glimpse of hope could come from the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) Secretariat in The Gambia. The office intends to take advantage of the infrastructural projects, born out of the coming Banjul 2022…

The Governor of the Central Bank of The Gambia, Buah Saidy has said that it is not “accurate to blame the food price inflation on government tax” policies. Addressing a press conference at the Monetary Policy Committee meeting, Governor Buah Saidy said structural problems at the Ports and the Covid-19 pandemic strain on the economy are the main…

As they’re to bid on or before 25th March 2021 for the construction of the Bertil Harding Highway, domestic and international contractors participating in the process were taken on a familiarisation tour of this strategic national road that is to be very soon upgraded by the OIC Gambia Road Project. Bala Ceesay, Contracts Manager, National Road…