The report provides a detailed analysis of the design and implementation of Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI) roadmaps aimed at advancing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Sub-Saharan Africa. Developed as part of the collaboration with the Directorate-General for International Partnerships (DG INTPA) of the European Commission for the development …
The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Water, Forestry and Wildlife, UNICEF and Department of Community Development, recently held a day-long sensitisation programme on the elimination of open defecation for Central River Region Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) members in Janjangbureh. The …
After several meetings that have been made by national climate change negotiators on this world most threatening issue that seems not to spare our health, economy also having a greater threatening effects on the lives and properties of people, there has been few developments made by negotiators of some countries …
The Gambia government through the Ministry of Energy in conjunction with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Gobal Environment Facility (GEF) on Wednesday validated a renewable energy project dubbed, UNIDO/GEF5 Project meant to promote the use and integration of Small to Medium Scale Renewable Energy Systems in …
The Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Minster of Environment and UNICEF country representative have called for behavioural change in the attainment and sustainability in ending open defecation in The Gambia by 2017. They were speaking to journalists at a press briefing held at Dalagass Community in CRR after the …
Staff from ActionAid International The Gambia and ActionAid Senegal have agreed to strengthen relationships in order to achieve stronger results in the second phase of the Agro Ecology and Resilience Project. The project is being implemented in both countries and is primed on three key areas: Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), …
The Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Water and Wildlife (MoECCWW) has taken a firm stance to suspend the issuing of permits for felling trees across the country, with immediate effect, "unless in exceptional cases". It has also issued a stern warning to all those involved in the chain of actors, …
The West Africa Bird Study Association recently planted 29,000 saplings of mangrove at Tanbi wetland in Bakau to enhance breeding of birds and preserve the country's ecosystem. The exercise was funded through the United Nations Global Environment Facility (GEF). Modou Njie, WABSA administrative and financial manager, said the exercise would …
President Yahya Jammeh has made a declaration that The Gambia would be "open defecation-free" by 2017. The declaration was announced by the Minister of Health and Social Welfare, who represented the Gambian leader at the launching ceremony on "Ending Open Defecation" in The Gambia, held at the Dalagas Community in …
Gambians are gearing up for a grand celebration of the prestigious award presented to the country by the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations on June 9 2015, in Rome, Italy, during the 39th Session of its conference. The Gambia received such award twice between November 2014 …
The Ministry of Energy with support from the ECOWAS Center for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE) on 12 August, 2015 opened a two day workshop to validate the National Renewable Energy Action Plan (NREAP) and National Energy Efficiency Action Plan (NEEAP) for the Gambia. The objective, according to organizers, …
Lrr — One hundred and seventy-eight people were displaced as heavy currents of water swept away 10 households in the Kiang West District of the Lower River Region. The deluge that happened on Saturday lasted for several hours and affected the villages of Sankandi, Kulikunda and Jamari. It also washed …
A new scheme designed to address malnutrition and unhealthy eating habits through nutrition education at the Lower Basic School level in the country is gaining momentum. The Nutrition Education Programme (NEP) being piloted in 15 schools in regions 2, 4 and 5 is targeting pupils in grades 2, 4 and …
The National Environmental Agency (NEA) has issued a statement outlining the offences and penalties on defaulters of the ban on plastic bags in The Gambia. In a press release sent to this paper yesterday, the NEA outlined the offences and penalties on any person found wanting quoting a bill entitled …
The Gambia government on Tuesday reached an agreement with an Italian company, GPM Corporation Limited, for the construction of a fence at Bakoteh dump site, the main waste dumping site in the Greater Banjul Area (GBA).According to officials, the contract is the first phase of a €2.5 million waste management …
West Africa: Huge Opportunities for Agricultural Growth in West Africa High ranking officials from the African Union Commission (AUC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) are meeting in Brazzaville to take stock of their collaborative efforts to improve the health of people in Africa. Among the issues being discussed are …
Lrr — A Senegalese vehicle with registration number TH- 6248 E on Monday caused a massive oil spillage at the Bamba Tenda-Yelli Tenda ferry crossing point in the Lower River Region. Speaking to Daily Observer shortly after the incident at the site, Lamin Saidy, the regional disaster coordinator said the …
The government of The Gambia through its National Environment Agency (NEA) has warn against human activities posing a serious threat to the environment including pollution and unlawful littering.The NEA is the public agency responsible for the protection of the environment in The Gambia including her ecological system as well as …
If your country were responsible for only 0.05 percent of the world's climate-changing emissions, you might not think it worth making a plan to curb that pollution - especially when you still need to get electricity to much of your population. But the Gambian government thinks otherwise. It is already …
The National Environment Agency (NEA) recently commemorated The Gambia 'No plastic day', a day set aside to assess the impact of plastic bags on the environment and raise awareness on the dangers it causes to the health of the citizenry. The commemoration was held in form of a march-past from …
Wcr — The President, His Excellency Sheikh Professor Alhaji Dr Yahya AJJ Jammeh has pledged to install a new water reticulation system in the West Coast Region (WCR) from Kartong to Kalagi by 2018. He said the state-of-the-art water supply system is meant to reward the people of the region …
