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The president of the Gambia, Adama Barrow, has appointed Fatou Sanyang Kinteh as Minister for Women Affairs, Children, and Social Welfare with effect from 1st March, office of the president stated on their official Facebook. Sanyang has…

An airplane has landed at the Banjul International Airport on Monday evening deporting 20 Gambians from Germany. The media was denied entrance at the airport. However, the journalists have confirmed the arrivals though there were…

The minority of the National Assembly, Samba Jallow, has told Kerr Fatou that the Monday resolution of the National Assembly read by Majority Leader Kebba Barrow did not follow the right procedure. Ya Kumba Jaiteh, one of the five people…

Ya Kumba Jaiteh said the power of the president to revoke her nomination expired immediately before her swearing in “as a substantive member of Parliament”. Any attempt by President Adama Barrow to sack a nominated lawmaker Ya Kumba…

The letter written by the Secretary General Ebrima O. Camara on behalf of the President Adama Barrow is a direct affront on the authority, dignity and legitimacy of the National Assembly hence a direct affront to the very sovereignty of…

The President cannot sack a member of Parliament! Section 88 establishes the National Assembly as comprising 53 elected members and five nominated members who are nominated by the President. Section 91 specifies the grounds upon which a…

Kumba Jaiteh, a trained lawyer herself, said there is no law that gives the president the powers to sack a lawmaker. A United Democratic Party member nominated into the National Assembly by President Adama Barrow has been relieved,…

By Momodou Bah The Confederation of African Football (Caf) dismissed the Gambia Football Federation's (GFF) appeal over the eligibility of Togo defender Adewale Oloufade and upheld the original decision of its disciplinary board. Caf had…

Sait Darboe, the 20th witness before the Truth Commission on Thursday, said the killed soldier Basiru Barrow was chosen to be the leader of the Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council after the coup but he said he could not do it. Barrow…

On November 11, 1994, close to two dozen Gambian soldiers were reportedly killed at Fajara Barracks, Yundum Barracks and Brikama Firing Range.   Dr Binneh Minteh, a former Lieutenant in the Gambian gendarmerie at the time of the coup,…