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.
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.
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.
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.
The withdrawal of Ousmane Sonko from the electoral rolls was overturned today by the Dakar district court. On Tuesday, the court
West African leaders agreed on Sunday to form a new committee to talk with Niger’s military junta, making it at least the third committee formed by the regional group, ECOWAS, to negotiate with the military authorities who deposed President Mohamed Bazoum in a coup in July.
The police have released all of the Brikama area councilors on self-bail this evening, except for the Councilor of Brufut Ward, Hon. Abdoulie Jammeh, who remains in arrest at the Anti-crime Unit in Banjulinding.
In essence, the Ministry completely supports the suspended Chief Executive Officer and Director of Finance, while arguing that the change of signatories to the Brikama Area Council’s accounts is clearly in violation of applicable legislative provisions.
The Gambia’s police have admitted to arresting numerous Brikama Area Councillors, while others have willingly shown themselves at the Brikama police
Allegations of financial manipulation led the Brikama Area Council (BAC) to announce in mid-October the suspension of both its director of finance, Alagie Jeng, and CEO, Modou Jonga. The local government’s line ministry was not pleased with the council’s choice to handpick a temporary director of administration and a financial manager
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