EUROPEAN COMMISSION press release For Immediate Release Banjul, 31 August 2023 The European Union Delegation in The Gambia bids farewell to Stephane Meert, who has successfully concluded a remarkable five-year tenure of service in The Gambia as the Head of Cooperation. During his tenure, Mr. Meert played a pivotal role […]
By Dr. Assan Jallow. The political economy of a country is comprised of individuals and collective groups with varying “vested interests representing, elites, lobbyists, rent-seeking groups, or voters at large” (Mukand, et Al. 2016) to drive policies. As such, policies must be driven by the pragmatism of Gambia’s developmental value […]
HE Alieu K. Jammeh, Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary is setting the pace for greater opportunities towards improving The Gambia’s economy, regional trade, and integration. Since his appointment as The Gambia’s Ambassador to Sierra Leone, overseeing Liberia and Cote d’Ivoire, Ambassador Jammeh has drawn his development plans and priorities of the […]
Reeling from a bruishing electoral defeat in the April National Assembly (NA) Polls, President Barrow and his National People’s Party (NPP) are looking forward to making up their loss in the 2023 Local Government Elections by all means necessary. In Barrow’s mind, there could not have been any justification why […]