AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoRoads for remote communities: President Adama Barrow has launched an 85km road project in The Gambia’s Upper River Region to connect 22 settlements, starting with an 11.2km link in Jimara—an effort framed as decentralising development and cutting the daily grind of access. Mali in the spotlight: In Bamako, winners of a Russian-language Olympiad were honoured at the Palais de la Culture Amadou Hampâté Bâ, with organisers saying competitions resumed after a pause linked to the COVID years and later jihadist attacks. Sahel security backdrop: UN Security Council condemnation of deadly attacks in Mali continues to echo this week, as reporting also points to Mali’s forces targeting rebel groups and warns of a widening, fragile security picture. Regional politics & mobility: A Mo Ibrahim Foundation report says only four African countries have ratified the AU’s free movement protocol—Mali is named among the laggards—while ECOWAS lawmakers push harder on counter-terror cooperation. Bird trade alarm: A new study flags more than a million live wild birds imported into Asia since 2006, with much coming from Africa and Mali listed among key exporters.
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