In January of this year, The Gambia Port Authority (GPA) ceded 70% of the operations of the Banjul Port to Al Bayrak Group now repackaged Al Port. According to The Gambia government, the Banjul Port has suffered several years of underinvestment and that the port’s inefficiency would continue to cause[Read More…]
Tag: Gambia Gov’t
Barrow’s Gov’t Returns Turo Darboe’s D23M In Botched Land Transaction’
Prominent Gambian philanthropist Momodou Turo Darboe has reportedly lost on a D23M land deal to a foreign national in a transaction carried out by the Sheriff Division of the High Court. Sources informed JollofNews that Mr. Darboe paid D23M to acquire the land somewhere around Fajara, but later flew out[Read More…]
First-Ever Tariffs Case Against Gov’t Resumes At High Court Thursday
The first-ever tariffs case instituted against the Government of The Gambia by the country’s cement trade unions is expected to proceed at the Banjul High Court on Thursday. The Cement Importers and Traders Alliance(CITA) and the Cement Importers and Agents Association of The Gambia are embroiled in a legal tussle[Read More…]

