Gambiaj.com – (DAKAR, Senegal) – Senegal’s Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko has announced the initiation of a comprehensive accountability and transparency inquest targeting officials from the previous Macky Sall administration.
Gambiaj.com – (BANJUL, Gambia) – The Gambia’s complex struggle over the legality of female genital mutilation (FGM) had taken on a deeply personal dimension with the involvement of Imam Abdoulie Fatty, a prominent religious figure advocating for the practice’s reinstatement. Imam Fatty, a cousin of The Gambia’s first convicted female genital cutter, Yassin Fatty, had emerged as a key voice in the campaign to reverse the 2015 ban on FGM.
Gambiaj.com – (BANJUL, The Gambia) – In a significant move toward enhancing transparency and accountability in The Gambia, the Chairperson and members of the newly established Access to Information (ATI) Commission were officially sworn in today.
Gambiaj.com – (LONDON, United Kingdom) – Senegal’s new government, led by President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, has taken a bold step that is creating waves in the international business community. London based Global Finance Magazine has looked into the Senegalese government newly established commission
Gambiaj.com – (BANJUL, The Gambia) – In a high-stakes inquiry before The Gambia’s National Assembly, former Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Petroleum, Amie Njie, distanced herself from a controversial policy linked to a $30 million Russian oil deal.
Gambiaj.com – (BANJUL, The Gambia) – The new draft constitution currently under debate in The Gambia has sparked controversy by omitting a key provision from the 2020 draft that allowed both natural and juristic persons, regardless of nationality, the right to own and operate media outlets in the country.
Gambiaj.com – (BANJUL, The Gambia) – In a significant stride toward improving healthcare delivery across The Gambia, First Lady Fatoumata Bah Barrow officially inaugurated a new oxygen plant at the Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital (EFSTH) today.
Gambiaj.com – (DAKAR, Senegal) – Senegalese Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko has defiantly dismissed a motion of censure put forward by the Benno Bokk Yaakaar (BBY) parliamentary majority, aimed at toppling his government.
Gambiaj.com – (BANJUL, The Gambia) – Gambian journalist and media entrepreneur Fatu Camara has raised concerns over the State House’s handling of the selection process for business delegates accompanying President Adama Barrow on international trips.
Gambiaj.com – (BANJUL, The Gambia) -On Tuesday, the Association of Non-Governmental Organizations in The Gambia (TANGO) found itself at the center of a constitutional consultation controversy. Shortly after the organization criticized the Attorney General’s claims of civil society involvement in the draft constitution process as “misleading,” TANGO’s leadership was received by the Vice President of The Gambia, Mohammed B.S. Jallow, at the State House.
