Investigative journalist Pape Alé Niang has been rearrested this evening by elements of the Criminal Investigation Division (Dic) in Dakar, Senegal. According to Liberation newspaper, Mr. Niang was taken to the DIC headquarters for questioning. The Dakar Martin boss Mr. Niang was released last week following his earlier arrest and […]
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Regional security: ECOWAS Chiefs of Defense Staff to hold an extraordinary session in Bissau
The Committee of Chiefs of Staff for the Defense of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will meet in an extraordinary session on December 19, 2022 in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau. The session will be preceded by the meeting of the heads of Operations and the heads of the Intelligence […]
GiEPA Engages Ghanaian Deputy Minister of Trade & Industry
A delegation of officials from the Gambia Investment & Export Promotion Agency (GiEPA) with its Chief Executive Officer – Ousainou Senghore are in the Ghanaian capital Accra for a week-long study tour. The policy tour according to CEO Senghore is to avail the delegation the opportunity to explore best policy […]
Two Senegalese opposition MPs sent to prison
Two opposition Parliamentarians from the opposition party PUR, were on Thursday sent to prison by a judge in Dakar, Senegal, Senegal’s leading online news site Seneweb reports. The MPs; Massata Samb and Mamadou Niang are members of the opposition coalition Yewwi Askan Wii. They are prosecuted for the assault of their […]