{"id":83561,"date":"2025-08-07T07:16:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T07:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/barrow-dismisses-maritime-director-restructures-foreign-service"},"modified":"2025-08-07T07:29:40","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T07:29:40","slug":"barrow-dismisses-maritime-director-restructures-foreign-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/barrow-dismisses-maritime-director-restructures-foreign-service","title":{"rendered":"Barrow Dismisses Maritime Director Restructures Foreign Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>President Adama Barrow has dismissed the Director of the Gambia Maritime Administration and implemented a major reshuffle in the country\u2019s foreign service, effective Wednesday, August 6, 2025.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Exercising his authority under the Gambia Maritime Administration Act of 2006, President Barrow relieved Karamo Janneh of his duties and appointed Olimatou Danso as the new Director of the Gambia Maritime Administration.<\/p>\n<p>In a parallel move affecting the diplomatic corps, the president redeployed Ambassador Foday Malang from his post in Qatar to serve as The Gambia\u2019s Ambassador to the Kingdom of Morocco. Simultaneously, Ambassador Omar Jah, previously stationed in Morocco, has been reassigned as The Gambia\u2019s Ambassador to the State of Qatar.<\/p>\n<p>According to a government statement, these changes are part of broader efforts to strengthen The Gambia\u2019s diplomatic presence and enhance bilateral relations with strategic partner countries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Government of The Gambia remains committed to ensuring efficiency, professionalism, and accountability in the administration of public institutions and the delivery of public services,\u201d the government stated.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Gambia<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. President Adama Barrow has dismissed the Director of the Gambia Maritime Administration and implemented a major reshuffle in the country\u2019s foreign service, effective Wednesday, August 6, 2025. Exercising his authority under the Gambia Maritime Administration Act of 2006, President Barrow relieved Karamo Janneh of his duties and appointed Olimatou Danso as the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":83560,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,12],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-83561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-policy","tag-gambia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Barrow Dismisses Maritime Director Restructures Foreign Service - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"President Adama Barrow has dismissed the Director of the Gambia Maritime Administration and implemented a major reshu ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/barrow-dismisses-maritime-director-restructures-foreign-service\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Barrow Dismisses Maritime Director Restructures Foreign Service\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"President Adama Barrow has dismissed the Director of the Gambia Maritime Administration and implemented a major reshu ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/barrow-dismisses-maritime-director-restructures-foreign-service\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-07T07:16:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-07T07:29:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/08\/sm_1754539023.132728.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/barrow-dismisses-maritime-director-restructures-foreign-service#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/barrow-dismisses-maritime-director-restructures-foreign-service\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Barrow Dismisses Maritime Director Restructures Foreign Service\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-07T07:16:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-07T07:29:40+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/barrow-dismisses-maritime-director-restructures-foreign-service\"},\"wordCount\":183,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/barrow-dismisses-maritime-director-restructures-foreign-service#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/08\/sm_1754539023.132728.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Gambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/barrow-dismisses-maritime-director-restructures-foreign-service#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/barrow-dismisses-maritime-director-restructures-foreign-service\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/barrow-dismisses-maritime-director-restructures-foreign-service\",\"name\":\"Barrow Dismisses Maritime Director Restructures Foreign Service - 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