Over $1.6 billion traded in the currency markets of Gambia annually without any visible impact on fundamental pillars of the economy, says Halifa Sallah

PDOIS Secretary-General, Halifa Sallah

The opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Organization for Independent and Socialism (PDOIS) have identified that over 1.6 billion dollars is traded in the currency markets of the Gambia annually without any visible impact on the four fundamental pillars of the economy, namely: “public sector investment, private sector investment, cooperative sector investment and informal sector investment.”

UN not just a meeting place for diplomats: Ki-moon

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:PHOTO/UN

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said that the United Nations is not just a meeting place for diplomats, but a peacekeeper disarming fighters, a health worker distributing medicine, a relief team aiding refugees, a human rights expert helping deliver justice.

CPJ: Guinea-Bissau expels Portuguese journalist; another flees into hiding

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Guinea-Bissau expels Portuguese journalist; another flees into hiding Authorities in Guinea-Bissau have expelled a journalist whose news outlet had covered former prime minister Carlos Gomes Junior, seen here voting in a 2012 election he was favored to win, but lost. (AFP/Issouf Sanogo)

Banjul to host IFAD’s 7th Regional Forum

Ms. Géraldine Mpouma Logmo

The Gambian capital, Banjul will play host to this year’s 7^th Regional Forum for IFAD-funded projects scheduled from 12^th to 15^th November, 2012.

 

The forum, which is organized and financed jointly with projects and the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of the Gambia, will bring together projects funded by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) in West and Central Africa Division (WCA).

The challenge of vulnerability to external shocks remains significant, says Prof Ekpo

Participants & Facilitators:PHOTO/M.E. NJIE

The West African Institute for Financial and Economic Management (WAIFEM) is holding a two-week course in an attempt to defence against potential threats posed by heightened uncertainty from headwinds in the global economy due to the slow recovery from the crisis in Europe and the potential fiscal difficulties in the United States.