Gambian MPs have voted to send peacekeeping troops to Sierra Leone as part of an ECOWAS stabilization mission aimed at maintaining peace following recent tensions and a failed coup attempt. The vote, held on Tuesday, overwhelmingly supported the government’s proposal to contribute a motorized infantry unit to the mission, which[Read More…]
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NSC Members Tours Border Villages In Foni
National Security Council (NSC) members have teamed up with five Foni lawmakers to embark Monday on a day-long tour across villages located along the border with Senegal’s southern region of Casamance. Speaking to the people of Gifanga, Defence Minister Serign Modou Njie informed the gathering that they have been tasked[Read More…]
One Accused Person In Coup Plot Trial Set Free
The High Court of The Gambia has set free Corporal Omar Njie, 4th accused person in the trial of alleged coup plotters against President Adama Barrow and his government. The presiding judge, Justice Bassirou V.P. Mahoney, made this ruling today in Banjul on the ‘No Case to Answer Submission’ filed[Read More…]
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