The Gambia: Slight decline in bank reserves

Platinum Habib Bank, now Keystone Bank, is one of 10 commercial banks competing in a relatively small market in The Gambia (Photo Credit: M.S.Joof/TNBES/August2011)

Gambia records massive drop in foreign aid in 2013

In 2010, the EU cut 22 million euros of budget support (aid) to The Gambia over human rights concerns.

The Gambia forcast economic growth at 7.5 per cent

Projection based on robust expansion of agriculture and tourism, according to Central Bank officials in Gambia. (Photo by Mansa Banko shows officials at a rice field in Central River Region of The Gambia under the Ifad-funded PIWAMP project)

Aid agencies warn of another food crisis in northern Mali

Aid agencies say people in northern Mali's regions of Gao, Timbuktu, Kidal and Mopti are food insecure (Photo Credit: Oxfam)

Gambian Dalasi Fall Drastically in 2013

In September 2013, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned that prolonged overvalued exchange rate would damage Gambia’s international competitiveness (Photo credit: Wikipedia)