<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title>AllAfrica News: Gambia</title><link>https://allafrica.com/gambia/</link><description>All Africa, All the Time.</description><language>en-us</language><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 07:03:20 GMT</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 13:00:08 GMT</lastBuildDate><docs>https://allafrica.com/misc/tools/rss.html</docs><ttl>15</ttl><atom:link rel="self" href="https://allafrica.com/tools/headlines/rdf/gambia/headlines.rdf" type="application/rss+xml" /><image><title>AllAfrica News: Gambia</title><url>https://cdn.allafrica.com/static/images/structure/aa-logo-rgba-119x45.png</url><link>https://allafrica.com/gambia/</link><width>119</width><height>45</height></image><item><title><![CDATA[All of Africa Today - October 22, 2026]]></title><link>https://allafrica.com/stories/202610220117.html</link><author>info@allafrica.com (allAfrica)</author><category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category><category><![CDATA[Burkina Faso]]></category><category><![CDATA[Economy, Business and Finance]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cameroon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Central Africa]]></category><category><![CDATA[Children and Youth]]></category><category><![CDATA[East Africa]]></category><category><![CDATA[External Relations]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gambia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Governance]]></category><category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category><category><![CDATA[International Organizations and Africa]]></category><category><![CDATA[Legal and Judicial Affairs]]></category><category><![CDATA[Migration]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rwanda]]></category><category><![CDATA[South Africa]]></category><category><![CDATA[Southern Africa]]></category><category><![CDATA[Transport and Shipping]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States, Canada and Africa]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Africa]]></category><category><![CDATA[Zimbabwe]]></category><guid isPermaLink="true">https://allafrica.com/stories/202610220117.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 07:03:20 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[[allAfrica]]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Government &#x26;amp; UNFPA Step Up Efforts to Reduce Maternal Deaths]]></title><link>https://allafrica.com/stories/202610160027.html</link><category><![CDATA[External Relations]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gambia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Governance]]></category><category><![CDATA[International Organizations and Africa]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Africa]]></category><guid isPermaLink="true">https://allafrica.com/stories/202610160027.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 05:10:14 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[[Foroyaa] The Gambia has stepped up efforts to reduce preventable maternal deaths, with the government, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and other partners calling for stronger investment, improved healthcare services and greater accountability.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gambia's Debt Hits D144 Billion As Lawmaker Warns of Growing Pressure On Public Services]]></title><link>https://allafrica.com/stories/202610150120.html</link><category><![CDATA[Economy, Business and Finance]]></category><category><![CDATA[Debt]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gambia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Legal and Judicial Affairs]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Africa]]></category><guid isPermaLink="true">https://allafrica.com/stories/202610150120.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 05:11:12 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[[Foroyaa] The National Assembly Member for Foni Bintant Karanai, Hon. Bakary Badjie, has raised concerns over The Gambia's rising public debt, saying the growing cost of debt servicing is putting pressure on essential public services and limiting the government's ability to meet the needs of ordinary citizens.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Farmers in Niumi, Jokadou Appeal for Better Groundnut Price]]></title><link>https://allafrica.com/stories/202610140052.html</link><category><![CDATA[Food and Agriculture]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gambia]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Africa]]></category><guid isPermaLink="true">https://allafrica.com/stories/202610140052.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 05:20:18 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[[Foroyaa] Signs of an end to the current rainy season are being manifested with infrequent rainfall, as the month of October is almost halfway to the end. This brings another farming cycle to an end, while another one begins. As farmers enter the harvest season, particularly for the country's main cash crop groundnuts, it is an opportune moment for them to lay their demands before the President, as the country prepares to enter another cycle in their farming endeavours, and that is the 2026/27 groundnut trade]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Farmers in Sabach Sanjal Turning Fields Into Upland Rice Farms]]></title><link>https://allafrica.com/stories/202610120547.html</link><category><![CDATA[Food and Agriculture]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gambia]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Africa]]></category><guid isPermaLink="true">https://allafrica.com/stories/202610120547.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 15:29:49 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[[Foroyaa] With the prices of rice fluctuating and becoming less affordable in The Gambia, farmers in Sabach Sanjal District are increasingly embracing upland rice cultivation, turning farms into rice fields to feed their families.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gambia Welcomes First Tourists of 2026/27 Season As Industry Eyes Recovery and Growth]]></title><link>https://allafrica.com/stories/202610120552.html</link><category><![CDATA[Gambia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Travel and Tourism]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Africa]]></category><guid isPermaLink="true">https://allafrica.com/stories/202610120552.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 15:31:07 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[[Foroyaa] The 2026/27 tourism season officially opened with fanfare at Banjul International Airport on Friday, as the first chartered flight from London arrived with 139 visitors.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alhaji Amadu Juldeh Sowe Elected President of Tabital Pulaaku International]]></title><link>https://allafrica.com/stories/202610120548.html</link><category><![CDATA[Gambia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sierra Leone]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Africa]]></category><guid isPermaLink="true">https://allafrica.com/stories/202610120548.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 15:30:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[[Foroyaa] Alhaji Amadu Juldeh Sowe, a Sierra Leonean Pulor has been elected president of Tabital Pulaaku International. Sowe was elected on Saturday, 27 September 2026, at the organisation's General Assembly held at the Kairaba Beach Hotel in The Gambia.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Magistrate Fines Clinton Adrian William D500,000 Over Cocaine Possession]]></title><link>https://allafrica.com/stories/202610080532.html</link><category><![CDATA[Gambia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Legal and Judicial Affairs]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Africa]]></category><guid isPermaLink="true">https://allafrica.com/stories/202610080532.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 15:48:04 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[[Foroyaa] A non-Gambian national, Clinton Adrian William, has been fined D500,000 after pleading guilty to possessing cocaine.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Magistrate Grants Pap Jeng D200,000 Bail in Alleged Property Damage Case]]></title><link>https://allafrica.com/stories/202610080531.html</link><category><![CDATA[Gambia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Legal and Judicial Affairs]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Africa]]></category><guid isPermaLink="true">https://allafrica.com/stories/202610080531.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 15:47:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[[Foroyaa] Pap Jeng has been granted bail of two hundred thousand dalasi (D200,000) by Principal Magistrate Mam Samba Jallow of the Brusubi Magistrate's Court after pleading not guilty to a charge of malicious injury to property.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brusubi Revising Court Dismisses Abdul Karim Drammeh's Objection to Yankuba Ceesay's Voter Registration]]></title><link>https://allafrica.com/stories/202610080530.html</link><category><![CDATA[Gambia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Legal and Judicial Affairs]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Africa]]></category><guid isPermaLink="true">https://allafrica.com/stories/202610080530.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 15:47:13 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[[Foroyaa] The Brusubi Revising Court has dismissed an objection challenging Yankuba Ceesay's eligibility to remain on The Gambia's voters' register, ruling that the objector failed to provide sufficient evidence to prove that Ceesay was not a Gambian citizen.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Are We in Control of Our National Data?]]></title><link>https://allafrica.com/stories/202610080544.html</link><category><![CDATA[Gambia]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Africa]]></category><guid isPermaLink="true">https://allafrica.com/stories/202610080544.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 15:55:18 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[[Foroyaa] The Immigration Department collects information from every citizen who applies for a national identity card, which he or she is required by law to acquire. The government had earlier entered into contract with Semlex and when that contract ended two years ago it was not renewed. Was the Immigration Department in control of that data? Where is that data? Is it at Semlex? Does the Immigration Department have access to it? If not, what is being done by the government to recover such data?]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[GRA Chief Calls for Higher Tobacco Taxes to Curb Smoking &#x26;amp; Disease]]></title><link>https://allafrica.com/stories/202610080542.html</link><category><![CDATA[Gambia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Governance]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Africa]]></category><guid isPermaLink="true">https://allafrica.com/stories/202610080542.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 15:53:22 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[[Foroyaa] The Gambia Revenue Authority (GRA) has called for closer cooperation between tax and health authorities to use tobacco taxation as a tool to reduce smoking and prevent non-communicable diseases.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drivers Welcome End to Annual Driving Licence Renewals]]></title><link>https://allafrica.com/stories/202610080534.html</link><category><![CDATA[Economy, Business and Finance]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gambia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Transport and Shipping]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Africa]]></category><guid isPermaLink="true">https://allafrica.com/stories/202610080534.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 15:49:03 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[[Foroyaa] Gambian drivers have welcomed a new three-year driving licence system, saying it will spare them the time, cost and frustration associated with renewing their licences every year.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tanji Man Arraigned for Allegedly Assaulting Man With Intent to Steal]]></title><link>https://allafrica.com/stories/202610080533.html</link><category><![CDATA[Gambia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Legal and Judicial Affairs]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Africa]]></category><guid isPermaLink="true">https://allafrica.com/stories/202610080533.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 15:48:40 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[[Foroyaa] A man identified as Kebba Dumbuya has been granted bail of D150,000 with two Gambian sureties after denying a charge of assault with intent to steal before Principal Magistrate Mam Samba Jallow.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teachers - Builders of the Future]]></title><link>https://allafrica.com/stories/202610080543.html</link><category><![CDATA[Economy, Business and Finance]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gambia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Labour]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Africa]]></category><guid isPermaLink="true">https://allafrica.com/stories/202610080543.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 15:54:11 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[[Foroyaa] This week, thousands of teachers in The Gambia and many more in other parts of the world mark the important role teachers play in the development of society.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gambia Begins Rollout of New Three-Year Driving Licence]]></title><link>https://allafrica.com/stories/202610080042.html</link><category><![CDATA[Economy, Business and Finance]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gambia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Transport and Shipping]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Africa]]></category><guid isPermaLink="true">https://allafrica.com/stories/202610080042.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 04:23:58 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[[Foroyaa] Gambian motorists will no longer have to renew their driving licences every year as the government introduces a new biometric driving licence system with a three-year validity period.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[ECOWAS Court Adopts Settlement in Mahawa Cham Disappearance]]></title><link>https://allafrica.com/stories/202610080041.html</link><category><![CDATA[Gambia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Legal and Judicial Affairs]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Africa]]></category><guid isPermaLink="true">https://allafrica.com/stories/202610080041.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 04:23:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[[Foroyaa] Gambia Government to Prosecute Perpetrators]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Finance Ministry Projects D257.29 Million for Government Vehicles in 2027]]></title><link>https://allafrica.com/stories/202610060054.html</link><category><![CDATA[Gambia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Governance]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Africa]]></category><guid isPermaLink="true">https://allafrica.com/stories/202610060054.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 03:46:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[[Foroyaa] The government is projected to spend D257.29 million on vehicles in 2027, according to the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs' 2027-2029 Programme-Based Budget (PBB) submitted to the National Assembly.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tourism Board Suspends Beach Events As Workers Warn of Lost Income]]></title><link>https://allafrica.com/stories/202610020377.html</link><category><![CDATA[Gambia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Travel and Tourism]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Africa]]></category><guid isPermaLink="true">https://allafrica.com/stories/202610020377.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 17:43:42 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[[Foroyaa] A dispute has emerged along the Senegambia and Bijilo beach belt after the Gambia Tourism Board (GT Board) suspended all open-air music and public entertainment events within the Tourism Development Area (TDA).]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mayor Lowe Given 45 Days to Refund Over D1 Million]]></title><link>https://allafrica.com/stories/202610020378.html</link><category><![CDATA[Gambia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Governance]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Africa]]></category><guid isPermaLink="true">https://allafrica.com/stories/202610020378.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 17:44:06 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[[Foroyaa] A National Assembly committee has called for the Mayor of Banjul to repay more than D1.1m spent from an EU-funded city project on media coverage and other expenses linked to her town-hall meetings.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Government Projects D4.1 Million for Mental Health Services in 2027]]></title><link>https://allafrica.com/stories/202610020016.html</link><category><![CDATA[Gambia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Governance]]></category><category><![CDATA[Health and Medicine]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Africa]]></category><guid isPermaLink="true">https://allafrica.com/stories/202610020016.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 05:05:43 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[[Foroyaa] The Gambia is projecting an allocation of D4.1 million for its mental health programme in 2027, according to the government's estimates of revenue and expenditure tabled before the National Assembly. The allocation forms part of the Ministry of Health's projected expenditure under the Programme Based Budgeting (PBB) framework for the 2027 financial year.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tolerance of Divergent Views and Dissenting Opinions]]></title><link>https://allafrica.com/stories/202610010417.html</link><category><![CDATA[Gambia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Governance]]></category><category><![CDATA[Press and Media]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Africa]]></category><guid isPermaLink="true">https://allafrica.com/stories/202610010417.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 14:22:14 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[[Foroyaa] If The Gambia is to be a genuine democratic society its laws and general orders must reflect the rights given under sections 25 and 26 of the Constitution of The Gambia. Section 25(1) states:]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mali Warns UN of Foreign Support for Terrorism in the Sahel]]></title><link>https://allafrica.com/stories/202610010132.html</link><category><![CDATA[Conflict, Peace and Security]]></category><category><![CDATA[External Relations]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gambia]]></category><category><![CDATA[International Organizations and Africa]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mali]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Africa]]></category><guid isPermaLink="true">https://allafrica.com/stories/202610010132.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 07:52:36 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[[Foroyaa] Mali's foreign minister has accused Ukraine of supporting armed groups in the Sahel and called for greater African control over the region's security, economy and natural resources. Mali's Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Minister, Abdoulaye Diop, used his address to the United Nations General Debate to defend the country's growing focus on strategic autonomy and its partnership with Burkina Faso and Niger.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA['We Take Responsibility' - Gideon Mensah Admits Black Stars Let Ghanaians Down]]></title><link>https://allafrica.com/stories/202610010128.html</link><category><![CDATA[Gambia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ghana]]></category><category><![CDATA[Soccer]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sport]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Africa]]></category><guid isPermaLink="true">https://allafrica.com/stories/202610010128.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 07:41:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[[Ghanaian Times] Black Stars defender Gideon Mensah has taken full responsibility for Ghana's shocking 4-2 defeat to The Gambia at the Accra Sports Stadium.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Which Parties/Movements Constitute the Coalitions in the Gambia?]]></title><link>https://allafrica.com/stories/202609300548.html</link><category><![CDATA[Gambia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Governance]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Africa]]></category><guid isPermaLink="true">https://allafrica.com/stories/202609300548.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 14:54:06 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[[Foroyaa] This year's presidential election is characterised by the formation of coalitions, including the ruling party. Membership of a coalition is unstable as political parties, and political leaders keep criss crossing from one party to another.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Historian Hassoum Ceesay Says Gambia-Senegal Border Has Not Been Demarcated Since 1904-05]]></title><link>https://allafrica.com/stories/202609290518.html</link><category><![CDATA[Gambia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Senegal]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Africa]]></category><guid isPermaLink="true">https://allafrica.com/stories/202609290518.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 15:36:25 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[[Foroyaa] There has been no formal boundary demarcation exercise between The Gambia and Senegal for more than a century, according to Hassoum Ceesay, Director General of the National Centre for Arts and Culture (NCAC).]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA['Two Easy Goals Killed Our Morale' - Carlos Queiroz Reacts After Black Stars' Shocking Defeat]]></title><link>https://allafrica.com/stories/202610010129.html</link><category><![CDATA[Gambia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ghana]]></category><category><![CDATA[Soccer]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sport]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Africa]]></category><guid isPermaLink="true">https://allafrica.com/stories/202610010129.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 07:41:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[[Ghanaian Times] Black Stars coach Carlos Queiroz says two soft goals conceded just before half-time destroyed his team's morale and turned the game against them.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coalition Building Process - the Dust Is Yet to Settle]]></title><link>https://allafrica.com/stories/202609290522.html</link><category><![CDATA[Gambia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Governance]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Africa]]></category><guid isPermaLink="true">https://allafrica.com/stories/202609290522.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 15:37:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[[Foroyaa] Poverty is immense, livelihoods are lacking, unemployment is rampant and the perilous irregular migration resulting in numerous deaths is now the order of the day, the 141-billion-dalasi debt burden is telling its toll on the nation as over 16 billion dalasi is sought to be allocated for debt service payment in 2027 after 13 billion dalasi was allocated in 2026. We can go on and on.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Breakdown of National Assembly Salary, Allowances in 2027 Estimates]]></title><link>https://allafrica.com/stories/202609290521.html</link><category><![CDATA[Economy, Business and Finance]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gambia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Governance]]></category><category><![CDATA[Labour]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Africa]]></category><guid isPermaLink="true">https://allafrica.com/stories/202609290521.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 15:37:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[[Foroyaa] The allowances of lawmakers and staff of The Gambia's National Assembly are set to cost more than D152,714,000 in 2027, according to budget estimates presented to lawmakers by the Minister of Finance. In 2026, the approved amount for allowances is D152,186,000.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[State House Gets D723.8 Million in 2027 Estimates]]></title><link>https://allafrica.com/stories/202609290520.html</link><category><![CDATA[Gambia]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Africa]]></category><guid isPermaLink="true">https://allafrica.com/stories/202609290520.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 15:36:56 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[[Foroyaa] The 2027 Budget Estimates tabled before the National Assembly by the Minister of Finance have set out the salaries and staffing costs for the Office of the President, the Cabinet Office, the Presidential Household, the Office of the National Security Adviser and other departments under State House.]]></description></item></channel></rss>