Africa News

• Gambia: SSHFC Registers Assets Growth of D700 Million in 2020
  [Foroyaa] Haddy Sallah, the Director of Finance and Investment at the Social Security and Housing Finance Corporation (SSHFC) has said that the corporation has registered a growth in assets of seven hundred million (D700M) in 2020.
• Gambia: World Bank Director of Operations to Visit U.S.$405 Million Projects in Gambia Today
  [Foroyaa] The World Bank Group's Managing Director of Operations, Mr. Axel van Trotsenburg, is due to visit The Gambia today and he is expected to visit the bank's financed projects in the country as well.
• Gambia: MRC Workers' Union Conducts Biennial Congress
  [Foroyaa] The Medical Research Council (MRC) Workers' Union held its biennial congress on Thursday, June 30, 2022 where the outgoing executive committee presented its financial and activity reports to the members.
• Gambia: Commercial Drivers Call for Reduction of Fuel Price
  [Foroyaa] Commercial drivers in the Greater Banjul Area have called on the Government of The Gambia to reduce the fuel price, which is reported to have risen on July 1 2022.
• Gambia: Fuel Pump Price Increases Again
  [The Point] The prices for petrol and diesel have increased again. The increase is influenced by the continuing impact of the war in Ukraine on international crude oil prices and the removal of costly fuel subsidies by the government.