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The Gambia Football Federation has called sixteen foreign-based players for the Scorpions match against Ivory Coast in Banjul on 8 June 2013. The list included former Scorpions captain Mustapha Jarjue and compatriot Ebrima Sawaneh, both playing in the Belgian Pro league, who did not make the trip to Ivory Coast when the Scorpions lost 3-0. Surprises on the list are
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Banjul - The Gambian government says that it has released a Muslim cleric who had been in detention for five months. The state Gambia Radio Television Services announced late on Friday that Imam Baba Leigh was released by the National Intelligence Agency. The outspoken Imam was taken away by plainclothes officers on 3 December 2012. Media reports linked his arrest
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The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) has issued a press release prohibiting companies and/or individuals operating through Internet Cafes and offering Dating services and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services as a commercially available service to the public in The Gambia. The release reads: The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) wishes to inform the general public that it has come
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President Yahya Jammeh has sent out a clear message to the European Union and the outside world, declaring that he will never be blackmailed by a group with "chicken change" to accept what is not in the interest of the Gambian people. President Jammeh, who was speaking yesterday during a cabinet meeting at State House, said Gambia "will never be
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Banjul — The court of justice for the West African economic community is expected to hear a civil society case calling for the abolition of the death penalty in the Gambia this December, four months after the execution of nine prisoners shocked the world. Civil Society Associations Gambia (CSAG), a consortium of pro-democracy movements, laid the case with the Economic
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Banjul - Gambia's former foreign minister Mamboury Njie, who was sacked in late August after only four months in the job, has been arrested, police and family sources said on Monday. "It's true, I saw him being escorted to the major crimes unit of the police headquarters this afternoon where he is currently being held," said a senior police official.
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Banjul - Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh has appointed the country's United Nations representative as his new minister of foreign affairs, the first woman to hold the post in his 18-year rule. Susan Wafa-Ogoo replaces Momodou Tangara, who has been appointed minister of higher education, research, science and technology, a post that had been vacant since September, the presidency announced late
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An exiled Gambian opposition group has given President Yahya Jammeh 30 days to give up power. In a Paris press conference on Wednesday, the National Transitional Council of the Gambia (CNTG) said Jammeh must give up power to make way for a political transition. "The CNTG should now be recognised as the legitimate government of the people of the Gambia,"
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Banjul - Gambia's police chief said the execution of nine death row prisoners in the tiny west African nation, would make people think twice about committing crimes, in an interview published on Wednesday. "The tougher the penalties, the more careful people will be when committing crimes," police chief Yankuba Sonko told The Standard newspaper. "The law on the death penalty
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Banjul - Gambia has executed nine convicted criminals, the Civil Society Associations reported on Saturday as Amnesty International warned that dozens more on death-row are under imminent threat as the West African nation carries out its first death sentences in 27 years. President Yaya Jammeh vowed earlier this month to execute all inmates sentenced to death "to ensure that criminals
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The African Union has asked Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh to renounce plans to execute all prisoners on death row, who include many political detainees. Benin's Foreign Minister Nassirou Bako Arifari was sent by his country's President Thomas Yayi Boni, current African Union chief, to Banjul for talks with the Gambian leader on Wednesday. "After having learned of the imminent execution
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Banjul - Gambian authorities have forcibly shut down a community radio station for the second time, saying it had failed to stop a daily review of the independent press. An AFP correspondent said officers of the National Intelligence Agency in three pick-up vehicles stormed the Teranga FM premises and told station manager Ismaila Ceesay that "this was the last order
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Gambia's Fatou Bensouda was sworn in Friday as the International Criminal Court's new chief prosecutor, saying she was ready to lead the fight against the world's worst war criminals. "I Fatou Bensouda, solemnly undertake that I will perform my duties and exercise my powers as prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, honourably, faithfully impartially and conscientiously," she said at a
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The Presidnt of the Republic, His Excellency Sheikh Professor Alhaji Dr Yahya Jammeh has effected changes to Cabinet with effect from yesterday, April 16th, 2012. According to a media release from State House, the changes saw the removal of Sheriff ML Gomez as minister of the Interior, and the subsequent appointment of Lamin Kaba Bajo as a replacement with immediate
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Banjul - Six Gambian opposition parties said on Thursday they will boycott a parliamentary election due to be held later this month, saying it would not be transparent and urging mediators to secure a postponement of the vote. The group boycotting the poll includes the UDP party, the main opposition to President Yahya Jammeh. However, the second-largest rival NRP has
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Banjul - Seven Gambian opposition parties called on Wednesday for parliamentary elections set for later this month to be postponed, saying abuses were tipping the balance in favour of the ruling party. But the country's electoral commission has rejected the criticism and said the March 29 election would go ahead. Leaders of seven opposition parties accused the ruling Alliance for
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Gambia's Supreme Court on Monday upheld a request by the government to lift economic sanctions imposed on Libyan assets during the toppled regime of Moamer Kadhafi. The move restores tens of millions of dollars (euros) in property invested by the Libyan Arab African Investment Company (LAAICO) in the west African country to the ruling National Transitional Council in Tripoli. "I
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Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has dissolved his cabinet, two months after he was reelected to a fourth term as the head of Africa mainland's smallest country, the presidency said. A source at the presidency told AFP late Thursday that delays in naming a new cabinet was due to new appointments expected. Jammeh swept 72 percent of the vote in November's
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Banjul - A court in Gambia on Monday sentenced a former information minister, who is also a US national, to life in prison for plotting to overthrow the government of President Yahya Jammeh. Judge Emmanuel Nkea found Amadou Scatred Janneh and three others guilty of treason for "conspiring among themselves to carry out an enterprise with force with the intent
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A journalist has been arrested and charged with defamation in the tiny west African nation of Gambia, police said Wednesday, after he wrote an article accusing a local chief of mismanaging public funds. Police spokesman Assistant Superintendent Yerro Mballow said Mamadou Jallow, a reporter with the privately owned The Daily News, has been charged with defaming a local chief in
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Roots Bongo Band, a multi-national band made up of Gambian artists is a fast growing band making a name in the Europe. The band, which specializes in afro-beats, roots reggae and other traditional music, is currently in the country to promote their music. The UK-based music group which comprises of some Gambian artists and Europeans are currently in the country
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The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, the National Disaster Management Agency, key stakeholders and other partners have officially confirmed that The Gambia is on high alert about Cholera outbreak following the official confirmation of several cases reported in neighbouring Senegal. The Ministry and partners indicated that they have taken up vigorous surveillance measures and preparedness to respond to any
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Gambia has named Peter Bonu Johnson as coach of the national team, Scorpions for a one-year period. The appointment of Johnson was confirmed by the country’s Ministry of Youth and Sports in a release on Tuesday. According to the ministry, the new coach will be working with a foreign coach within an operational framework. Johnson is no stranger to Gambian
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The British Minister for Africa, the UN, Overseas Territories and Conflict Issues has said that the high turnout in the November 24th Presidential election in The Gambia, demonstrates the importance with which the Gambian people view the country's democratic process . In a congratulatory message sent to President-elect Jammeh from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Henry Bellingham MP, expressed hope
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Dakar - Relatives of slain Gambian journalist Deyda Hydara are suing the Gambian government over his 2004 murder, a media group said on Tuesday. The action was brought on behalf of two of Hydara's sons, who now live in Britain, and seeks a fresh probe into the killing, the Media Foundation for West Africa said in a statement received by
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