Following the armed robbery attack in Sami Tenda on Tuesday 28th June 2022, where one Mustapha Faal, a Mauritanian businessman was shot and seriously injured, members of the Anti Crime Unit and Police Intervention Unit (PIU) of the Gambia Police Force, on Friday, 1st July conducted a patrol in Sami […]
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Let there be a Full and an Independent Investigation into Illegal Timber Trade
The Government’s press release on July 1 that it has revoked all timber permits with a new regulation is nothing but a smokescreen to divert attention from the corruption involved in this business perpetrated by Government officials themselves. Now that they have been adequately exposed by both the media and […]
West Africa bloc lifts sanctions on Mali, Burkina Faso
Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) accept transition promises of both African countries and lift economic and financial sanctions on them, but reject a three-year transition proposed by coup leaders in Guinea. West African leaders have lifted sanctions on Mali’s military regime, accepting a March 2024 […]
Guinea Bissau President Is New Ecowas Chairman
President Umaro Cissokho Embalo of Guinea Bissau has been elected as the new Chairman of Ecowas for the next one year. President Embalo succeeded Ghana’s president Nana Akuffo Addo, who held the position for two years. He was elected at the 61st Ordinary session and summit of the Ecowas leaders […]