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‘We have no one to help us’: A tide of salt is killing The Gambia’s rice

‘We have no one to help us’: A tide of salt is killing The Gambia’s rice

In The Gambia’s north-western Lower Niumi district, rice farmer Aja Fatou Sanneh looks out over land that once sustained her family. Now it is cracked and chalk-white with salt. The sea has eroded the coast, enabling saltwater to creep into rivers...

CSOs Take the Lead as Gambia Pushes Inclusive Security Reforms

CSOs Take the Lead as Gambia Pushes Inclusive Security Reforms

By: Fatou Krubally Civil society organisations (CSOs) have renewed their push for stronger oversight and citizen participation in Gambia’s ongoing Security Sector Reform (SSR) process, as a five-day capacity-building workshop kicked off Monday in...

Press Update: Formal Letters Dispatched to Senegalese Authorities Regarding Gambia-Senegal Hydrocarbon Concerns

Press Update: Formal Letters Dispatched to Senegalese Authorities Regarding Gambia-Senegal Hydrocarbon Concerns

- Advertisement - By: Seringe S.T. Touray Mr. Ousman F. M’Bai has today dispatched formal letters to the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Senegal, raising urgent and unresolved matters...

UMN researchers: More nature, less concrete to control Mississippi River flooding

UMN researchers: More nature, less concrete to control Mississippi River flooding

Stay informed. Sign up for Sahan Sunday, our weekly newsletter with Minnesota news you need to know. This story is provided to you free of charge. We’re glad you're here! If fair, free journalism matters to you, please support us! The concrete...

Gambia commemorates World Refugee Day

Gambia commemorates World Refugee Day

During the opening of the celebrations, Musa Saho, the Alkalo of Sibanor, spoke at length on the significant role refugees play towards nation building, adding: “Wherever you go, there are refugees among us. Refugees are just like us, capable of...

UNDP, Government of Gambia launch 2025 Global Human Development Report

UNDP, Government of Gambia launch 2025 Global Human Development Report

By: Nyima Sillah The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in partnership with the Ministry of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology (MoHERST), on Friday launched the 2025 Global Human Development Report (HDR) under the global...

Deputy Speaker Underscores Skills as Pillar of Gambia’s Socioeconomic Growth

Deputy Speaker Underscores Skills as Pillar of Gambia’s Socioeconomic Growth

By: Haddy Touray The Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly, Hon. Seedy S.K. Njie, has reaffirmed the critical role of technical and vocational skills in shaping The Gambia’s future, stressing that skills development not academic degrees alone...

How Europe’s appetite for farmed fish is gutting Gambia's coastal villages

How Europe’s appetite for farmed fish is gutting Gambia's coastal villages

Gambian fishermen are watching their future disappear. Their catches are shrinking, their costs are climbing and their boats are increasingly idle. Much of the fish they once relied on is now hauled away by foreign trawlers – not to feed people,...

Gambian Agricultural delegation visits Nigeria, draws inspiration from Kebbi State’s rice revolution

Gambian Agricultural delegation visits Nigeria, draws inspiration from Kebbi State’s rice revolution

A delegation of senior Agricultural experts from The Gambia has arrived in Nigeria on a study mission to explore how Africa’s most populous country is advancing food self-sufficiency—particularly in rice production. The team, led by Ambassador...

Nigerian Banking Tech Firm Debuts in Untapped Ethiopian Market

Nigerian Banking Tech Firm Debuts in Untapped Ethiopian Market

A Nigerian financial technology provider hopes to expand its business in Ethiopia following the successful execution of a digitalization contract with one of the scores of microfinance institutions operating in the country. Qore Technologies was...

Gambia to commission first national University of Engineering, Science and Technology

Gambia to commission first national University of Engineering, Science and Technology

The meeting provided an update to the President regarding the upcoming convocation and commissioning of the USET multimillion-dollar, ultra-modern College of Science and Engineering (CoSE) campus in Brikama. This significant event is slated to...

Gambia’s Rural Regions See First-Class Roads in Landmark Infrastructure Drive

Gambia’s Rural Regions See First-Class Roads in Landmark Infrastructure Drive

By: Yunus. S. Saliu The Minister of Transport, Works, and Infrastructure (MoTWI) Honourable Ebrima Sillah, has reaffirmed the government’s commitment to delivering first-class road infrastructure in rural Gambia as he continued his periodic...

A Panoramic Portrait of the Contribution of Gambian Women to National Social, Political and Economic Development (1880–2014) By Ralphina Phillott-Almeida

A Panoramic Portrait of the Contribution of Gambian Women to National Social, Political and Economic Development (1880–2014) By Ralphina Phillott-Almeida

- Advertisement - By Dr Cherno Omar Barry Introduction The history of The Gambia, like that of many nations, has often celebrated political figures, wars, and economic milestones, yet the silent, consistent contributions of women remain...

Living with HIV in The Gambia: stories of survival, stigma and strength

Living with HIV in The Gambia: stories of survival, stigma and strength

In The Gambia, over 26,000 people live with HIV, quietly navigating a life filled with challenges most can’t see. Though the virus is treatable, stigma and social exclusion still run deep keeping many silent and fearful. But a few courageous...

Famara Kanyi Becomes First Gambian Journalist Selected for Oxford Climate Journalism Network

Famara Kanyi Becomes First Gambian Journalist Selected for Oxford Climate Journalism Network

- Advertisement - By Alieu Jallow Famara Kanyi, the Gambia Radio and Television Services (GRTS) Regional Correspondent for the North Bank Region, has been selected for the prestigious Oxford Climate Journalism Network (OCJN), becoming the first...

UNDP, Government of Gambia launch 2025 Global Human Development Report

UNDP, Government of Gambia launch 2025 Global Human Development Report

27 june 2025 - 14:14:51 MA/MSS/WA 601 Views Panafrican News Agency Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in partnership with the Ministry of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology (MoHERST), on Friday...

Reform is not a command: Why resistance in The Gambia tells us more than we think

Reform is not a command: Why resistance in The Gambia tells us more than we think

- Advertisement - By Dr Lamin K Janneh Since 2016, “reform” has become one of the most repeated words in Gambian public life. From security to civil service, from decentralisation to digitisation, almost every national conversation begins or ends...

How KNUST helped shape Gambia’s first locally trained engineers

How KNUST helped shape Gambia’s first locally trained engineers

Twenty-eight pioneering students have become the nation’s first cohort of locally trained engineers. This achievement is the culmination of a bold South–South academic partnership spearheaded by the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and...

Political Scientist Predicts NPP Victory in 2026 Elections If…

Political Scientist Predicts NPP Victory in 2026 Elections If…

By: Nyima Sillah US-based Gambian political scientist, Professor Lamin Keita, has predicted that the ruling National People’s Party (NPP) will likely win the 2026 presidential elections if opposition parties fail to unite and address internal...

Under the Gambian sun the solidarity imprint of Cuban Medicine

Under the Gambian sun the solidarity imprint of Cuban Medicine

- Advertisement - Since 1996, Cuban health specialists have been writing a history of solidarity in Gambia, one of the smallest and poorest countries on the African continent. We spoke with Dr Juan Oquendo, current head of the Cuban medical...

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