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Basiru Mahoney
Basiru V.P. Mahoney is a Gambian lawyer, politician and judge who served as Attorney General of The Gambia from 27 August 2014 to 9 January 2015. He previously served as the Solicitor General and Legal Secretary between May 2013 and August 2014 and as a Judge of the High Court between 2009 and 2013. Basiru Mahoney currently serves as a Judge of the Court of Appeal of The Gambia. Early life and education Basiru Mahoney was born in Cape Point, The Gambia and did his primary and secondary education in Marina School Banjul and Gambia High School. Upon completing his O' levels he proceeded to the United Kingdom where he did the Bar vocational course and qualified to practice as a Barrister in England and Wales and subsequently in The Gambia in 2002. Professional career Basiru Mahoney engaged in private practice in The Gambia before his appointment to the bench as a Magistrate. He would later be promoted to the High Court in 2009 and served there until his appointment as Solicit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cherno Marenah
Cherno (Russian "black") may refer to: *Cherno more (other), black sea *Cherno (album), ''Cherno'' (album), by Finnish metal band KYPCK, 2008 *Cherno Samba, footballer *Cherno Jallow, former Attorney General of the British Virgin Islands *Cherno Jah, record producer, see Neneh Cherry See also *Chernozem {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yahya Jammeh
Yahya Abdul-Aziz Jemus Junkung Jammeh (born 25 May 1965) is a Gambian politician and former military officer who was the leader of The Gambia from 1994 to 2017, firstly as chairman of the Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council (AFPRC) from 1994 to 1996 and then as President of the Gambia from 1996 to 2017. Jammeh was born in Kanilai, in The Gambia, and is a Muslim of the Jola ethnic group. He attended Gambia High School in Banjul from 1978 to 1983 and served in the Gambian National Gendarmerie from 1984 to 1989. He was then commissioned as an officer of the Gambian National Army, commanding the Military Police from 1992 to 1994. In July 1994, he led a bloodless coup d'etat that overthrew the government of Sir Dawda Jawara and installed himself as chairman of AFPRC, a military junta, and ruled by decree until his election as president in 1996. Jammeh was re-elected as president in 2001, 2006 and 2011, but lost to Adama Barrow in 2016. His time in office saw the authorit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adama Barrow
Adama Barrow ( ff, 𞤀𞥄𞤣𞤢𞤥𞤢 𞤄𞤢𞥄𞤪𞤮, Aadama Baaro, born 15 February 1965) is a Gambian politician and real estate developer who has served as President of the Gambia since 2017. Born in Mankamang Kunda, a village near Basse Santa Su, he attended Crab Island Secondary School and the Muslim High School, the latter on a scholarship. He then worked for Alhagie Musa Njie & Sons, a Gambian energy company, where he became a sales manager. Moving to London in the early 2000s, Barrow studied for qualifications in real estate and concurrently worked as a security guard for Argos. After returning to the Gambia in 2006, he founded Majum Real Estate and was the CEO until 2016. He became the treasurer of the United Democratic Party, an opposition party, and then became party leader in September 2016 after the previous leader was jailed. Barrow was then chosen as the UDP candidate in the 2016 presidential election. It was later announced that he would stand as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Court Of Appeal Of The Gambia
A court is any person or institution, often as a government institution, with the authority to adjudicate legal disputes between parties and carry out the administration of justice in civil, criminal, and administrative matters in accordance with the rule of law. In both common law and civil law legal systems, courts are the central means for dispute resolution, and it is generally understood that all people have an ability to bring their claims before a court. Similarly, the rights of those accused of a crime include the right to present a defense before a court. The system of courts that interprets and applies the law is collectively known as the judiciary. The place where a court sits is known as a venue. The room where court proceedings occur is known as a courtroom, and the building as a courthouse; court facilities range from simple and very small facilities in rural communities to large complex facilities in urban communities. The practical authority given ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mama Fatima Singhateh
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. Early life and education Singhateh had her basic and secondary-school educations in Banjul, The Gambia. She received an LLB (Hons) degree from the University of Hull, United Kingdom in 1997, and a Masters in International Business Law there in 1998. Between 1998 and 1999 she completed the Bar Vocational Course at the University of Wales and was called to the Bar of England and Wales as Barrister. Professional career Before her appointment as Minister, Singhateh held several positions within the Attorney General's Chambers of The Gambia—as State Counsel in 2002, as S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minister Of Justice (The Gambia)
The Minister of Justice in the Gambia is the cabinet member This is a list of the offices of heads of state, heads of government, cabinet, and legislature, of sovereign states. Date of Origin refers to most recent fundamental change in form of government, for example independence, change from absolute ... who heads the Ministry of Justice. All Ministers of Justice concurrently serve as Attorney General. Role The role of a Minister of Justice was created in 1968 to have administrative responsibility for the judicial system and take on some responsibility from the Prime Minister (later President)'s Office, such as that of the Registrar General. The Ministry currently has five departments, Civil Litigation, Curator of Interstate Estate, Legislative Drafting, Criminal Division, and the Registrar General's Office. The Ministry is also responsible for the registration and conduct of civil marriages. The line agencies for the Ministry are the Gambia Law Reform Commission, the N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Attorney General Of The Gambia
The Attorney General of the Gambia is a cabinet-level position in the Gambia responsible for providing legal advice to the Gambian government and appearing on its behalf in the courts of the land. In recent years, the post has been held in conjunction with that of Minister of Justice, who is the head of the Ministry of Justice and responsible for legal affairs. The current Attorney General is Dawda A. Jallow. History The office of Attorney General has been described by Hassan Bubacar Jallow as having "great antiquity" in the Gambia. Its origins can be traced back to the creation of the office of King's Advocate in 1831, formed to head the Legal Adviser's Office. From 1831 to 1837, Andrew Hunter, the Colonial Secretary, performed the office as part of his duties. After his death from yellow fever in April 1837, Thomas Lewis Ingram became the acting King's Advocate. In 1839, following the accession of Queen Victoria, Richard Pine was appointed as the Queen's Advocate. In 1841, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gambia
The Gambia,, ff, Gammbi, ar, غامبيا officially the Republic of The Gambia, is a country in West Africa. It is the smallest country within mainland AfricaHoare, Ben. (2002) ''The Kingfisher A-Z Encyclopedia'', Kingfisher Publications. p. 11. . and is surrounded by Senegal, except for its western coast on the Atlantic Ocean. The Gambia is situated on both sides of the lower reaches of the Gambia River, the nation's namesake, which flows through the centre of the Gambia and empties into the Atlantic Ocean, thus the long shape of the country. It has an area of with a population of 1,857,181 as of the April 2013 census. Banjul is the Gambian capital and the country's largest metropolitan area, while the largest cities are Serekunda and Brikama. The Portugal, Portuguese in 1455 entered the Gambian region, the first Europeans to do so, but never established important trade there. In 1765, the Gambia was made a part of the British Empire by establishment of the Gambia Col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
O' Levels
O', O’, O`, O´, O‘ or OÊ» may refer to: * the anglicized variant of the patronymic term "Ó" in Irish names (like in ''O'Sullivan'') * short for "of" or "on" (like in ''Pot o' Gold'', '' John o' Groats'' or ''o'clock'') * a misspelling of the letter "O" with a diacritic like Ó, Ã’, or Æ . * OÊ», the twenty-fifth letter of the Uzbek alphabet *O′ (with prime symbol) represents the glottalized or creaky vowel " /oÌ°/" in Taa language *’O or ’o is a male article in Neapolitan language (like in ''’O sole mio'') See also * ’ (apostrophe) * ` (grave accent) * ´ (acute accent) * ‘ (quotation mark) * ′ The prime symbol , double prime symbol , triple prime symbol , and quadruple prime symbol are used to designate units and for other purposes in mathematics, science, linguistics and music. Although the characters differ little in appearance fr ... (prime symbol) * * * * * * * * O (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
