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Gambia validates national REDD+ roadmap to tackle forest loss, climate change

The Point 24 Dec 2025
The programme seeks to enhance institutional and technical capacities for the effective development and implementation of the REDD+ framework in The Gambia ... The Gambia, Sierra Leone, Benin, Guinea-Bissau and Guinea (Conakry).
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China-Gambia Bantaba discusses poverty alleviation strategies

The Point 24 Dec 2025
The event further highlighted areas China and The Gambia should join hands to overcome poverty and achieve modernisation ... to strengthen the exchange of experience in state governance with The Gambia.
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GTBoard ends 2025 with another prestigious award

The Point 24 Dec 2025
At the 3rd National Achievement Awards (NAA) 2025, organised by AWOL-Gambia, the Gambia Tourism Board received a special award in recognition of excellence in service delivery ... tourism in The Gambia.
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Access Bank extends largesse to EFSTH Paediatric Unit

The Point 24 Dec 2025
He lauded the bank for the timely intervention, adding that these are valued and important items that would greatly enhance service delivery at the Hospital especially at the Paediatric Unit ... ‘So, we thank Access Bank for a job well done.’ ... ....
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Barrow launches $5M WACA Livelihood Programme to empower 4,000 Gambians, restore Kotu stream

The Point 24 Dec 2025
It is an investment in the potential of our women, our youth, and persons with disabilities, who are at the heart of building a prosperous and climate-resilient Gambia.” ... Gambia’s development journey.
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Brusubi Murder: Gambians call for mandatory security guards at forex bureaus

The Point 24 Dec 2025
In January 2024, Fatoumatta Kargbo was killed while on duty at a forex bureau in Westfield. Her case is still crawling through the courts, with no justice in sight. Now, history has repeated itself ... This is not an oversight, it is negligence.” ... ....
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Peace Corps Country Director unveils new pilot programme

The Point 24 Dec 2025
Americans to come and join and serve in places like The Gambia ... We think it will strengthen and bolster our work here in The Gambia.’ ... So it’s The Gambia, Eswatini and Cameroon ... influenced by The Gambia.
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The Gambia: Fourth Review Under the Extended Credit Facility Arrangement, Requests for a Waiver of ...

International Monetary Fund 23 Dec 2025
Exposure to climate risks is significant, primarily through The Gambia’s low elevation and reliance on rain-fed agriculture ....
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Gambia unveils first ever national land policy to transform land governance

The Point 23 Dec 2025
The Gambia covers a land area of about 11,300 square kilometres, with approximately 37.5 percent under forest cover ... In The Gambia, the project is supporting restoration efforts in the Kotu Stream area ...
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Peace Corps Gambia swears in 30 new volunteers

The Point 23 Dec 2025
Young, Chief of Mission, US Embassy, The Gambia, promising to share their culture with an open heart and mind and to foster an understanding of the people of The Gambia with creativity, cultural sensitivity and respect.
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Female circumcision is part of our culture, religion, witness tells Supreme Court

The Point 23 Dec 2025
In her testimony, Mariama Njie told the court she was circumcised as a child, a tradition passed down through her family, adding. “My grandmother did it and gave it to my mother, and my mother gave it to me,” she said ... Method of Practice ... Counsel Y.
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Beakanyang marks Int’l Human Rights Day

The Point 23 Dec 2025
rights in the Gambia ... foundation for a more inclusive, equitable and rights-respecting Gambia,” he stated ... “Since our founding, Beakanyang has worked tirelessly to empower communities across The Gambia.
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