By Gambian Correspondent – As the nationwide registration of voters progresses ahead of the scheduled presidential, parliamentary and local government elections, the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has called on all stakeholders in the electoral process to scrupulously and prudently apply the laws on registration of voters. In a statement issued yesterday, the Commission also warned that failure to adhere to this “may lead to the application of penal laws”. “Sequel to the intermittent problems that plagued the first week of the general registration of voters exercise, the Chairman of the IEC, Alhagie Mustapha L. Carayol, embarked on a nationwide tour of... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Wednesday, June 1st 2011 |
By Gambian Correspondent – Visiting Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz Tuesday held talks with President Yahya Jammeh at State House in Banjul. President Ould Abdel Aziz arrived in Banjul Monday evening on a four-day state visit, and met with the Gambian leader shortly after visiting the Gambia Ports Authority in Banjul on Tuesday morning. “Gambia and Mauritania have excellent relations and we have always been working together. So this visit is a regular visit of consultation that we normally have between The Gambia and Mauritania, and how to further strengthen the excellent relations that exist between the two countries,”... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Wednesday, June 1st 2011 |
By Gambian Correspondents – The Basse High Court presided over by Justice Emmmanuel Nkea yesterday convicted and sentenced two police officers to death. Modou Colley and Bakary Demba, both Police Intervention Unit (PIU) officers, were found guilty of beating and torturing one Dembo Sibi, now deceased, which led to his death. However, two other accused officers, Babucarr Fatty and Babucarr Jobe, who were arraigned together with the convicts, were acquitted and discharged. In his judgment, Justice Nkea stated that the prosecution had not proved any case against the two police officers, and he consequently acquitted Fatty and Jobe. Justice Nkea... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Wednesday, June 1st 2011 |
By Gambian Correspondent – A crisis of alkaloship is rocking Sifoe village, Kombo South as both a younger brother and a son to the retired village headman claim to be the legitimate successors. Controversy in the village erupted following the retirement of former Sifoe village headman, Malanding Demba, who has been in authority for over fifty-seven years. His son, Amadou Demba and younger brother, Ba Jerreh Demba are both claiming to be the alkali of the village. “I got my appointment letter from the Office of the President,” says Ba Jerreh Demba, the younger brother to the retired alkalo. “I never lobbied... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Sunday, May 29th 2011 |
By Gambia Correspondent – The Vice President and Minister of Women’s Affairs, Aja Dr Isatou Njie-Saidy, yesterday presided at the opening of a three-day international seminar on the connection between terrorism and organized crime in West Africa. Organised by the African Center for Study and Research on Terrorism (ACSRT), the seminar is hosted by the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) and brought together representatives of AU international partners in the field of the prevention and fight against organized crime and narco-terrorism, with the aim of strengthening capacities in Africa. Underway at the Paradise Suites Hotel, the seminar seeks to provide a... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Tuesday, May 24th 2011 |
