The Gambia Navy on Thursday, intercepted a wooden boat carrying 114 suspected illegal migrants during a routine patrol in Gambian waters. The vessel was stopped in the early hours by the Navy patrol ship HSB SEADOG and escorted to the Naval Base in Banjul. Onboard were 97 men, 17 women,[Read More…]
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Touray Calls For GCCPC’s Dissolution For ‘Overlooking’ Anti-Competition In Cement Market
Farafenni-based long-standing cement trader Alagie Touray has called for the immediate dissolution of the Gambia Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (GCCPC) for its apparent inaction in the face of the Gambia government’s debilitating cement tariff policy. The Gambia government sometime last year significantly raised the tariff on a bag of[Read More…]
Barrow Under Fire Over Secret Sale Of Jammeh’s Seized Assets
President Adama Barrow has broken his silence on the growing scandal over the secret sale of assets seized from former President Yahya Jammeh, but critics say his statement raises more questions than it answers. In a televised address Wednesday night, Barrow admitted that certain assets—including livestock, vehicles, and machinery—were sold[Read More…]