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Ambassador Beth Van Schaach Calls On President Adama Barrow At State House

The U.S. Department of State’s Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice, Beth Van Schaach, has arrived in The Gambia for a three-day official visit. Ambassador Van Schaach, accompanied by the U.S. Ambassador to The Gambia Sharon L. Cromer, Political and Economic Officer Daniel Capone, and Lucy Stefarth, Africa Team Lead, Office […]

News, Politics

Gov’t Spokesperson says President Barrow was not humiliated in Mali

Press release on Claims of President Barrow’s Humiliation in Mali Preposterous Political Propaganda Banjul, The Gambia — Ever since President Adama Barrow and a delegation of West African Statesmen returned from an ECOWAS Mediation Mission to Mali recently, erroneous claims emerged that the Gambian leader was terribly humiliated by his […]

News, Security

Burkina Faso army captain announces overthrow of military government

By Thiam Ndiaga And Anne Mimault OUAGADOUGOU, Sept 30 (Reuters) – Burkina Faso army Captain Ibrahim Traore has ousted military leader Paul-Henri Damiba and dissolved the government and suspended the constitution and transitional charter, he said in a statement read on national television Friday evening. 1/7 Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Damiba, […]