Gambiaj.com – (DAKAR, Senegal) – Senegal recorded a remarkable increase in its exports for September 2024, which soared to 422.7 billion CFA francs, an 85.2% rise compared to the previous month’s total of 228.2 billion CFA francs. Compared to the same period last year, the growth was even more pronounced, reaching 97.6%.
Gambiaj.com – (BANJUL, The Gambia) – A groundbreaking evaluation of The Gambia’s Home-Grown School Feeding Programme (HGSF) highlights its transformative impact on child nutrition, education, and mental well-being, especially among girls.
Gambiaj.com – (BAMAKO, Mali) – Once hailed as the stalwart defender of Mali’s military junta, Prime Minister Choguel Maïga now finds himself adrift in a political landscape dominated by the very regime he once championed. His staunch loyalty to Colonel Assimi Goïta and the military-led government, marked by fiery anti-Western rhetoric, has failed to shield him from an unraveling relationship with the junta.
Gambiaj.com – (BANJUL, The Gambia) – The government of The Gambia is set to present a memorandum on the establishment of a Special Tribunal at the upcoming ECOWAS Heads of State Summit in December, according to Solicitor General Hussein Thomasi. The announcement was made during a recent stakeholder forum on the Special Accountability Mechanisms for The Gambia.
Gambiaj.com – (BANJUL, The Gambia) – Two former lecturers of the University of The Gambia (UTG), Dr. Alieu Gibba and Professor Matarr Njie, have filed a lawsuit for GMD 5,000,000 against the university, claiming they were wrongfully terminated from their positions. The lawsuit, filed at the Kanifing Industrial Tribunal, accuses the institution of unjustly dismissing the academics over allegations of spreading false claims about UTG’s promotion process.
Gambiaj.com – (BANJUL, The Gambia) – Senegal’s ruling party, PASTEF’s win has not only been hailed within Senegal but is also receiving widespread praise from The Gambia’s major opposition party, the United Democratic Party (UDP).
This restructuring has left many liberal politicians without a foothold. Stripped of their positions and influence, they face an uncertain future, with diminished financial and political clout. The liberal machine that once dominated Senegalese politics has sputtered to a halt, its remnants scattered amidst legal challenges and factional disputes.
Gambiaj.com – (Dakar, Senegal) — The national vote counting commission is set to finalize and announce provisional results from Senegal’s legislative elections held on Sunday, November 17. The commission will convene tomorrow, November 20, at 10 a.m. in Room 4 of the Dakar Courthouse to consolidate data from departmental vote counting commissions.
Gambiaj.com – (BANJUL, The Gambia) – The Drug Law Enforcement Agency, The Gambia (DLEAG), has arrested a Gambian national, Dawda Kairaba Jeng, for possession of significant quantities of illicit drugs. Jeng, a 44-year-old resident of Salaji, was apprehended on November 11, 2023, at approximately 9:23 PM GMT during an operation in his neighborhood.
Gambiaj.com – (DAKAR, Senegal) – Barthélemy Dias, the mayor of Dakar and leader of Samm sa Kaddu, has faced a significant political blow in the legislative elections held on November 17. Despite his ambitions to leverage these elections as a springboard toward the 2029 presidential race, his strategies were shattered by the dominance of the opposition party Pastef, led by Ousmane Sonko.