The Government of The Gambia has strongly denied allegations that it issued 20,000 diplomatic passports to relatives and former ministers of Senegal’s ex-President Macky Sall. In a press release issued on Friday, the Ministry of Information, Media and Broadcasting Services described the claims reportedly made by a Senegalese journalist and[Read More…]
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APRC Accused Of Derailing Jammeh’s Planned Sunday Speech
The official Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC) party, led by House Speaker Fabakary Tombong Jatta, has been accused of deploying underhand tactics and machinations to prevent former President Yahya Jammeh from addressing the nation this Sunday. The No-To-Alliance movement, a faction of the APRC, issued a public statement[Read More…]
Is It True Gambia Issued 20,000 Diplomatic Passports Since 2017?
The claim that The Gambia issued 20,000 diplomatic passports to citizens and non-Gambians since 2017, no matter how wild it sounds, deserves immediate clarification from the Gambia government. Respected Senegalese journalist Ahmed Äidara, quoting a source from The Gambia, said this week that The Gambia has reportedly granted diplomatic passports[Read More…]
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