Papa Massata Diack, son of former world athletics boss Lamine Diack, was sentenced on Thursday to five years in prison for corruption in the 2011 Russian doping scandal, a case that shook the sports world. In his absence, the Paris appeal court upheld the first instance sentence but halved the […]
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Senegalese renowned lawyer Ousmane Seye dies
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 […]
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 […]
Global Gateway: Team Europe strengthens support for the Gambia Renewable Energy project
PRESS RELEASE 2023-096-EN Doha, 7 March 2023 At the United Nations (UN) 5th Conference for Least Developed Countries (LDC5), the Republic of The Gambia, the European Union (EU) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) announced the signature of a €24.08 million EU Global Gateway grant to be used alongside an […]