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FAR has awarded Schlumberger a bundled services contract for the forthcoming Bambo-1 well offshore The Gambia. All the equipment will be delivered either to the drillship Stena IceMAX or FAR’s operations base at the Port of Dakar, Senegal, ahead of the planned spud in late October/early November. The scope covers the supply of drilling fluids and…

In the last Dutch official export week statistics of the 2020-'21 season, most onions harvested in Holland and deemed for exportation were sold to The Gambia. The Gambia received more than 1,800 tons of onions in week 26, according to Holland's online outlet boerderij.nl, which specializes in agriculture. The tonnage export to The Gambia is an…

FAR Ltd has on Thursday announced the company's upcoming program and a new corporate presentation after receiving $128m from the Senegal sale process. The next step is to drill the Bambo-1 exploration well in The Gambia in Q4, fully funded. The rig is contracted and expected to mobilize in the second half of October with a spud date of late…

“Today, we can announce that we have over a million Johnson & Johnson vaccines headed to Gambia, Senegal, Zambia, and Niger,” White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki announced at the beginning of her briefing on Monday. All doses will be delivered by COVAX, which expects to deliver 620 million doses to Africa by the end of 2021, rising to 1…

Media reports from Ghana have it that The Gambia Port Authority is set to establish a Dock Labor Company at the Port of Banjul. To make it happen, a Gambian delegation comprising management personnel of the Gambia Port Authority, Dockworkers, and officials of the Maritime Labor Union, is in Ghana on a study tour to the Port of Tema to observe how…

India and The Gambia on Thursday signed the memorandum of understanding (MoU) approved by the Indian cabinet a week ago for strengthening and promoting bilateral cooperation between the two countries in personnel administration and governance reforms. In theory, the MoU strengthens and promotes bilateral cooperation between the two countries in…

The African Development Bank Group, (AfDB) has appointed Lamin Barrow, a Gambian national, as the Director-General of its Nigeria office. According to a statement issued by the bank on Tuesday, Lamin Barrow joined the African Development Bank in 2000. Prior to his appointment, he was Acting Senior Director, Nigeria Country Office, in the Regional…

The National Assembly Member for Upper Saloum Hon Alhagie Mbowe has indicated that the anti-corruption bill 2020 is 'almost ready for adoption before lawmakers. The parliamentarian was speaking to West Coast Radio's "Coffee Time with Peter Gomez." He said the bill has already been forwarded to the National Assembly Table's Office for adoption, and…

"The World Bank announced that it is providing more than $4 billion for the purchase and deployment of COVID-19 vaccines to 51 developing countries, half of which are in Africa," the agency said in a statement. More than half of the financing comes from the International Development Association (IDA), the Bank's fund for the world's poorest…

Though he’s just getting started in the Minneapolis local music scene, rapper Papa Mbye is making a name for himself. With his unique delivery, hard-hitting lyrics, and lively production, Papa has been blazing his own trail and making it look easy while he does it. Hot off the release of the frenetic and hype-filled music video for his single “NO…