(JollofNews) – President Adama Barrow of the Gambia Wednesday named and confirmed the appointments of more ministers into his cabinet. Mr Barrow, 52, filled the vacant ministerial positions days after he was inaugurated on home soil as the country’s third president at a ceremony marking Gambia’s 52nd independence anniversary. The[Read More…]
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EU To Give ‘Virtually Bankrupt’ Gambia $340 Million
(JollofNews) – The European Union announced aid worth 225 million euros (S$340 million) for The Gambia on Thursday (Feb 9) as President Adama Barrow warned that the nation was “virtually bankrupt” due to economic mismanagement by the former regime. The EU froze assistance to The Gambia in December 2014 over the[Read More…]
Gambia’s Feared NIA Renamed, Stripped Of Powers
(JollofNews) – Gambia’s feared National Intelligence Agency (NIA) has been renamed the State Intelligence Services (SIS) and stripped of all its powers to arrest, detain and torture suspects. It comes as new President Adama Barrow pledged reforms of the state institution which was widely feared and hated by Gambians due[Read More…]
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