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Barrow fires Auditor, shielding a ballooning family empire

After being accused of favouring relatives and friends with state-backed rice deals and discounted bank sales, the President has summarily sacked the Auditor-General

When police forcibly removed Auditor-General, Modou Ceesay from the National Audit Office on 15 September they triggered youth-led protests in which several demonstrators were arrested as fighting spilled onto the streets of Banjul.

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