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TURKMENISTAN: President sworn in amid cautious hope for change

ALMATY Thursday, February 15, 2007 (IRIN) - A new Turkmen president has been sworn into office after winning the country’s first presidential election in 15 years with a resounding 89 percent of the vote. Observers are watching the Turkmen capital, Ashgabat, to see if Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov will honour campaign pledges of social reform, and question whether the new leader will bring political liberalisation to this tightly controlled country. The new Turkmen leader has pledged to...

Juwara calls for full commitment

As BAC councillors take oath Lamin 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 duties. Recently sworn in as nominated councillor in the Brikama Area Council, Mr Juwara called on his colleagues to be committed to their work and to discharge their duties in  accordance with the local government act and the constitution of The Gambia, irrespective of...

CRR councillors sworn in JAC, KAC elect chairmen

The 22 newly elected councillors of the Janjanbureh Area Council (JAC) and Kuntaur Area Council (KAC) in the Central River Region (CRR), were on Thursday, February 13, sworn into office at Kuntaur and Janjanbureh respectively. Both ceremonies, which were presided over by Ganyie Touray, governor of CRR also witnessed the election of chairmen and the nomination of three other persons as councillors for each of the two councils. Mamat Mbye, councillor for Kaur Ward, was elected as the chairman of...

Samba Faal sworn-in as Banjul Mayor

Samba Faal, the newly-elect mayor for Banjul in the just concluded local government elections, was yesterday, sworn into office at a colourful ceremony held at the Council’s Chambers in Banjul. The two-time occupant of the city’s mayoral seat promised to execute the functions of a mayor without fear or favour, affection or ill-will, while taking an oath of office, administered by Ismaila Sambou, secretary of state for Local Government and Lands. Hon Fatoumatta Jahumpa-Ceesay, speaker of the...