A Gambian woman living in the United Kingdom is facing ongoing uncertainty over her immigration status after a second planned deportation flight was abruptly cancelled at the last minute. Fatou Tamba, 55, has lived in the UK for the past 18 years, including the last eight years in Liverpool, where[Read More…]
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Opposition Leader Mai Fatty Backs Parliamentary Probe Into Jammeh Asset Disposal
Opposition leader and former Interior Minister, Mai Ahmed Fatty, has publicly endorsed the Motion laid before the National Assembly by Majority Leader Hon. Billay G. Tunkara, calling for a Parliamentary sub-committee to investigate the alleged improper disposal of assets recovered from former President Yahya Jammeh. In a strongly worded public[Read More…]
Gov’t Refuses To Eliminate Cement Tariff Despite Signing US$20M Murabaha Financing Agreement’
Despite signing a US$20M Murabaha financing agreement in February for the importation of essential items, The Gambia Government insists it will not remove the 180% tariff it slammed on a bag of imported cement. The thinking behind the Murahaba financing agreement is to facilitate the importation of essential commodities such[Read More…]
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