Gambia
On June 24 2014, The Gambia Red Cross and the National Disaster Management Agency of The Gambia together with IFRC held a disaster law workshop in Banjul aiming at supporting the government-initiated efforts to strengthen the…
Gambia
Misha Hussain DAKAR, Oct 1 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Pestilence, cyclical droughts and floods, and the West Africa Ebola crisis have pushed hunger to record levels in Gambia, where 200,000 people need urgent food assistance, the United…
Gambia
Dakar, 30 September 2014: A few weeks ahead of the harvest, the Gambian government, UN agencies and donors met in Dakar to review the humanitarian situation in The Gambia. “The rainy season started weeks late in The…
Gambia
The United Nations Development Programme in The Gambia conducts a Development Forum on topical issues. These fora have served as a platform to discuss, share information and debate thematic issues. It is a direct mechanism for…
Gambia
BANJUL – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a contribution of €400, 000 (US$520, 000) from the European Commission’s Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection Department (ECHO) to help implement a cash transfer programme…
Gambia
SUMMARY Strategic objectives Track and analyse risk and vulnerability, integrating findings into humanitarian and development programming. Support vulnerable populations to better cope with shocks by responding earlier to warning signals, by reducing post-crisis recovery times and by building capacity…
Gambia
A. Situation analysis Description of the disaster A fast-spreading outbreak of Ebola virus disease is affecting several countries in West Africa. The Ebola virus outbreak in Guinea since February this year which later spread to Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal…
Gambia
12 August 2014 – The Gambia postponed a visit at the last minute by two United Nations independent experts, a move they find “extremely worrying” and which casts doubt on the West African country’s commitment to…
Gambia
Banjul, 25 July 2014: The United Nations Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Sahel, Robert Piper, completed a visit to The Gambia, where he met senior Government officials, the humanitarian and development community as well as donors.…
Gambia
Introduction À l’heure où le gouvernement du Président Yahya Jammeh célèbre, le 22 juillet 2014, ses 20 années au pouvoir en Gambie, Amnesty International, ARTICLE 19 et la Rencontre Africaine pour la Défense des Droits de l’Homme…
