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Jul 20,2011

Gambia News : Neither election, nor coup can end my gov’t - Jammeh

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President Yahya Jammeh has said that neither elections nor a military coup will end his grip on power, stressing that it is only God, who made it possible for him to be President in 1994, who can do so. President Jammeh, who was addressing a meeting in Brikamaba, Upper Fulladou East in the Central River Region on Saturday, said ...
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Nov 23,2011  by

Gambia News : Gambians head to the polls


imageOn November 24 the people of The Gambia will decide who rules their country for the next five years. Yahya AJJ Jammeh, the incumbent and leader of the Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC) party, is being challenged by two opposition candidates: ... [Gambia News]


Jul 09,2011  by

Gambia News : AUC grad student Mouctar Diallo arrested in The Gambia


imageA Guinean graduate student at The American University in Cairo (AUC) was arrested 30 April in the Gambian capital of Banjul on charges of threatening national security by spreading ideas inspired by Egypt’s 25 January revolution, friends in Cairo say. Mouctar ... [Gambia News]


Jun 16,2011  by

Gambia News : Gambian ex-minister accused of plot against govt


imageGambian prosecutors on Wednesday charged a former communications minister, who is also a US national, and three others of a plot to overthrow the government of President Yahya Jammeh. Amadou Scatred Janneh and the others will stand trial for ... [Gambia News]


Apr 18,2011  by

Gambia News : Gambia’s Trade minister resigns


imageThe recently appointed Gambian Minister of Trade, Regional Integration and Employment Abdou Salam Secka on Thursday resigned from the cabinet According to a press release from the office of the president issued here Thursday, Mr. Secka, who was appointed ... [Gambia News]


Apr 18,2011  by

Gambia News : Gambia rejects Alassane Ouattara as president of Ivory Coast


imageThe Gambia said on Saturday that it does not recognize Alassane Ouattara as president of Cote d’Ivoire after the arrest of his predecessor, Laurent Gbagbo, with the help of the UN and French forces. "The Gambian government will not ... [Gambia News]


Mar 21,2011  by

Royal Caribbean wins Africa's Leading Cruise Line of 2010


imageAfrica's Leading Cruise Line of 2010 announced as Royal Caribbean Cruises The world-famous Royal Caribbean Cruises line has won the title of Africa's Leading Cruise Line of 2010 by the prestigious World Travel ... [Gambia News]


Jan 21,2011  by

Gambia News : UDP, APRC react to Rambo’s defection


imageFollowing the defection of Ousman Rambo Jatta, a strongman of the opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) and councillor for Old Bakau Ward, to the ruling APRC party, The Point yesterday contacted Yankuba Colley, National Mobiliser of the APRC, and Lawyer ... [Gambia News]


Jan 14,2011  by

Gambia News : Gambian authorities ban independent radio station


imageThe Gambian authorities on Thursday shut the only independent radio station in the nation that has continued to broadcast news, according to local journalists. According to a press release issued by the New York-based media watchdog, Committee to Protect ... [Gambia News]


Jan 13,2011  by

Gambia News : Gambian justice minister issues threats against journalists, rights defenders


imageGambia’s Justice Minister, Edward Gomez has been quoted issuing threats to exiled journalists and rights defenders, saying that they would be prosecuted if they returned for “painting a grim picture ” of the country. According to a press release ... [Gambia News]


Jan 13,2011  by

Gambia News : Gambian lawyers boycott court sessions in protest


imageGambian lawyers are currently boycotting all the courts in the tiny West African nation following a decision by prosecutors at the state law office to charge one of their colleagues, Moses Richards with sedition and giving false information to a ... [Gambia News]


Nov 23,2010  by

Gambia News : Gambia cuts relations with Iran


imageThe Gambia has said it is cutting all ties with Iran and ordered all Iranian government representatives to leave within 48 hours. Officials from the small West African nation gave no reason for the move. But last month ... [Gambia News]


Nov 08,2010  by

Gambia News : Gambia sacks, detains 2 military officers


imageTwo officers of the Gambia Armed Force (GAF), Pa Yusupha Jatta and Sanna Sanyang, have been arrested, dismissed from the force and were also being detained, according to the Public Relations Officer (PRO), of the National Drug Enforcement Agency (NDEA), ... [Gambia News]


Nov 08,2010  by

Gambia News : Gambian leader unseats National Assembly speaker


imageActing under the powers vested in him by the Constitution of the Republic of The Gambia, President Yahya Jammeh on Thursday revoked the nomination of Elizabeth Yamide Renner as member and Speaker of the National Assembly, a press release from ... [Gambia News]


Nov 08,2010  by

Gambia News : Gambia’s tourism authorities unveil new logo as new season kicks off


imageThe director of marketing at the Gambia Tourism Authority, Mr Lamin Saho, on Thursday told journalists that his organization has initiated a new logo and slogan with a view to marketing the Gambia as an eco-tourism and bird watching destination. ... [Gambia News]



  
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