Mar 21,2010 by
 Naceesay Jawara, the 50 year old daughter of the first President of The Gambia, Sir Dawda Jawara, who died recently in the United Kingdom, was on Thursday laid to rest at the Christian cemetery in Banjul. Her funeral drew ... [Gambia News]
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Mar 20,2010 by
 Gambian President Yahya Jammeh on Friday effected another cabinet reshuffle, replacing the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Marie Saine Firdaus, the Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, Abdou Kolley and the Minister of Trade and Employment, Baboucarr Jallow. ... [Gambia News]
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Mar 18,2010 by
 A group of senior military officials and businessmen have been charged with trying to overthrow Gambian President Yahya Jammeh, the government says. A Justice Ministry statement said the group had "conspired to stage a coup d'etat and overthrow the ... [Gambia News]
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Mar 16,2010 by
 Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has named Serign Modou Njie as the country's new chief of Army Staff, PANA confirmed from here Monday. This came in the wake of the high-profile sackings, arrests and changes within the ranks of Gambian ... [Gambia News]
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Mar 16,2010 by
 The London-based Amnesty International (AI) on Friday has called on the Gambian government to immediately charge or release all former government officials detained during a wave of arrests over the past week, APA learns from Moscow on Saturday. According ... [Gambia News]
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Mar 16,2010 by
 The 2009 Human Rights Reports released by the United State Department contains quite a lot of damning criticism of the human rights and governance situation in The Gambia. The report, made available to APA on Saturday says that while ... [Gambia News]
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Mar 11,2010 by
 The Gambian Ministry of Local Government and Lands has asked individuals who purchased lands and other assets from the Ministry from 2005 to date, to provide full information or particulars of those acquisitions or assets to the Ministry within 25 ... [Gambia News]
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Mar 11,2010 by
 The chief of Gambia's national drug agency was released from prison without charge, after being arrested alongside 10 of the country's top brass in a drug trafficking swoop, his brother said on Thursday. "I can confirm to you that ... [Gambia News]
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Mar 09,2010 by
 Gambia's president said on Tuesday he would rather die than let his country become a haven for drug traffickers, many of whom have infiltrated other parts of coastal West Africa. "I have zero tolerance for criminals. I have double-zero ... [Gambia News]
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Mar 09,2010 by
 A Gambia magistrate’s court on Monday remanded Edwin Nebolisa Nwakaeme, a local human rights defender and a Director of Programmes of the Banjul-based Africa in Democracy and Good Governance (ADG), who had been in police custody for allegedly “giving false ... [Gambia News]
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Mar 09,2010 by
 The Gambia has moved three places up in the latest Fifa/Coca Cola world ranking for March, APA learns here Friday. The country moved from 98 in the world to 95, but still maintains its last month’s continental record at ... [Gambia News]
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Mar 08,2010 by
 Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has assured the country's private sector of support, describing it as 'an indispensable sector in the overall development of the country.' He also promised to ensure that government continues to create an environment conducive to ... [Gambia News]
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Mar 08,2010 by
 Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has dismissed Ebrahim Bun Sanneh, executive director of the National Drug Enforcement Agency (NDEA), and two others. Also dismissed are Karamo Bojang, NDEA's deputy director, and Ousman Sanneh, the Commissioner of Operations, NDEA. The ... [Gambia News]
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Mar 08,2010 by
 Gambia arrested a former fisheries minister who had been sacked last month, security sources told Reuters on Monday, extending a wave of mysterious and high-profile detentions in the West African state. Former Minister of Fisheries Antouman Saho was taken ... [Gambia News]
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