The Gambia has announced controversial plans to levy a US$40 fee on all passengers landing and departing from the country’s only international airport in Yundum. The civil aviation border control fee which comes into effect on 15th January 2019 is part of measures being introduced by the government of President[Read More…]
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Gambia: General Badjie’s Properties Revealed
(JollofNews) – Police investigators attached to the Janneh Commission yesterday presented their findings on the properties acquired by the exiled General Sulayman Badjie, a close military confidant of former President Yahya Jammeh. Presenting the findings in a power point presentation, police detective Sub Inspector Lamin Sanneh told the inquiry that[Read More…]
Gambia’s Barrow Calls For Preventive Diplomacy At UN, AU In Paying Tribute To Mandela
(JollofNews) – President Adama Barrow has called on the United Nations, the African Union and other regional organizations to promote and invest in preventive diplomacy, participate actively in mediation efforts and conflict resolution. Mr Barrow made this call at the Nelson Mandela Peace Summit at the United Nations General Assembly[Read More…]