Press Release Dated: 12th September, 2024 Banjul, The Gambia — Thanks to the Barrow Government’s political will, liberal economic policies, and impactful transformative agenda, the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) ranks The Gambia among the top ten (10) African countries with the strongest import cover. The Afreximbank’s African Trade Report 2024 cited by the African Business […]
Politics
Senegal President Diomaye Faye Dissolves National Assembly
The president of Senegal Bassirou Diomaye Faye has dissolved the National Assembly of Senegal on Thursday 12 September, 2024, two years to the day after the deputies took office. The President of the Republic made the decision in a decree signed on Thursday. The idea of dissolving the National Assembly has […]
Former Senegal Presidential Candidate Amadou Ba Announces The Formation Of A New Political Party
Amadou Ba, a former Presidential Candidate in the recently concluded Senegalese presidential election has announced the formation of a new political party. Mr. Ba was the candidate of the Benno Bokk Yaakaar coalition of the former President Macky Sall. He lost the election to President Bassirou Diomaye Faye who won […]
In Defense of Deputy Speaker Seedy Njie: The Political Shape-Shifter and Scapegoat
By Arfang Madi Sillah, Washington DC Seedy Njie, the Deputy Speaker of the Gambian Parliament, has recently found himself in the crosshairs of public opinion, splashed across the tabloids and subjected to a relentless online assault. With the fervor of a lynch mob, his critics have been quick to hurl […]
