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Juwara Calls for Full Commitment
allAfrica.com - Thursday, February 28, 2008
amin Waa Juwara, leader of the opposition NDAM party and nominated councillor of the Brikama Area Council, has impored his fellow council members to be committed and upright in discharging their ... more
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Dimbaya Murder Case Goes to Court
allAfrica.com - Thursday, February 28, 2008
he 7th October 2007 Dimbaya village murder case, involving two namesakes, Jawo Jallow (Senior) and Jawo Jallow (Junior), which led to the death of Jawo Jallow Senior, has recently been brought before Senior Magistrate EF M'Bai of the Brikama Magistrates' ... more
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Seven Hits D198,400 Jackpot
allAfrica.com - Thursday, February 28, 2008
he Gambia National Lottery (GNL) last Friday distributed a cheque amounting D198,400 to seven lucky winners at a presentation ceremony held at its headquarters in ... more
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Women Gardeners Express Frustration Over Salt Intrusion
allAfrica.com - Thursday, February 28, 2008
he Women gardeners at the Old Jeshwang gardens have decried the intrusion of salt water from the sea into their gardens. The women made this statement in an interview with this reporter on Monday at their vegetable ... more
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"Training Journalists With UK And U.S. Help"
allAfrica.com - Thursday, February 28, 2008
s this a case of cheque-book journalism or is it a case of cheque-book colonialism? Not only that. Let us ask what "human rights" these colonialists in USA and UK know to be "training", or should we say brainwashing, young impressionable African ... more
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Fresh Charges Against Lieutenant Bakary Camara
allAfrica.com - Thursday, February 28, 2008
ieutenant Bakary Camara who was recently taken to court and jointly charged with two others for stealing a government vehicle, was on Tuesday arraigned in Court and charged with stealing and giving false information to a public officer. This time Lieutenant Camara is charged ... more
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Bajinka Spotted At RVTH
allAfrica.com - Thursday, February 28, 2008
ahya Bajinka, an agent of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) and a brother to Major Bajinka (who is on the run) was on Tuesday 19 February, 2008 spotted at the Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital in Banjul. Bajinka was spotted by this reporter while he was being escorted by a soldier... more
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Former State Press Officer Faces Possible Jail Term for Passing On Information to Journalist
allAfrica.com - Thursday, February 28, 2008
am Sait Ceesay, a former editor of the Daily Observer, a Banjul-based pro-government newspaper was again on February 25, 2008 arraigned before a Banjul Magistrate Court over charges of publishing false ... more
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Can A Chief Serve As An Adjudicator?
allAfrica.com - Thursday, February 28, 2008
ccording to Section 120 subsection (2) of the Constitution, "The judicial power of The Gambia is vested in the courts and shall be exercised by them according to the respective jurisdictions conferred on them by law." Subsection (1) of the same section indicates that the courts of The Gambia include... more
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UN: Action Needed Against Unproven HIV/AIDS Treatments
Human Rights Watch - Thursday, February 28, 2008
The United Nations and its member states are failing to address serious threats to life and health posed by the promotion of unproven AIDS “cures” and by counterfeit antiretroviral drugs, Human Rights Watch said ... more
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Press Officer Mam Sait Ceesay Appears in Court
allAfrica.com - Thursday, February 28, 2008
ournalist Mam Sait Ceesay, the former press officer at the office of the president has appeared before the Banjul Magistrates Court and pleaded not guilty to two counts of false publication and ... more
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Charge d' Affaire Continues Testimony in Willy Joof's Trial
allAfrica.com - Thursday, February 28, 2008
he cross-examination of Moses Benjamin Jallow, charge d'affaire of The Gambia Embassy in France, continued in the trial of William Joof, ex-ambassador to France. Appearing on Tuesday at the Banjul Magistrates Court, Mr. Jallow testified during cross-examination by defence counsel, Lamin Camara that a bank account was opened by Mr.... more
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Carnegie Minerals MD in Court
allAfrica.com - Thursday, February 28, 2008
awyer CE Mene, on Monday 25 February sought a review of the bail conditions of his client, Mr. Charles Northfield, the Managing Director of Carnegie Minerals Company. The defence counsel sought this application before Justice Na Ceesay Salla Wadda of the Banjul High ... more
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Sheriff Minteh's Murder Trial
allAfrica.com - Thursday, February 28, 2008
he fifth prosecution witness in the trial of Dodou Janneh, alias Dodou Boy, has stood firmly by her testimony that the late Sheriff Minteh told her at the point of death that the accused, Dodou Janneh, had stabbed him (the ... more
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Fire Outbreak At AGIB
allAfrica.com - Thursday, February 28, 2008
nother inferno has destroyed equipment at the Arab Gambian Islamic Bank (AGIB) branch at Westfield between the hours of 2pm and 2.30pm on Monday. As curious onlookers made efforts to draw closer to the scene while the fire was being extinguished by the fire officers, journalists waited for hours to... more
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Bail Application for Boto Sonko
allAfrica.com - Thursday, February 28, 2008
efence counsel, Antouman Gaye has filed a bail application on behalf of Mr. Momodou Lamin Sonko, alias "Boto Sonko," before Justice Na Ceesey Salla-Wadda of the Banjul High Court. The application was heard on Monday 25 ... more
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Media Fraternity Sensitised On FGM
allAfrica.com - Thursday, February 28, 2008
he Gambia Committee on Traditional Practices (GAMCOTRAP), on Saturday 23rd February, organised a day's training and sensitization workshop for the media fraternity in the Gambia. The objective of the workshop was to capacitize the media on how to sensitise the general populace on Female genital mutilation. The workshop brought together... more
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African Court Rules Incomplete
allAfrica.com - Thursday, February 28, 2008
he extra-ordinary session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR) on Saturday ended in Banjul without concluding on all the items on their agenda. The commission was expected to finalize and consider the rules of procedure of the African Human Rights Court in this fourth extra-ordinary session,... more
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Magistrate to Discharge Italian
allAfrica.com - Thursday, February 28, 2008
omenico Fideli, a 49 year-old Italian will be discharged from a charge of stealing a Kanilai Farms vehicle, if the prosecution fails to proceed with the case, said the presiding Magistrate on ... more
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Arab Islamic Bank Burnt Down By Disgruntled Cashier(s)
allAfrica.com - Thursday, February 28, 2008
One thing I will like you to know is that almost 85% of our Bank Cashiers in all the banks in The Gambia, are paying money due to float shortages or overpayments, which they usually used as a back up or excuses, but the real truth is the poverty, low... more
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