The Gambia News
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The Presidnt of the Republic, His Excellency Sheikh Professor Alhaji Dr Yahya Jammeh has effected changes to Cabinet with effect from yesterday, April 16th, 2012. According to a media release from State House, the changes saw the removal of Sheriff ML Gomez as minister of the Interior, and the subsequent appointment of Lamin Kaba Bajo as a replacement with immediate
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Banjul - Six Gambian opposition parties said on Thursday they will boycott a parliamentary election due to be held later this month, saying it would not be transparent and urging mediators to secure a postponement of the vote. The group boycotting the poll includes the UDP party, the main opposition to President Yahya Jammeh. However, the second-largest rival NRP has
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Banjul - Seven Gambian opposition parties called on Wednesday for parliamentary elections set for later this month to be postponed, saying abuses were tipping the balance in favour of the ruling party. But the country's electoral commission has rejected the criticism and said the March 29 election would go ahead. Leaders of seven opposition parties accused the ruling Alliance for
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Gambia's Supreme Court on Monday upheld a request by the government to lift economic sanctions imposed on Libyan assets during the toppled regime of Moamer Kadhafi. The move restores tens of millions of dollars (euros) in property invested by the Libyan Arab African Investment Company (LAAICO) in the west African country to the ruling National Transitional Council in Tripoli. "I
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Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has dissolved his cabinet, two months after he was reelected to a fourth term as the head of Africa mainland's smallest country, the presidency said. A source at the presidency told AFP late Thursday that delays in naming a new cabinet was due to new appointments expected. Jammeh swept 72 percent of the vote in November's
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Banjul - A court in Gambia on Monday sentenced a former information minister, who is also a US national, to life in prison for plotting to overthrow the government of President Yahya Jammeh. Judge Emmanuel Nkea found Amadou Scatred Janneh and three others guilty of treason for "conspiring among themselves to carry out an enterprise with force with the intent
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A journalist has been arrested and charged with defamation in the tiny west African nation of Gambia, police said Wednesday, after he wrote an article accusing a local chief of mismanaging public funds. Police spokesman Assistant Superintendent Yerro Mballow said Mamadou Jallow, a reporter with the privately owned The Daily News, has been charged with defaming a local chief in
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Roots Bongo Band, a multi-national band made up of Gambian artists is a fast growing band making a name in the Europe. The band, which specializes in afro-beats, roots reggae and other traditional music, is currently in the country to promote their music. The UK-based music group which comprises of some Gambian artists and Europeans are currently in the country
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The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, the National Disaster Management Agency, key stakeholders and other partners have officially confirmed that The Gambia is on high alert about Cholera outbreak following the official confirmation of several cases reported in neighbouring Senegal. The Ministry and partners indicated that they have taken up vigorous surveillance measures and preparedness to respond to any
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Gambia has named Peter Bonu Johnson as coach of the national team, Scorpions for a one-year period. The appointment of Johnson was confirmed by the country’s Ministry of Youth and Sports in a release on Tuesday. According to the ministry, the new coach will be working with a foreign coach within an operational framework. Johnson is no stranger to Gambian
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The British Minister for Africa, the UN, Overseas Territories and Conflict Issues has said that the high turnout in the November 24th Presidential election in The Gambia, demonstrates the importance with which the Gambian people view the country's democratic process . In a congratulatory message sent to President-elect Jammeh from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Henry Bellingham MP, expressed hope
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Dakar - Relatives of slain Gambian journalist Deyda Hydara are suing the Gambian government over his 2004 murder, a media group said on Tuesday. The action was brought on behalf of two of Hydara's sons, who now live in Britain, and seeks a fresh probe into the killing, the Media Foundation for West Africa said in a statement received by
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International Criminal Court member states on Monday unanimously elected Fatou Bensouda of Gambia as the new chief prosecutor for the main genocide and war crimes tribunal. The post has become more prominent with the growth of international criminal justice over the past decade and Bensouda vowed to keep up pressure on leaders who order killings and violate rights. Bensouda, a
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Principle Magistrate Hilary U Abeke of the Brikama Magistrate's Court Thursday ordered the immediate arrest of three police officers who are defendants in a civil case instituted by one Alhagie Bambo Cham. Principal magistrate Abeke made the order directing the IGP to arrest one M.I Joof of Brusubi Police Station, Lamin Cham of Major Crime Office at the Police Headquarters
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International Criminal Court members on Thursday endorsed Gambia's Fatou Bensouda as the next chief prosecutor for the main war crimes tribunal after her final rival withdrew. An informal meeting of ICC countries in New York rallied behind Bensouda to take over from Luis Moreno-Ocampo in one of the most important international legal posts, diplomats said. Bensouda, Moreno-Ocampo's deputy since 2004
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The 50-year-old lawyer from The Gambia serves as the deputy to Luis Moreno-Ocampo, whose term ends next year. She previously worked as a legal adviser at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in Tanzania. The ICC's cases are currently all in Africa, and some of the continent's leaders have accused it of only pursuing Africans. A successor to Luis Moreno-Ocampo
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Gambia's foreign ministry on Wednesday condemned a decision by the west African regional bloc to boycott its presidential polls because it believed they would not be free and fair. A ministry statement said the government "is utterly dismayed by, and condemns in the strongest unequivocal terms' the decision not to send an observer mission to Gambia for November 24 elections.
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International Criminal Court countries on Wednesday agreed to nominate Fatou Bensouda of Gambia as chief prosecutor for the main war crimes tribunal, diplomats said. Bensouda, 50, is deputy to the current chief prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, who must stand down next year at the end of his nine year term. Moreno-Ocampo the first ICC prosecutor has become a high profile hunter
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The Committee for the Protection of Journalists said Tuesday that it was "appalled" by veiled warnings made against the Gambian press by newly re-elected President Yahya Jammeh. On election day last Thursday, Jammeh -- whose regime has been widely criticised for human rights violations and attacks on press freedom -- spoke out against journalists who he said made up less
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Gambia's Yahya Jammeh scored a landslide win in presidential polls Friday, securing a fourth term at the helm of the tiny state after a contest condemned both by his main challenger and African observers. The 46-year-old former military officer won 72 percent of votes cast in mainland Africa's smallest country, a sliver of land which runs east-west into Senegal, the
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Banjul - Gambian President Yahya Jammeh headed for a new term on Friday with a partial tally showing he won 77.35% of votes in a poll criticised regionally for intimidation of opposition groups and voters. Former military coup leader Jammeh's victory is seen by many analysts as a foregone conclusion in a country known for palm-fringed tropical beaches but which
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It would be any schoolboy's dream: hundreds of thousands of clinking glass marbles at the ready for a high-stakes contest. But this is no game, it is Gambia's presidential poll and the marble is the ballot. As in all countries, aspirant leaders take care to keep voters loyal, but in the smallest state on the African mainland, losing support could
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Gambians vote Thursday in an election tipped to hand incumbent Yahya Jammeh a fourth term at the helm of the tiny tropical state which he has ruled with an iron fist and shroud of mysticism for 17 years. Some 800,000 voters have registered to vote across the snake-shaped sliver of land in western Africa, using a unique polling system which
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Gambia's short election campaign wrapped up Tuesday with rival presidential candidates staging mass rallies in the tiny capital Banjul ahead of the poll tipped to hand incumbent Yahya Jammeh a fourth term. Hundreds of military officers made up the majority of supporters at a rally held by the 46-year-old president, who took power in a bloodless coup in 1994 and
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Politics is a science of the state. It is premised on an ideology that has nothing to do with individual ideologies and sentiments; rather it aims at addressing a common objective, since it involves those who make and influence decision-making. In any political jurisdiction, there are bound to be differences in terms of political affiliations. This is a fundamental characteristic
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