Yahya Abdul-Aziz Jemus Junkung Jammeh is a Gambian politician and former military officer,who served as President of the Gambia from 1996 to 2017,as well as Chairman of the Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council from 1994 to 1996.
The Daily Observer is a newspaper published in Bakau in Banjul,the Gambia.
Foroyaa is a newspaper located in Serrekunda,the Gambia. It was first launched in July 1987,and is owned by the People's Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism (PDOIS),an opposition political party that was instrumental in bringing the downfall of ex-president Yahya Jammeh in the 1 December 2016 election.
Kenneth Yakpawolo Best is a Liberian journalist who founded the Liberian newspaper The Daily Observer and a paper of the same name in The Gambia.
Gamtel Football Club is a Gambian football club based in Banjul and sponsored by Gamtel. They play in the top division in Gambian football,the Gambian Championnat National D1.
Hassoum Ceesay is a Gambian historian,writer and museum curator at the Gambia National Museum. He is one of the most prolific Gambian historians.
The 2014 Gambian coup d'état attempt broke out during the night of 30 December 2014,when gunfire erupted in the Gambian capital of Banjul.
Mama Fatima Singhateh is a Gambian lawyer,judge,and politician. Between 2009 and 2013,she was a judge in the High Court,then at the Court of Appeal of The Gambia. She subsequently served as Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Gambia from 2013 to 2014,and again from 2015 to 2017. She currently serves as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Sale and Sexual Exploitation of Children.
Following his victory in the presidential election on 1 December 2016,the newly elected President Adama Barrow appointed a new cabinet to succeed the cabinet of Yahya Jammeh,his predecessor. Barrow was formally inaugurated on 19 January 2017 at the embassy of the Gambia in Dakar,Senegal,and was able to return the Gambia on 26 January. He made the bulk of appointments in February 2017,and conducted major reshuffles in June 2018,March 2019 and May 2022.
Omar Amadou Jallow was a Gambian politician who was the Minister of Agriculture in President Adama Barrow's cabinet. Jallow was also the leader of the People's Progressive Party,which held two seats in the National Assembly at the time of his death.
Emmanuel Akomaye Agim is a Nigerian judge who was chief justice of Gambia from 2009 to 2013 former chief justice of Swaziland. former justice at the Nigerian Courts of Appeal. and currently a Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.
Abdou Kareem Savage was the chief justice of Gambia from 22 February 2006 till 8 June 2009. He was preceded by Stephen Alan Brobbey and succeeded by Akomaye Agim.
Harriet Margaret Ndow was a Gambian educator and educational entrepreneur.
The Gambian Creole people,or Krio or Aku,are a minority ethnic group of Gambia with connections to and roots from the Sierra Leone Creole people. In Gambia the Aku account for about 2% of the population. Some estimates put the figure higher. However,according to the 2013 Gambian Census,the Aku make up 0.5% of the population or around 8,477 people.
Presidential elections were held in the Gambia on 4 December 2021. The result was a victory for incumbent President Adama Barrow of the National People's Party,who received 53% of the vote,defeating five other candidates.
Haddy Dandeh-Jabbie also known as Haddy Dandeh is a Gambian women's rights activist,public speaker and lawyer who is well known for advocating for the women and children rights in Gambia. She currently serves as the President of the Female Lawyers Association of the Gambia (FLAG).
Naceesay Salla-Wadda also spelt either as Na Ceesay Salla Wadda or Naceesay Sallah-Wadda is a Gambian lawyer and legal expert.
Aji Yam Secka is a Gambian politician who was deputy leader of the United Democratic Party (UDP) and a long time women leader acting in various capacity. From 1998 to 2001,she was Secretary General of the party's women. She was deputy director of UND from 2011 to 2018. Secka became the head of the party in 2016 when the leader of the party,Ousainou Darboe,was held in detention by the government. Secka was one of the opposition leaders who formed a political alliance that endorsed the candidacy of Adama Barrow who eventually defeated the incumbent President Yahaya Jammeh.
Amie Ndoungou Drammeh Bensouda is a Gambian lawyer and politician. She was the first female Solicitor General of the Gambia and served as Attorney General and Minister of Justice following the 1994 coup that brought Yahya Jammeh to power. Bensouda is a member of the London Institute of Chartered Arbitrators (CIArB) and a trained mediator. She was also two-term President of the Gambia Bar Association.
