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Mar 19, 2021, 11:47 AM

BANJUL, The Gambia, March 18, 2021— Following two years of strong growth, at 6.1% in 2019 and 7.2% in 2018, The Gambia’s economy has been affected by the global COVID-19 pandemic and is expected to stagnate in 2020 due to trade disruption and the fall in tourism, according to the first World Bank Economic Update for The Gambia released today. Declining incomes, rising food prices, and school closures resulting from the health crisis took a toll on the livelihoods of many households. The economy is expected to gradually rebound in 2021 if the pandemic recedes and the global economy starts to recover.

Mar 19, 2021, 11:46 AM

Speaking at an event hosted by the Westminster Foundation for Democracy (The Gambia), elected women National Assembly Members and Lady Councilors decried as little, the level of solidarity that exists amongst Gambian women in politics.

Mar 19, 2021, 11:42 AM

The National Assembly Member for Jarra East Sainey Touray, on Tuesday said he would be very proud even if he is as black as ebony because he is African, adding that one is proud when referred to as fair in complexion and one is also not happy when referred to as black or dark in colour.

Mar 18, 2021, 2:30 PM

Over 30 Senegalese fishing boats were on Monday set on fire by a mob at Sanyang, forcing hundreds of its nationals to flee the community. The incident followed the alleged killing of a 32-year-old native Gibriel Ceesay, by a Senegalese citizen.

Mar 18, 2021, 2:25 PM

Furious customers at Access Bank Ltd. have threatened to close their accounts, as staffs of the bank yesterday protested, demanding better pay.

Mar 18, 2021, 2:17 PM

The United Democratic Party (UDP) has urged government to investigate the incident that gripped Sanyang village on Monday, while extending condolences to the family of the deceased.

Mar 18, 2021, 2:14 PM

As the UNAMID mission in the Sudanese region of Darfur has finally ended, The Gambia Armed Forces on Tuesday received the first batch of Gamcoy 23 troops comprising 59 soldiers and 7 officers.

Mar 18, 2021, 2:10 PM

A delegate from Mali is currently in The Gambia to meet their Gambian counterpart on Inter-state Transit Trade Barriers within the sub region.

Mar 18, 2021, 2:05 PM

BANJUL, 17 March 2021: The Honourable Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Gambians Abroad, Dr. Mamadou Tangara, on Tuesday morning held an audience with the UN Resident Coordinator, Ms. Seraphine Wakana, in his office in Banjul. The two exchanged views on local and regional issues.

Mar 18, 2021, 1:59 PM

The minister  of Tourism and Culture Hamat N.K. Bah has sent a message of condolence to the family of late Thione Seck – a renowned Senegalese singer and musician who died on Sunday.

Mar 18, 2021, 1:52 PM

The governor of URR has described Beakanyang organization as very credible and hailed the civil society organisation for empowering communities in the region.

Mar 17, 2021, 1:30 PM

March 16th is Marie’s birthday, one of the kids left behind by Journalist Deyda Hydara after he succumbed to bullets of the hit squad of former President Yahya Jammeh. This year, she’s greeted with news of the arrest of one of her father’s killers in Germany.

Mar 17, 2021, 1:20 PM

The Senegalese ambassador to The Gambia Basirou Sene has spoken on the recent Sanyang riot which claimed the life of a 32-year-old Gibril Ceesay, calling for calm and restraint in the coastal settlement of Sanyang.

Mar 17, 2021, 1:09 PM

The secretary general and leader of the Gambia Action Party (GAP), Musa Yali Bacthilly, yesterday stated on his Facebook page that Gambia will be on better footing when GAP is voted in office after December presidential election.

Mar 17, 2021, 1:04 PM

Legislators of the Public Enterprises Committee (PEC) in collaboration with Environment and Sustainable Development and NGO Affairs of the National Assembly, yesterday adopted the Petroleum Commission Bill 2020.

Mar 17, 2021, 12:56 PM

Mar 16, 2021, 11:53 AM

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.

Mar 16, 2021, 11:49 AM

A mob at the sprawling coastal town of Sanyang, in West Coast Region of The Gambia has attacked and burnt to ashes a police station after one of its sons was allegedly killed by a Senegalese national on Sunday night.