Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in partnership with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) yesterday began a four-day 3rd seminar on the recent economic situation and forecasts for the ECOWAS English-speaking countries.
The campaign manager of the opposition Gambia Democratic Congress (GDC), MC Cham Junior, has claimed that the government’s plan to set up a commission to investigate all area councils and municipalities across the country is “politically motivated”.
The Gambia has registered 31 new cases (cumulative cases, 9,470) according to the 359th national situation report since the confirmation of the first case of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in The Gambia, on the 16th March 2020.
There was pandemonium at Sare Omar village in the Jarra Central of the Lower River Region, as Senegalese Forestry Officers are reported to have opened fire on Gambians wounding one and confiscating properties; nine horse carts and two motorbikes, The Point has been reliably informed.
