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APeX has suspended discussions that have been ongoing for nineteen months to build the opposition coalition CHANGE, due to a lack of agreement on the independent status of the consensus candidate ahead of the presidential election on December 5, 2026.
The Team Gambia 2026 movement is set to gather on Saturday, September 12, representatives from political parties, movements, and civil society in an effort to formalize a coalition for the presidential election on December 5.
The Gambian police announced that no new protests would be allowed without a permit, following several nights of demonstrations against power cuts. Eleven people have been arrested for vandalism related to the unrest.
The U.S. export bank EXIM is preparing a loan of nearly $100 million to Africell to modernize its networks in Angola, Gambia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Sierra Leone with American and allied equipment.
Protests broke out during the night of September 7 to 8 in Banjul and several localities in Gambia to denounce prolonged power outages. The police used tear gas to disperse some gatherings.
Three agents from the Gambian Department of Immigration have gone missing in Italy, where they were participating in a bilateral training on migration management and border security. Banjul describes their departure as premeditated and has contacted the Italian and European authorities to locate them, in an embarrassing situation for a country already facing heavy migration […]
Gambian President Adama Barrow convened an emergency Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, May 13, to address the sale of assets confiscated from former president Yahya Jammeh. The move follows the public release on May 9 of official documents detailing the scope of the state’s liquidation of Jammeh’s holdings. Published by the Ministry of Justice, the documents […]
This Saturday, April 20, 2024, Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye is slated for an official visit to Banjul, the capital of Gambia. This was announced by the presidential office in Dakar. In his second official trip abroad, Mr. Faye will meet his Gambian counterpart, Adama Barrow. During this high-level encounter, discussions will focus on bilateral […]
