The army spokesperson for Sierra Leone, Colonel Issa Bangura, has stated on Monday that 13 members of the army who support the government lost their lives in Sunday’s military shooting in the country’s capital, Freetown. But in Freetown, there are still unanswered concerns regarding the attack’s backers and its conditions.
The Gambian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mamadou Tangara, has reaffirmed that Morocco is the “clear and unambiguous” owner of Western Sahara.
President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone sent a special message of assurance from his Presidential Lodge, which is located not
Early on Sunday, there were reports of heavy shooting in Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone. According to sources, the president’s lodge and the main military barracks at Wilberforce are the source of the firing.
The Gambia Police Force has today announced that the expired documents in circulation will be considered valid until the matter between the state and Semlex is resolved.
General Mbaye Cissé, the Chief of General Staff of the Senegalese Armed Forces, paid His Excellency Mohammed B.S. Jallow, the Vice President of the Gambia, a courtesy call today.
Semlex, the company that makes Gambian ID cards and driver licenses, demands that the government of The Gambia enter into a full contract renewal with the company before it resumes operations, according to The Standard Newspaper, which cited a reliable source with knowledge of the country’s biometric document operations. Since Sunday, Semlex has not conducted business in The Gambia.
President Adama Barrow announced on Day 2 of his Meet the Peoples Tour that fees for obtaining administrative and national documents, as well as other public services like hospital consultations and treatments, compound transactions, court summonses, and so forth, will increase generally by 150 to 300 percent.
Ebrima G. Sankareh, the Government Spokesperson and Presidential Diaspora Adviser, announced today that the contract for the production of biometric ID cards and related documents, signed on July 17th, 2018, with Semlex Group SA, has recently expired. Mr Sankareh made the disclosure while discussing the recent halt in the issuance of Gambian identity cards, passports, and driver’s licenses.
President Adama Barrow announced on Day One of his Meet the People Tour that the government of The Gambia will purchase farmers’ groundnuts at an increased price of D 38,000 per ton. The government’s price per ton last year was D32,000.
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