Reports

By Misha Hussain DAKAR, July 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Gambia has taken steps to improve its poor human-rights record after the European Union suspended 150 million euros in development aid this year, activists said on Tuesday,…

The Gambia: Activists mark 20 years of iron fisted repression The Gambian government must abolish the laws and iron fisted practices that have resulted in two decades of widespread human rights violations, Amnesty International said as it…

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank approved on Wednesday, April 16, 2014 in Tunis, a US $8.2 million loan to The Gambia’s Horizons Clinic. The Horizons Clinic project to which the Board approved…

By Saikou Jammeh BANJUL, Mar 30 2014 (IPS) - The countdown to the Gambia’s 2016 general elections has begun with a rare move to bring together female politicians from across the divided political spectrum to ensure increased…

FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT Good 2013 cereal harvest estimated Access to food continues to be constrained by high food prices Humanitarian assistance continues to be needed

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…

They say many hands make light work. And this is definitely true when tackling malnutrition. In Kudang, in The Gambia’s Central River Region, Community Health Nurses, mothers, fathers and grandmothers play a vital role in supporting…

FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT Good 2013 cereal harvest estimated Access to food continues to be constrained by high food prices and the lingering effects of 2011/12 food crisis

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…

In The Gambia, parents and teachers are building on the World Food Programme’s school meals initiative by growing vegetables to enrich their children’s diets as part of the government-led Home-Grown School Feeding Programme. At Dingirai Lower…