Rapports

Gambian Security Forces Must Respect Human Rights in Addressing ‘Crime’ Amnesty International is deeply concerned about President Yahya Jammeh’s recent instructions to the security forces, including the Inspector General of Police, staff from the Ministry of Defense…

As part of its Sahel food crisis response, WFP has launched an emergency operation in Gambia, aiming to provide assistance to 206,000 people this year. BANJUL - WFP’s food crisis activities started in April in Gambia with…

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today approved a new arrangement for The Gambia under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) in an amount equivalent to SDR 18.66 million (about US$28.3 million). The Board’s…

SEREKUNDA/JOHANNESBURG, 17 May 2012 (IRIN) - In 2011, the rains failed in the Central River region of The Gambia, where Mawdou Danso, a farmer, struggled to raise a crop big enough to tide him over to…

May 8 is World Red Cross Red Crescent Day. Youth on the move is the theme for 2012 and we are calling upon young people to build on the existing Youth on the move initiative by…

Posted by Helen Hector You might not know this, but in West Africa right now there is a serious food crisis. The media aren't talking about it much, but our partners in The Gambia and surrounding countries are…

The Nigeria’s National Emergency Management has approved the deployment of two technical officers to The Gambia to support the country in the takeoff of its National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA). The Director General of NEMA, Muhammad Sani-Sidi…

Summary: The late, erratic and unevenly distributed rainfall during the 2011/12 agricultural season led to a significant decline and low quality of agricultural production in the Gambia. By 6 March 2012, the government declared a severe crop…

The Activistas are collecting stories from around the Gambia to understand how the food crisis is affecting people. Read the story of the women here: Underprivileged countryside women simply do not have enough time during the day…

Bo Banks, The Gambia Amat Joof, 38, is a cereal farmer in the northern region of The Gambia. Like most farmers in this part of the world, his harvest failed due to an erratic rainy season. He said…