Senegal’s biggest online media platform Seneweb has reported the death of Me Ousmane Sèye, a famous lawyer involved in several major cases, and registered at the Senegalese bar since 1985. Most recently, he was one of the counsels of Sitor Ndour, former Director of the Centre des Oeuvres Universitaires de […]
Legal Matters
Former Fisheries PS Dr. Banja gets 2 years mandatory jail term for corruption
Press Release: The Office of the Attorney General is pleased to announce that todayWednesday 8th March 2023, a conviction has been secured against Dr.Bamba Banja, former Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Fisheries andWater Resources. The charges laid against Dr. Banja by this office in 2021included three counts of serious […]
Mouhammed Bazzi arrested in Romania
Romanian authorities say a Lebanese-Belgian citizen, who is considered a key financier of the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah was arrested on Friday in Bucharest. Romanian law enforcement authorities took Mohammad Ibrahim Bazzi into custody after he arrived in Bucharest on Friday, the Associated Press reported. Bazzi, 58, who was labeled […]
President Sets Up Commission Of Inquiry Into The Conduct Of Local Councils
His Excellency, President Adama Barrow, acting under section 200 of the 1997 constitution of the Gambia and Commissions of Inquiry Act (CAP,30:01) has constituted a commission of Inquiry into the conduct of all Local Government Councils, and for connected matters”. The commission which is expected to complete its inquiry within […]