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Team of United States Navy Instructors to Train Gambia Navy Personnel
A team of United States Navy instructors is currently in The Gambia as part of the US-Africa Command, Africa Partnership Station (APS 2011), to conduct training of members of the Gambia Navy.
Gambia And Senegal Sign Protocol to Establish Boundary Commission
The Gambian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mamadou Tangara, and his Senegalese counterpart, Madicke Niang on Tuesday at the Ocean Bay Hotel in Banjul, signed a protocol that seeks to establish a boundary commission.
81 Year Old Man Sentenced to Death By Gambian Court for Killing His Wife
The Special Criminal Court in the Gambian capital, Banjul, on Monday convicted and sentenced to death, one Sheriff Aba Hydara of Niumi Bakalarr village in the North Bank Region, about 40 kilometers from Banjul, for the murder of his wife.
Gambian Opposition Urges Investigation Into Arms Shipment Seized in Nigeria
Gambian opposition People’s Democratic Organization for Independence and Socialism (PDOIS) in a press statement issued in Banjul on Wednesday, called on the Nigerian authorities to lead the investigations into the cache of arms and ammunition that was...
Gambian Journalist to Give Torture Evidence Before ECOWAS Community Court
A Gambian journalist, Musa Saidykhan, and his medical doctor are scheduled to give evidence on Wednesday to the ECOWAS Community Court which is hearing his complaint of “torture” at the hands of Gambian state security agents, while in detention in...
GAMBIA: Urban Centers Under Strain As Farmers Flee
Cash-strapped farmers in Gambia are flocking to towns and cities because of erratic rains in 2009 and the fact that a recently reformed system of extending loans to farmers is still not working, say NGOs and farmers. Read more of the story here at the...
Gambian Court Sentences Opposition Campaign Manager to One Year Imprisonment
The campaign manager of Gambia’s main opposition United Democratic Party (UDP), Femi Peters has been sentenced to one year imprisonment and a fine of D10, 000 (US$400) by the Magistrate’s Court in Kanifing, about 12 kilometers outside the Gambian...
Gambian Leader Reshuffles Cabinet
Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has 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...
