Senegambia border relations remain fragile

Senegal Transport Union on Strike

The Voice Newspaper has been informed on April 1, 2011 that the Senegal Transport Union is on a two-week border strike in reaction to an incident involving one of its trucks at the Boarder Town of Farafenni, the North Bank Region of The Gambia.

A resident of the country-side town of Farafenni and a teacher at Soma told this paper that the strike began after a Senegalese truck loaded full of cement sink while attempting to board a Ferry in February 2011.

West and Central Africa Holds Annual Port Management Meetin

• Posted by Modou S. Joof on May 11, 2010 at 8:23pm
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Banjul, The Gambia (TNBES) The Maritime Organisation of West and Central Africa (MOWCA) Annual Council Meeting of the Port Management Association of West and Central Africa (PMAWCA) opened
in Banjul.

The meeting, aimed at enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of ports around the two regions, came at a time when the world maritime industry is faced with numerous maritime security and safety like piracy, armed robbery and other unlawful acts against ships.

The Gulf of Guinea is said to pose a serious challenge to maritime and port organisations in Africa, ANA report from here today Tuesday.