Gambiaj.com – The Bank of Sierra Leone (BSL) has announced that starting April 1st, 2024, commercial banks will no longer accept old Leone notes for exchange with the redenominated currency, the New Leone. This decision, as stated in a press release issued on March 28th, 2024, follows a previous announcement made by the BSL on December 30th, 2023.
Gambiaj.com – The Secretariat of the Paris Pact is eagerly awaiting the arrival of Macky Sall, who has been designated by French President Emmanuel Macron to lead the institution. President Sall will assume his new role as special envoy of the Paris Pact for People and Planet (4P) in a few weeks, immediately after stepping down from office on April 2, according to a presidential source.
Gambiaj.com – Today’s Lusaka SADC summit has reiterated the regional commitment in the Mutual Defence Pact and commended Member States for their continued contribution and support to SAMIM and SAMIDRC. It also reiterated support for political and diplomatic processes, including the Luanda Process and the Nairobi Process.
Gambiaj.com – The return to Ziguinchor region of Mayor Ousmane Sonko, saw him being welcomed as a hero after more than eight months in jail. The Diomaye President coalition campaign took the opportunity to make one of the major announcements of its campaign. The Diomaye Sonko duo announced plans to end the Casamance conflict in a “short period” of time after taking office.
Gambiaj.com – The Sierra Leone Ministry of Health Burial Team, Ivorian Sillahs “Say No To Drugs”, and the Barrie Help Foundation buried 32 unidentified people in Kingtom Cemetery on March 14, 2024. For all 32 of them, Kush ingestion was determined to be the cause of death.
Gambiaj.com – Upon his release from prison, Ousmane Sonko addressed Amadou Bâ, the Benno candidate nominated by President Macky Sall, in his first speech. He was accused by Ousmane Sonko of being a doubtful, dishonest individual who masterminded multiple efforts at corruption.
Gambiaj.com – DAKAR (Reuters) – Senegal’s Supreme Court on Friday rejected a bid by one of the main opposition parties to halt a presidential election on March 24, sparing the country from another constitutional crisis.
Gambiaj.com – Following a decision by Senegal’s National Audiovisual Regulatory Council (CNRA), Bassirou Diomaye Faye – the number 2 of the dissolved opposition party Pastef led by Ousmane Sonko – has been deprived of his airtime on the public television channel RTS. The CNRA argues that only the presidential candidate can appear in these three-minute campaign videos, which are broadcasted daily on the public television channel.
Gambiaj.com – The European Commission has launched an investigation following reports that an EU-funded Senegalese security force, intended to combat cross-border crime, was instead used to crack down on peaceful protestors. Compelling investigative reports by Al Jazeera and the PorCausa Foundation revealed that the Senegalese government deployed the special counter-terrorism unit, created and trained with EU funding, to violently suppress recent pro-democracy protests.
Gambiaj.com – The Union of Sierra Leoneans in The Gambia (SlENU) has strongly condemned the gruesome murder of a British national allegedly by a Sierra Leonean resident, Augustine Bangura, in The Gambia. In a press release, SlENU expressed shock and disbelief over the incident, emphasizing that such actions do not represent the values of the Sierra Leonean community in The Gambia.
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