Barrow appoints ex-Gambia ambassador to US as new defence minister

By Lamin Njie

President Adama Barrow has appointed Sheikh Omar Faye as the new defense minister of The Gambia.

President Barrow on Thursday engaged in a ‘minor’ cabinet reshuffle which saw him sack his interior minister Ebrima Mballow. The president also sacked the secretary general and head of the civil service Ebrima Camara.

Sheikh Omar Faye had worked as the Gambia’s ambassador to the United States. He was until his tapping the consul general in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. During the 2016 political impasse, he was among the first diplomats to turn his back on Jammeh.