Informes

By Aminata Sow in Gambia Mahmoud Diop is a farmer living in Torro Bah, a village located at the North Bank, in Gambia. Before the food crisis hit his region, he was known as a benefactor because…

The Regional Project on Sustainable Management of Endemic Ruminant Livestock (PROGEBE) resulted from the will of The Gambia, Guinea, Mali and Senegal to implement preservation measures for the trypanotolerant livestock (Ndama cattle, Djallonké sheep and West…

Highlights • Approximately 428,000 people in 19 rural districts in the Gambia are directly affected by the poor crop harvest in 2011. The March 2012 Nutritional Surveillance reveals that 9.1 per cent of children were mildly and…

Revised Emergency appeal n° MDRGM008 - GLIDE n° OT-2012-00046-GMB - 2 July 2012 This Emergency Appeal was initially on 27 April 2012 seeking CHF 1,859,746 in cash, kind or services to support the Gambia Red Cross Society…

By Hler GudJonsson, Icelandic Red Cross, in The Gambia “We are now among the poorest households in the village,” says Keba Kambi, an inhabitant of Karantaba village in lower river region, in The Gambia. “When I was…

A pocket of land between Guinea-Bissau, Senegal and Gambia has played host to one of contemporary Africa's longest wars Read the full article in the Guardian.

Shaista Aziz, News Team There was a great article in The Guardian today about the West African food crisis. ActionAid has been appealing for funds to help us support communities in The Gambia and Senegal who are facing…

President Yahya Jammeh has spent cash on musicians and footballers yet the Gambia is facing a severe food crisis Saikou Jammeh As President Yahya Jammeh of the Gambia announced an award of nearly 2m dalasi (£43,000) for the…

by Hler Gudjonsson, Icelandic Red Cross delegate “I worry constantly about my children’s future,” says Mariama Barrow, a 40-year-old widow. “I cannot afford their school fees, or even to put proper food on the table. I don’t…

WASHINGTON, DC, May 31, 2012— The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved US$6 million in grant financing by the International Development Association (IDA*) that will provide urgently-needed assistance to deal with the recently-announced crop…