In a rare and politically charged move, Senegal’s National Assembly has voted to authorise the prosecution of five former government ministers accused of embezzling funds meant to combat the Covid-19 pandemic. The ex-ministers—who all served under former President Macky Sall—will now face a special commission of the High Court of[Read More…]
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GPU Rejects National Assembly Recommendation On Covid-19 Media Relief Fund
Demands Public Apology from Finance and Public Accounts Committee (FPAC) The Gambia Press Union (GPU) hereby expresses its total rejection of a recommendation by the National Assembly to refund more than half a million dalasi of “unconfirmed” expenditure of funds some by media houses that benefitted from the government’s Covid-19[Read More…]
Covid-19 Increased Number Of Dropouts Among Schoolchildren – Gambia First Lady
First Lady Madam Fatoumatta Bah Barrow has said the Covid-19 pandemic increased the number of dropouts among schoolchildren in The Gambia. She made the disclosure at the recent launching of the Zero Out of School Children in The Gambia project at the OIC Conference Centre in Bijilo. “Like many least[Read More…]
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