The case is now being heard at the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) with the Gambian government being represented by lawyers from United Kingdom-based Omnia Strategy the law firm and consultancy founded and chaired by the British barrister Cherie Booth QC who is married to Tony Blair the former British prime minister...
Her husband former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair visited Banjul at least twice in 2017 and had 'behind closed-door' meetings with President Adama Barrow reportedly advising him on issues including electricity tourism health and agriculture...
The Tony Blair Institute for Global Change (TBI) confirmed to Africa Confidential that Blair had been 'working with President Barrow and the Gambian administration following the country's historic return to democracy...