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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]

Lang Tombong Tamba, former Chief of Defence Staff of the Gambia Armed Forces and nine others are expected to appear today at the High Court in Banjul, charged with three counts of treason. The nine other accused persons are ... [Gambia News]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]