President Adama Barrow of the Gambia has renewed his commitment to build strong public institutions that will consolidate the country’s democracy. Presiding over the swearing in ceremony of the country’s new minister of the Interior, Ebrima M. Mballow, the secretary general and head of the civil service, Habib Saihou Drammeh[Read More…]
Politics
Gambia Suspends All Political Rallies
Authorities in the Gambia have Thursday suspended all permits issued to political parties in the country to hold political rallies. The decision was made following recent clashes between supporters of the country’s former governing party, APRC, and supports of the coalition government of President Adama Barrow. The APRC which governed[Read More…]
Gambia: Barrow ‘Regrets’ Attack On Former Ruling Party Supporters
President Adama Barrow of the Gambia has expressed regrets at Monday’s attack on members of the former ruling Alliance for Patriotic Reconstruction and Construction (APRC) by youths of his village. The APRC members who are on a tour of the country ahead of April’s local government elections were ambushed by[Read More…]