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Gambian lawmakers pushed through a bill that bumps their salaries and pension packages, with Sulayman Jammeh from Bundungka Kunda moving the proposal forward while Biram JS Sowe from Niamina West backed it up. The National Assembly Salaries and Pensions Amendment got sent to the Committee of the...

West Coast Region deputy governor Musa Amul Nyassi shut down rumors that three village heads from Foni Bintang got their official stamps yanked because they skipped President Barrow's tour stop. The alkalolu from Kaimo, Bantending, and Sitta villages lost their stamps after repeatedly blowing...

Gambian lawmakers grilled the finance ministry about Social Security dropping roughly 1.1 billion dalasi on 70 buses for GTSC through some company called TK Export, and legislators wanted receipts on whether this counted as a government loan or just a straight purchase. The minister said the...

PASTEF The Gambia dropped a statement saying persons with disabilities deserve actual representation in government instead of just symbolic gestures, and public relations officer Mayorro Sidibeh laid out plans for accessible infrastructure spanning transport networks and digital platforms. The...

The Gambia grabbed its first complete catalog of intangible cultural heritage from UNESCO's Dakar office at a ceremony in Toubacouta, Senegal, and deputy heritage director Mamat Sallah thanked the organization for backing the inventory project that tracked cultural knowledge across the country...

Zimbabwe rolled out electronic toll tags through Zinara and tech company Instatoll about three months back after a six-month test run at Ntabazinduna plaza on the Bulawayo-Harare highway, and roughly 30,000 vehicles have signed up for the RFID windshield stickers that auto-open boom gates...

Indian Ambassador Bramha Kumar told attendees at a Harare business seminar that his country's investors dropped over $600 million into Zimbabwean manufacturing operations that employ more than 15,000 locals, and bilateral trade hit $250 million with Zimbabwe shipping $46 million worth of goods...

Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube announced plans to cut a $1.9 billion steel import bill by reclassifying finished steel products as minerals through amendments to old regulations, which should help local manufacturers add around 120 production capacities. The administration wants major...

Zimbabwe Revenue Authority boss Regina Chinamasa says her team is staffing up major crossing points like Beitbridge, Forbes, and Chirundu for round-the-clock operations during the holiday travel season, while Plumtree might switch to 24-hour service if Botswana agrees. Travelers can use an...

Schools wrapped up their final term, and Inspector Nomalanga Msebele from Bulawayo police is warning parents that Vuzu parties are about to explode during the break. These gatherings have become setups for minors getting wasted on alcohol and hard drugs, hooking up in sketchy situations, and...

Minister Owen Ncube showed up at the Kwekwe District War Veterans offices to hand out cash from the Presidential Empowerment Fund, which President Mnangagwa set up through advisor Paul Tungwarara to support liberation struggle veterans. The provincial affairs minister said the Second Republic...

Artists and cultural workers from Zimbabwe's Midlands Province want the government to build creative spaces in rural areas and fix up the busted facilities that already exist, according to stakeholders who met at a consultative forum. Councillor Emmanuel Mhike from Runde RDC says Zvishavane...

Zimbabwe's rural chicken sector is worth around $46.64 million according to government agricultural planning documents, and Manicaland Province leads the country with roughly 3.6 million birds, while Midlands comes second with about 3 million. The bird count dropped 15 percent because farmers...

Seed Co Limited CEO Morgan Nzwere says his company took a revenue hit during the first half-year, dropping to $11.6 million because farming cycles shifted around, regional exports slowed down after other suppliers bounced back, and the winter wheat season was weaker than usual. The agricultural...

Bulawayo officials are going all in on Highlanders Football Club hitting their 100-year mark, with Deputy Mayor Edwin Ndlovu saying the anniversary belongs to the whole city and not just the team. The club was started by Albert and Rhodes Khumalo back in 1926, and the celebration theme is about...

A Gweru businessman named Peter Dube got slapped with two life sentences plus 20 years after he murdered two people and tried to kill two others over jealousy about his second wife allegedly cheating. Justice Munamato Mutevedzi at Bulawayo High Court went off on guys who claim passion made them...

Police officers based out of Bulawayo are raising concerns about secretive Vuzu parties as students head into their school break, according to Inspector Nomalanga Msebele. The gatherings have gotten seriously out of hand with minors drinking heavily, doing hard drugs like crystal meth and...

Zimbabwe's education ministry is going full scorched earth on schools that keep charging parents registration cash before kids even get accepted for Grade One and Form One spots. Director Taungana Ndoro said any public institution demanding payments between a hundred and two hundred bucks for...

Harare got absolutely wrecked when late-month storms knocked over trees and flooded streets across multiple suburbs, leaving families homeless and roads trashed. City Council spokesperson Stanley Gama called the whole mess a natural disaster beyond their control, but environmental lawyers are...

A Bulawayo woman got hit with a fine after dumping scalding porridge on her husband during some domestic argument. Sylvia Ngulube from Entumbane has to pay 150 bucks or spend three months locked up if she doesn't cough up the cash before the new year starts. The whole thing went down when she...