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Most hotels and many of the restaurants in The Gambia accept Visa, MasterCard and American Express cards but please confirm with management before...

The Gambia's financial system is built around the Central Bank of The Gambia, six commercial banks, foreign exchange bureaux, and nine insurance...

Since the mid 80s, IFAD’s driving force in The Gambia has been in funding rural micro-finance projects. Linked closely with rural finance, is IFAD’s...

Guy Martin has written the most thorough evaluation of official panAfrican cooperation to date. He provides a serious critique based upon the...

Bai Matarr Drammeh, President of the Gambia Chamber of Commmerce and Industry (GCCI), has revealed that since The Gambia has met all the conditions...

Violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has forced non-governmental organisations to limit operations in some areas in North and...

Deteriorating food security has resulted in high malnutrition levels and child mortality rates in both southern and northern Somalia, according to...

Through clenched teeth and with the assistance of an adult interpreter, Noufou stuttered out his tale. He had lost both his parents, was made...

With ballot counting under way after the first round of legislative elections in the Republic of Congo (ROC), the widespread chaos and malpractices...

Zimbabweans are switching to barter, payment in kind and the use of foreign currencies, such as neighbouring South Africa's rand, instead of the...