Video – Gambia Navy Receives Two Patrol Vessels
Lamin Jarjue
December 20, 2023
Two patrol boats were commissioned and turned over to the Navy of the Gambia Armed Forces on Tuesday by President Adama
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Local Government Service Commission Orders 7 Cleared BAC Employees Resume Work.
Jarai Jallow
December 20, 2023
More than seven Brikama Area Council (BAC) employees, previously suspended, are to return to work immediately, under a directive from the Local Government Service Commission. The council initially suspended these individuals on suspicion of stifling council revenue, but the Commission’s investigation revealed no wrongdoing on their part.
Parliament Rejects Change to Free Assembly Act, Voting Right to Unelected Councilors
Frederic Tendeng
December 20, 2023
The Gambia’s National Assembly rejected a proposed change to the Public Order Act, a private member bill filed by Hon. Sulayman Saho, the parliament’s Deputy Minority Leader and Member for Central Baddibu, in a heated debate on Tuesday.
Zineb and Yahya Jammeh Retained on New UK, US Sanction Lists
Frederic Tendeng
December 19, 2023
The United Kingdom renewed its list of sanctioned individuals on Monday, including The Gambia’s former president Yahya Jammeh, his wife Zineb Jammeh, and former National Intelligence Agency chief Yankuba Badjie.
Fatou Bensouda, Joins eyeWitness to Atrocities’ Board of Trustees
Frederic Tendeng
December 19, 2023
The International Bar Association (IBA)-founded Eyewitness to Atrocities (eyewitness) has announced that Fatou Bensouda, the former Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, has joined its Board of Trustees. Ms. Bensouda has been recognized for her outstanding contributions to international justice.
Gambians Feared Dead as Migrant Boat Capsized Off Libya Killing 61
Louise Mendy
December 17, 2023
According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), over sixty migrants are thought to have perished in a shipwreck off the
Another Cocaine Vessel Intercepted in Senegal With Three Tons of Narcotics
Frederic Tendeng
December 17, 2023
Three tons of cocaine were intercepted by the Senegalese navy on a ship traveling off the coast of Senegal with a crew of seven people.
Government to Repeal the Public Enterprise Act, Amend National Audit Office Regulation
Frederic Tendeng
December 16, 2023
President Adama Barrow and his government will repeal the Public Enterprise Act. The decision was made during Thursday’s cabinet meeting. Other choices made during the meeting included modifying the National Audit Office Act and addressing a number of other concerns aimed at improving tax base revenue.
Senegal: Four soldiers killed by an anti-tank mine in Casamance
Frederic Tendeng
December 16, 2023
Four Senegalese army personnel were killed on Thursday after their vehicle collided with an anti-tank mine near Kalathiay. The soldiers who died were part of a paratrooper detachment returning from a mission on the Diokadou-Kadialock axis, in Sindian’s department of Bignona, near the border with Gambia.
A Dakar District Court Overturns Ousman Sonko’s Removal from the Voter Roll
Frederic Tendeng
December 14, 2023
The withdrawal of Ousmane Sonko from the electoral rolls was overturned today by the Dakar district court. On Tuesday, the court
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