Gambia signs oil deal with BP [Business Africa]

The Gambian government has said it had signed a contract with BP to explore oil and gas off its coast. The government of President Adama Barrow is trying to build up Gambia’s oil and gas sector as a way of reviving an economy gutted by more than two decades of autocratic rule under former President Yahya Jammeh. In a brief statement, Barrow’s office said he had met BP representatives at the presidential palace. But they gave no further details.

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