The Government’s press release on July 1 that it has revoked all timber permits with a new regulation is nothing but a smokescreen to divert attention from the corruption involved in this business perpetrated by Government officials themselves. Now that they have been adequately exposed by both the media and […]
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There is NO Justification for Fuel Price Increase!
Once again, the Gambia Government has increased fuel prices from last night without any statement to justify an increase on an already high price. The usual argument that fuel prices are going up all over the world because of the Ukraine War should be rejected. The further argument that the […]
Gambia Bans Timber Export
The Gambia Government has permanently revoked all Timber Export Permits with the new regulations. Following the endorsement of the Cabinet meeting chaired by His Excellency President Adama Barrow on Thursday, 1st July 2022 and in line with Section 113 of the Forest Act, 2018, the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change […]
Armed robbers strike in Sami Tenda, victim admitted at Bansang Hospital
A case of armed robbery has been reported at Sami Tenda in the Central River Region (CRR) north. The incident happened on Tuesday night when armed men stormed a shop belonging one Mustapha, a Mauritanian national and attacked him. “They came at night and asked him to open his shop […]