By Sainey M.K. Marenah, Shout-Africa.com Special and Bureau Chief In Banjul – Several prominent lawyers and an accountant have appeared before the Commission of Inquiry into tax evasion and other corrupt practices, which commenced sitting Monday at the premises of the high court in Banjul. The lawyers were the doyen of the Gambian Bar Association, Lawyer Surakarta Babucarr Samega Janneh, and three other prominent Gambian lawyers, namely,Ousainou Numukumda Darboe, Antouman Gaye and Cheyassin Ousman Secka. Amadou Sanneh, a chartered accountant and proprietor of AA & Co Consulting also reported to the commission. The commission of inquiry looks into tax evasion... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Sunday, December 11th 2011 |
By Shout-Africa Gambian Correspondent – The opposition Gambia Moral Congress has said that last week’s reaction by the Government of the Gambia to the ECOWAS Commission for not sending its Election Observer mission to the 24th November presidential election lacks merit. A statement issued by the party and signed by its leader, Mai Ahmad Fatty, who returned home to join the opposition campaign trail ahead of the November polls, said the Government of The Gambia failed to address and respond to the specific issues contained in the ECOWAS press release. It said, among others, that the government failed to prove... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Sunday, December 11th 2011 |
Gambian-born Fatou Bensouda has emerged as the consensus candidate for the high-profile job of chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, a diplomat at the center of the selection process said on Wednesday. Bensouda, 50, is deputy to the current chief prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo of Argentina, whose term ends next year. An informal meeting of ICC members was held in New York yesterday to discuss the appointment, said Liechtenstein’s U.N. Ambassador Christian Wenaweser, president of the Assembly of States Parties (ASP) to the Rome Statute that set up the court. “I will recommend to the meeting that, based on my... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Sunday, December 4th 2011 |
By Shout-Africa Gambia Correspondent – The Commonwealth expert team to the just-concluded presidential election in The Gambia yesterday issued its preliminary statement highlighting, among others, that despite peaceful and technically sound elections, democratic reforms are needed in The Gambia. The team, headed by Professor A. Bolaji Akinyemi, former Foreign Minister of Nigeria, commended political parties and the people of The Gambia for the peaceful manner in which the campaigns were generally held and also the role of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) for regulating the campaign under the Code on Election Campaign Ethics. The six-page report also highlighted key findings... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Tuesday, November 29th 2011 |
By Shout-Africa Gambia Correspondent – Leaders of the opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) and Gambia Moral Congress (GMC) alliance have highlighted what they called the ubiquitous presence of armed security personnel, senior local government officials such as regional governors, district chiefs and alkalolu, among others, as some of the reasons that cast an enormous doubt and imposed a pernicious influence on the just-concluded presidential election. In a statement issued yesterday at a press conference held at UDP leader Ousainou Darboe’s residence at Kairaba Avenue, the UDP-GMC alliance said the processes leading towards the election were not free and fair, and... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Tuesday, November 29th 2011 |
