The Gambia finally has official dietary guidelines to tackle its messed-up nutrition problems. The Ministry of Health, with major backing from the FAO, launched the National Food-Based Dietary Guidelines at the Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara conference center in Bijilo. Permanent Secretary Dr. Yusupha Touray, speaking for the minister, called it a science-based tool to fight the triple threat of malnutrition, which includes undernutrition, hidden hunger from missing vitamins, and a growing wave of obesity and diet-related diseases.
The guidelines push people to eat more local and diverse foods, like fruits, vegetables, and whole grains, while cutting back on salt, sugar, and bad fats. Dr. Touray said this mess of malnutrition hurts the...
The real problem isn't the guy sitting in the big chair; it's the whole damn throne he's sitting on. That's the argument from a recent analysis of The Gambia, tracing a straight line from Jawara to Jammeh to Barrow. Each leader just operated the same predatory state machinery, a system built on two main pillars. The first is a cultural one, framing the president as a sacred, untouchable king, a Mansa. The second is a legal one, using confusing laws like the State Lands Act to quietly take land from regular people. Together, this setup makes corruption and theft the standard way to run the country.
This cultural engine runs on borrowed prestige, merging old ideas of kingship, or Mansayaa, with the modern presidency. It's a script that...
ECOWAS is finally trying to kill those insane air ticket taxes. The bloc has ordered all member states to scrap these levies by the start of 2026, after their heads of state agreed on the plan earlier. A top official, Chris Appiah, pointed to these government taxes as the main reason West Africa has the most expensive flights on the continent, which smothers tourism and trade. The new rules also demand a twenty-five percent cut in other aviation charges and the complete removal of bogus fees like the security tax.
Right now, the costs are brutal. A quick round-trip from Banjul to Dakar can hit almost three hundred bucks for a forty-five minute hop. Getting from Banjul to Accra might cost close to a thousand dollars round-trip. Gambian...
A 22-year-old Gambian kid is putting his country on the map with TikTok comedy. Ousman Joof, known online as Network Comedy or Network Americana, racked up over a million followers in two years. He just snagged the Most Outstanding Comedian in West Africa award, a point of national pride, he says, that pushes him to represent The Gambia positively. His skits aim to elevate the country's creative scene for a global audience, moving beyond just local laughs.
Joof's hustle started way before viral fame, back in school drama clubs. After studying media, he went all in on TikTok. He faced plenty of doubters who told him to get a real job, but now his content pays the bills. He has landed brand deals with companies like APS, Wallet, and...
One of GOG's original founders just bought the whole store back. Michal Kicinski, who co-founded both CD Projekt Red and GOG, has acquired the digital platform from CDPR. The company announced the move in a blog post, stressing that the core mission of a DRM-free, user-controlled library remains unchanged. For users, absolutely nothing is different with their accounts or libraries.
Kicinski stated the purchase is about returning to GOG's roots. The goal is to focus harder on game preservation, reviving classics, and maintaining gamer-friendly policies. He emphasized values like freedom and independence as the bedrock of the platform. GOG also clarified it is not in financial trouble, framing this as a strategic move to protect its...
TSMC is freaking hustling to make chips in Arizona way faster than anyone thought. The Taiwanese semiconductor giant now wants to start pumping out 3nm processors at its second Arizona plant by 2027, a full year ahead of schedule. This follows their first Arizona fab, already working on 4nm tech. They are reportedly throwing up to 300 billion dollars at US operations to build out a supply chain, reacting to insane demand for advanced nodes from AI and high-performance computing clients.
This speed run is a direct response to getting squeezed by competitors. Intel is pushing its own 18A process, and Samsung Foundry is becoming a real threat, even snagging Tesla as a customer for its 2nm plans. With the AI boom refusing to die, TSMC...
Some mad lad finally built a full VR mod for Breath of the Wild. Developer Crementif, working with Flat2VR Studios, just dropped this massive project after five years of work. It started as a simple test to chop trees in VR and exploded into the complete BetterVR mod. The mod requires a specific setup, running on the Cemu emulator with a Wii U copy of the game. A slick trailer showed it off right before release, proving the hype was real.
Nintendo's infamous legal team is the obvious elephant in the room. The company has a long history of crushing fan projects, emulators, and mods. Commenters everywhere are warning people to download it immediately before it potentially gets nuked. While Nintendo might not target every single mod, a...
Tanzania has been quietly building a ton of water projects for years now. Prime Minister Mwigulu Nchemba laid out the government's long game during a visit to water systems in the Coast Region's Ruvu Chini area. He stated the administration spotted climate change hitting water supplies early. That early recognition led to major construction plans aimed at fixing shortages for good. These are not new ideas, with planning and building starting a while back as a direct response to the growing crisis.
The PM framed these large-scale infrastructure efforts as the intended solution. He positioned them as sustainable fixes meant to actually deliver for Tanzanians. The inspection tour itself highlighted progress on specific systems, showing a...
Dudes in Dar are begging for a new dam so their taps will work. The CEO of the city's water authority, DAWASA, named Mkama Bwire, told the Prime Minister, Dr. Mwigulu Nchemba, that they need to finish the Kidunda Dam fast. He said this while showing the PM around the Ruvu River supply. Bwire argued the dam would let them boost daily water production for Dar es Salaam from 270 million liters up to 360 million liters, closing a major shortage gap. He admitted the river itself is putting out more water now, but they have no place to keep it, losing huge amounts to the ocean.
Bwire dropped some wild numbers about the waste. He explained they used to pull 2,400 liters per second from the Ruvu, but the river now flows at a rate of 29 million...
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