Politics
Senegal: Ousmane Sonko Resumes Hunger Strike
Senegal’s jailed opposition leader announced Tuesday that he resumed hunger strike as an “act of solidarity” to his “courageous patriotic sisters.” The announcement comes at a time when a group of female prisoners tied to PASTEF have been on hunger strike over a week. They are denouncing ‘abusive detention conditions’[Read More…]
Human Rights
Reactions To German Court Verdict
Campaigners, human rights activists welcomed Thursday the guilty verdict handed down in the case of a former member of Yahya Jammeh’s hit squad. Bai Lowe has been slapped with life sentence by a court in Celle, not far away from Stuttgart, for his role in extrajudicial killings carried out by[Read More…]
African News
Heavy Gunfire Heard In South Of Guinea-Bissau Capital
Heavy gunfire was heard on Friday in Guinea Bissau’s capital near barracks where members of the national guard were holed up in the south of the city, according to an AFP journalist and sources. The national guard members on Thursday night freed Finance Minister Souleiman Seidi and Secretary of State[Read More…]
Editorial
Will The Broom That Swept Bamba Banja Sweep Others?
The conviction of former permanent secretary at the ministry of fisheries of corruption is seen in President Adama Barrow’s circle as a political coup de grace but we here at JollofNews are of a diverging view. It’s no secret that suspicion of the Barrow administration, committing economic sins against Gambians[Read More…]
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Opinion
Sierra Leone Today: Insurgency or Coup Attempt?
Today’s Sunday morning news on November 26, 2023, reporting an attempted military takeover in Sierra Leone is deeply unsettling, surrounded by precarious circumstances. Upon reading Reuters’ report categorizing the incident as another of the “unfortunate recent coups that affected the subregion” and labeling it as a major setback to African[Read More…]
Sports
SJAG Honours GACH CEO
The Sports Journalist Association of The Gambia (SJAG) has awarded the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of GACH Global Mining Company, Dr. Abubucarr Jawara, for his valuable support to the Association. Jawara was awarded at the 12th year edition of the prestigious National Sports Award and Gala Night held at the[Read More…]
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