President Barrow Launches Major Nationwide Road Expansion, Inaugurates Mosque in URR and CRR

President Barrow Launches Major Nationwide Road Expansion, Inaugurates Mosque in URR and CRR

Feature By Sheriff Musa Sheriff Banjul, The Gambia — President Adama Barrow has undertaken a wide-ranging tour of the Central River Region (CRR) and Upper River Region (URR), where he inaugurated a newly constructed mosque in Demba Kunda and laid foundation stones for major road infrastructure projects under the government’s flagship “Connect Gambia Initiative”. The four-day engagement, which also included inspection of ongoing works in the Grea…

President Barrow Launches Rural Road Network Project in URR, CRR

By Nelson Manneh  President Adama Barrow, from May 16th to 20th, 2026, launched the Connect Gambia Infrastructure Projects and officially inaugurated a road expansion project targeting over 700km of paved roads across the Upper River and Central River Regions (URR and CRR) respectively. This extensive rural road network is designed to end decades of isolation for farming communities, providing critical year-round access to markets, healthcare, a…