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Current Feed ContentCarpenter ChargedOne AlhagieSanneh was recently arraigned before Principal Magistrate Kumba Sillah- Camaraof the Bundung Magistrates’ Court on a charge of stealing.He deniedthe charge. In hertestimony, the complainant Mrs Kumba Mbowe told the court that the accused wascontracted by her husband to do some carpentry work in their house. She addedthat she left the sum of 30,000 CFA and D5000 in her wallet on the bed insidethe room while accused was working there. Accordingto her, when she returned to the room she...Central Bank Staff SubpoenaedThe Bundung Magistrates’ Court had issued a subpoenaed to one Babucarr Koita, a staff of the Central Bank of the Gambia, following an application made by the prosecution in the ongoing of fake CFA banknotes. Mr Keita is to testify against one Charles Lawson, a Nigerian national, who is currently standing trial at the Bundung Magistrates’ Court before Principal Magistrate Kumba Sillah-Camara for being in possession of fake 1, 520,000 CFA banknotes. The Central Bank staff is expected in court on...CFA thief in courtOne Essa Manneh, was on Monday arraigned before Senior Magistrate Abdoulie Mbake of the Kanifing Magistrates Court on charges of stealing. According to the particulars of the offense, Essa Manneh on 9th October, 2008, at London Corner in the Kanifing Municipality, entered the dwelling of one Massally, and stole 28,000 CFA from his bag. When the charge sheet was read to him, he pleaded guilty. Police Prosecutor Corporal 385 Sarr applied for the case to be adjourned as facts concerning the case...ECOWAS Wrestling Championship Kick Off in DakarECOWAS Wrestling Championship Kick Off in Dakar By Pa Modou Faal in Dakar The second edition of the ECOWAS Wrestling Championship hasofficial kicked off in Dakar yesterday at theStadium Iba Mar Diop with 11 countries participating in the competitionincludingSenegal The Gambia, BurkinaFaso Togo, Nigeria, Liberia, Mali,Niger ,Ivory coast,Guinea Bissauand Guinea Conakry Speaking in an interview with Pointsports, Mr. SammuelMogaji program Officer ICT Training and Capacity building ECOWAS Youth...Youth Sent to JailMagistrateAbdoulie Mbacke of the Kanifing Magistrates’ Court has sent one Abdoulie Dem tojail.Abdouliewas found guilty of stealing 180,000 CFA from a certain lady at the Banjul ferry terminal andwas, therefore, sentenced to serve twelve months in jail with hard labour.History of the CFA FrancDefinition The CFA Franc is the common currency of 14 African countries which are members of the Franc Zone, namely : • Benin, Burkina, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo which form the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU), whose common central bank is the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO) ; • Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea and Chad which form the Central Africa Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC), whose...Commonwealth? What Commonwealth!One African brother, dressed in a crisp English blue suit and blue tie, walked into the Daily Observer offices yesterday and tried to hassle free coverage for the Commonwealth Secretary General’s annual statement. Look, we said, “Can’t the mighty Commonwealth, based in the most expensive square mile of London, St James, afford to pay a poor African newspaper for advertorial space?”. My blue-suited brother, well educated as he is from the land of Makerere, was so comfortable in his English that...Fraudster gets five yearsMagistrate Kayodeh Olajubutu of the Banjul Magistrates Court, last Thursday, sentenced, one Yahya Taban to a fine of D226,000, in default to serve 5 years imprisonment. The sentence was handed down after the accused pleaded guilty to charges of issuing a D206,000 false cheque and obtaining money by false pretence . Magistrate Kayode sentenced the accused on count to a fine of D10,000, in default to serve one year in jail. On count two, he was fined D10,000, in default to serve two years in...Police NET FORGERSThree persons, namely Charles Lawson, a Nigerian; Amadou Quattara, a Guinean and Ebrima Danso, a Gambian, are currently in police custody for allegedly printing and distributing counterfeit currencies within the Greater Banjul Area. The three suspects were arrested on Monday, December 24, 2007, and handed over to the Fraud Squad of the police force. They were presented to journalists at a press briefing moderated by Crime Management Coordinator (CMC) Burama Dibba at the Police Headquaters in...The West African Monetary Union (WAMU)The West African Monetary Union is characterised by the recognition of a common monetary unit , the Franc of the African Financial Community (CFA F), which is issued by the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO). WAMU currently comprises : Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea Bissau, Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo. The organs ensuring the administration of WAMU are : • The Conference of Heads of State ; • The Council of Ministers ; • The Banking Commission, and ; • The... |
