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OP Insists AG Ceesay’S Redeployment not Meant to Interfere in NAO

OP Insists AG Ceesay’S Redeployment not Meant to Interfere in NAO

Africa-Press - Gambia. The Office of the President has insisted that the appointment of former Auditor General Modou Ceesay as Minister of Trade, Industry,...
Parliament Debates President'S Judges' Salary Legality

Parliament Debates President’S Judges’ Salary Legality

Africa-Press - Gambia. Members of the National Assembly engaged in a heated debate on Tuesday during the consideration stage of the Judicial Officers’ Condition...
New Auditor General Cherno Amadou Sowe Assumes Office

New Auditor General Cherno Amadou Sowe Assumes Office

Africa-Press - Gambia. The newly appointed Auditor General, Cherno Amadou Sowe, officially assumed duties today at the National Audit Office. According to sources, operations at...
NA Grants 90-Day Extension for Jammeh Asset Probe

NA Grants 90-Day Extension for Jammeh Asset Probe

Africa-Press - Gambia. The National Assembly on Tuesday approved a 90-day extension for its Special Select Committee investigating the sale and disposal of assets...
Former Attorney General Discusses Freezing Jammeh'S Assets

Former Attorney General Discusses Freezing Jammeh’S Assets

Africa-Press - Gambia. The former Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubacarr M. Tambadou, appeared on Monday before the National Assembly’s Special Select Committee...
Government Defends Abdoulie Jobe'S Actions as Minister

Government Defends Abdoulie Jobe’S Actions as Minister

Africa-Press - Gambia. The Government of The Gambia has defended former Petroleum Minister Abdoulie Jobe, stating that he acted within his ministerial authority when...
Gov’T Urges Absconded Workers in Spain to Return

Gov’T Urges Absconded Workers in Spain to Return

Africa-Press - Gambia. Following reports that over 30 Gambian migrant workers have absconded in Spain, at the end of their three months’ work permit,...
Gambians, Nigerians Sue US Gov’T over Deportation to Ghana

Gambians, Nigerians Sue US Gov’T over Deportation to Ghana

Africa-Press - Gambia. Two Gambians and three Nigerians deported from the United States and left in Ghana have filed a lawsuit in Washington, DC,...
VP Jallow Attends Emergency Meeting on Palestine in Doha

VP Jallow Attends Emergency Meeting on Palestine in Doha

Africa-Press - Gambia. Vice-President Muhammad Jallow, arrived in Qatar on Saturday evening to participate in the Emergency Arab-Islamic Summit, scheduled to be convened in...
In Defense of the Constitution against Barrow'S Autocracy

In Defense of the Constitution against Barrow’S Autocracy

Africa-Press - Gambia. Two unfortunate things are unfolding in The Gambia: the weaponization of the law through so-called legal restrictions to erode civil liberties...