Tag: Gambia

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BREAKING NEWS: Lamin Jadama appointed as new SIS Director General

Lamin Jadama, the deputy director general of the State Intelligence Service (SIS) has been appointed as the new Director General of the country’s intelligence agency SIS, LTN has learnt. He replaces Ousman Sowe who has been appointed as Minister of Lands, Regional Government and Religious Affairs by the president, HE […]

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BAC chairman Yankuba Darboe’s sedition case resumes

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 […]

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MJFC Welcomes Court Decision on FGM-C

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 […]