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Tumultuous welcome for President Koroma as he starts a 3-days State visit

Ernest Bai Koroma, President of the Republic of Sierra Leone, yesterday received a tumultuous welcome at the Banjul International Airport on arrival for a three days maiden state visit. President Koroma was received at the foot of the aicraft by his Gambian counterpart, President Alhaji Dr Yahya Jammeh, flanked by his cabinet, the Speaker of the National Assembly, members of the diplomatic community, the Sierra Leonean community in The Gambia and other distinguish personalities. President...

French Forces in Senegal top brass meet Jammeh

President Yahya Jammeh on Wednesday received in his office at State House, Banjul, General Philippe Bonnet, Commander of the French Forces in Senegal. Led to State House by Danielle Robin, Charge d’Affairs, French embasy in Banjul, Commander Bonnet was accompanied by his deputy, Commander Baudry. Speaking to reporters soon after their audience with the Gambian leader, General Bonnet said that their discussion with President Jammeh centered on the French Action and Support in the ECOWAS...

President Wade’s special envoy meets Jammeh

Abdourahim Agne, the Senegalese Minister of Trade and Co-operation last Friday met President Yahya Jammeh in his office at State House. Accompanied to State House by Crispin Grey-Johnson, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Mr Agne was a special envoy of President Wade. He was in the country to brief the Gambian leader on the forthcoming Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) to be hosted by Senegal in March. Speaking to reporters soon after his audience with the Gambian leader, Mr Agne...

PRESIDENT VOTES EARLY

President Yahya Jammeh, yesterday, at 10:00 am casted his vote at the A16A polling station at the July 22 Square in Banjul. Speaking to reporters shortly after exercising his democratic right to cast his vote, President Jammeh expressed delight at the completion of the various election processes in the country, after which, according to him, Gambians should concentrate on national development. According to President Jammeh, people have to make a choice between development and...

Gambia will never betray Taiwan

President Yahya Jammeh has said that his visit to the Republic of Taiwan was to strengthen Gambia-Taiwan relations and to assure them that The Gambia will never betray them. President Jammeh made these remarks on Sunday night at the Banjul International Airport shortly after arriving with a high powered delegation from the Republc of Taiwan after a six-day working visit. He noted that during the visit, they also called on the government of Taiwan to implore the private sector to come and...

President Jammeh Returns from Taiwan

President Alhaji Dr Yahya Jammeh returned to Banjul on Sunday, November 9 after a five-day working visit to the Republic of Taiwan. President Jammeh was accompanied by senior government officials, including the Foreign Affairs Secretary of State Crispin Grey-Johnson. Vice President Aja Dr Isatou Njie, the speaker of the National Assembly and the chief justice of The Gambia, received the Gambian leader upon his arrival, after a 20-hour long flight from the Asian-Pacific island state....

President Jammeh arrives in Taiwan

President Alhaji Dr Yahya Jammeh arrived in the Taiwanese capital Taipei on Tuesday on a five-day working visit, according to reports monitored by the Daily Observer. This is the Gambian leader’s seventh visit to Taiwan as head of state.  During the visit President Jammeh will meet his Taiwanese counterpart, President Chen Shui-bian, and major business leaders in the Asian-Pacific island state. The president, who left Banjul on Monday morning, is accompanied by a high-powered delegation,...