The Inspector General of Police (IGP) of the Gambia Police Force Abdoulie Sanyang has said that the action of the Police Intervention Unit (PIU) to fire tear gas on supporters of the United Democratic Party (UDP) who were gathered in front of the UDP leader Hon. Ousainou Darboe’s compound along […]
Author: Assan Sallah
Banjul OIC Summit in Limbo?
Banjul’s hosting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, formerly the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) remains in limbo as a date is yet to be set for the world’s Islamic gathering. Top echelons of the OIC led by its Secretary-General Hissein Brahim Taha visited the Gambian leader President Adama Barrow […]
SENEGAL: Here is Why Constitutional Council Invalidates the National List of 50 MPs for Yewwi Askan Wii and Benno Bokk Yakaar Respectively
Political tensions have erupted in Senegal following the decision of the director general of Elections not to admit the National and Substitute lists of Candidates filed by the opposition group Yewwi Askan Wii and the Benno Bokk Yakaar coalition respectively, ahead of the July 31st, 2022 Parliamentary election. The Constitutional […]
Ahmadiyya Emir writes to President Barrow, accuses Imam Fatty & Sheikh Chebbo Cham of trying to create violence against the Ahmadiyya Jamaat members, other Muslim sects, other faiths & Gov’t
The Emir of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat in The Gambia Baba F. Trawally has written a letter, dated 9th June 2022, to the President HE Adama Barrow, informing him and his government about some concerns raised against some Wahabi/Salafi scholars and Imams in the Gambia, notably Imam Abdoulie Fatty and […]