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President Adama Barrow on Thursday presided over the swearing-in of the new Minister of Lands, Regional Government and Religious Affairs, Hon. Ousman Sowe and the Director of Public Prosecutions(DPP), Abdurrahman Maitama Yusuf, at the State House in Banjul. Addressing the appointees following the prescribed oaths of office, President Barrow said […]
As The Gambia prepares to introduce a new Bill dubbed: ‘Judicial Officers Remuneration and Other Entitlements Bill 2023’ , there have been mixed reactions from the public regarding the Bill in its entirety. While some think that this is a scam from the government, others think it is a good […]
By Aisha Tamba, THE STANDARD NEWSPAPER After nearly two years in limbo, the sedition trial of Yankuba Darboe, the chairman of Brikama Area Council, yesterday returned at the Banjul Magistrates’ Court. According to the indictment, Mr. Darboe, in February 2021 at Serious Crime Office in Banjul uttered seditious words against […]
31st AUGUST 2023 PRESS RELEASE The Malick Jallow Foundation for Children (MJFC) welcomes the recent and first judicial decision enforcing the penal ban on female genital mutilation in the Gambia which came into force since 2016 by Magistrate Kanjura B. Sambou of the Central River Region and conviction of three […]