Welcome to The Gambia Experience News Page which gives prospective holidaymakers and anyone interested in the country the latest news from The Gambia. New articles are added each week relating to new tourist hotels and flights, industry, new infrastructure, charity work, sport and more. Search over 150 previous articles dating back to 2007.
This year's International Woman of Courage award for the Gambia was given to Dr. Isatou Touray, executive director of Gambia Committee on Tradition Practice (GAMCOTRAP).
30 May 2008
Declared Gambia's third largest bank in 2006, Guaranty Trust Bank has recorded over 100 per cent growth in 2007
30 May 2008
In an attempt to develop sustainable emergency team efforts, the charity Caring for Life is to send a team of volunteers to the remotest parts of rural Gambia
30 May 2008
Intercontinental Airways will begin its operations from the Gambia on the 15th next month, flying to several destinations including Freetown in Sierra Leone, Dakar in Senegal, Abidjan in Ivory Coast, Accra in Ghana and Lome in Togo
28 May 2008
For those interested in the Gambian culture and the African culture at large cannot chose a better time to visit the country with the International Roots Festival approaching
27 May 2008
Gambia is certainly home to some of the best craftsmen one will ever see, who often resort to ancestral techniques to create outstanding objects
27 May 2008
As part of the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative first set up in 1996 by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, Norway has agreed to cancel Gambia's debts, amounting to around $2.6 million
23 May 2008
Visitors to the Gambia do not always expect so much cultural background from a country that is less than half the size of Belgium.
19 May 2008
It is only ten days before the start of Gambia's Roots International Festival which aims at reuniting African descendants on their ancestral land
19 May 2008
International Women's Day was celebrated throughout the Gambia last Sunday, while president Jammeh took advantage of the day to stress the importance of gender equality in the Gambian society
14 May 2008
