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Gambia

Adama Barrow

Date of Birth: 15 February 1965
Place of Birth: Mankamang Kunda, near Basse, Gambia


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The tipping point

Incumbent President Adama Barrow who has attempted to draw in some of Jammeh's old political base has been unclear about whether the former leader would face immediate arrest and prosecution on the extant charges of corruption and murder...


Ex-dictator threatens a homecoming

President Adama Barrow has held off taking action against his predecessor to account for the theft from the public purse and the alleged torture and killing of opponents as well as sexual assaults...


Auditor challenges president

The Supreme Court in Banjul is expected to hear in one to two weeks' time the plea of the sacked Auditor-General Modou Ceesay that he was illegally removed in September by President Adama Barrow because he would not allow interference in his duties (AC Vol 66 No 19 Barrow fires Auditor shielding a ballooning family empire)...


Barrow fires Auditor, shielding a ballooning family empire

These clashes followed President Adama Barrow's sacking of Ceesay less than half-way through the auditor's constitutional term and deepened anger against a government accused of corruption favouritism towards friends and relatives and arbitrary executive actions...

' Yet we hear that President Adama Barrow and Kashama are close although there are few ‘natural' connections between the Gambia and Congo-K given that their capital cities are 4 200 kilometres apart and they share no common language...


Democracy, deferred

Gambia has failed again to enact a new constitution after parliament rejected a draft bill on 7 July – a move that clears the way for President Adama Barrow to run for a third term in the December 2026 general election...


Silence on sanctions-busting

The police started and then abandoned an inquiry allegedly on orders from an ally of President Adama Barrow...


Seck seeks DC clout

Vanguard Africa claimed its first big success when Adama Barrow won the presidency in the Gambia in 2017...


Pushing out the privateers

At a reception hosted at President Adama Barrow's residence in Banjul BP's Vice-President for new African ventures Jonathan Evans announced the firm's triumphant return to the Gambia after a 30-year absence...


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