BANJUL, 7 July 2022: The Honourable Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Gambians Abroad, Dr. Mamadou Tangara, on Thursday, 7 July 2022 presided over yet another signing of Exchange notes for the delivery of Japanese food assistance under the Japanese Food Assistance Programme for The Gambia at the Ministry […]
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West Africa bloc lifts sanctions on Mali, Burkina Faso
Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) accept transition promises of both African countries and lift economic and financial sanctions on them, but reject a three-year transition proposed by coup leaders in Guinea. West African leaders have lifted sanctions on Mali’s military regime, accepting a March 2024 […]
Guinea Bissau President Is New Ecowas Chairman
President Umaro Cissokho Embalo of Guinea Bissau has been elected as the new Chairman of Ecowas for the next one year. President Embalo succeeded Ghana’s president Nana Akuffo Addo, who held the position for two years. He was elected at the 61st Ordinary session and summit of the Ecowas leaders […]
West African leaders approve Dr. Omar Touray’s nomination as Ecowas Commission President
The 61st Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Heads of State and Government has wrapped up in Accra, Ghana. The Authority unanimously approved the nomination of the Gambia’s Dr Omar Touray as the new President of the ECOWAS Commission. This is a historic development for The Gambia, as the country assumes […]