Rapports

Franzisca Zanker, Senior research fellow, Freiburg University Disclosure statement: Franzisca Zanker receives funding from the state of Baden Wuerttemberg (Germany). This article is based on a study on the politics of migration governance in the Gambia including…

Policymakers continuing to wrestle with issue of how sustaining peace, prevention and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development work together, could look no further than The Gambia as a case study. The country’s fragile transition since…

BANJUL – The European Union has contributed more than €4 million (US$4.6million) to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)’s efforts to offer quality food to Gambia’s children and reduce economic pressures on Gambian families. The money…

Highlights Mobile Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping (mVAM) data collection through Computer Assisted Telephone Interviews (CATI) on food security started in July. Operational Updates In July, WFP reached a total of 71,980 schoolchildren and cooks for assistance. Food assistance was…

More than 3 billion people- nearly half the world’s population- are at risk for malaria, a preventable disease spread by mosquitoes. Insecticide-treated nets (ITNs), are one of the most effective tools in preventing malaria and reducing…

Highlights WFP has started collaboration with UNICEF and its government counterparts on the use of the SCOPE beneficiary registration and transfer management platform. The launching of the joint nutrition project (Envelope B) was conducted in June. Operational Updates In June,…

An event to celebrate the advancements and achievements in Malaria reduction in The Gambia was held on the 11th of July 2017. Speaking at the celebration reception on behalf of the Regional Director for Africa, Dr.…

By Kieran Guilbert DAKAR, July 12 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Gambia could become the first country in sub-Saharan Africa to eliminate malaria on its track record of combating the mosquito-borne disease but more donor funds are needed…

Highlights WFP, FAO and Government of The Gambia partners national consultations on Purchase from African for Africans with the objective of identifying challenges, constraints and potential for production across the value chain. Operational Updates A total of 80,229 schoolchildren…

GENEVA (8 June 2017) – The United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances* will undertake its first official visit to The Gambia from 12 to 19 June. During the mission, a delegation comprised by Ms.…