First Person: Passion to feed a healthier Gambia
At only 24 years of age, Alhadgie Faal has built a successful small business, by turning family land in Kanuma, which is in Gambia’s North Bank region, into a sizable…
INTERVIEW: ‘Every other young girl you see in The Gambia has undergone female genital mutilation’
Ndeye Rose Sarr When a girl starts to menstruate, that’s when the problems usually start. From the age of 10, she begins to be looked at as a potential bride…
Changing lives in The Gambia: A UN Resident Coordinator Blog
When my mandate began, in 2018, it was not long after the end of the dictatorship . The new Government was already embracing several reforms simultaneously, reviewing the constitution, the…
First Person: Hatching a plan for success in rural Gambia
Guidom Sabally’s high school education was cut short because his family could no longer afford school fees. For many years, he struggled to find work as an unskilled labourer. Now…