(JollofNews) – Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has slammed UN chief Ban Ki-moon and Amnesty International for demanding an investigation into the death in custody of an opposition activist, the Jeune Afrique weekly reported Sunday. “Ban Ki-moon and Amnesty International can go to hell! Who are they to demand that?” said[Read More…]
Year: 2016
Gambia’s Opposition Challenged To Select Presidential Candidate
(JollofNews) – An opposition leader in the Gambia has challenged other opposition parties in the country to come up with proposals on how a flag bearer to take on President Yahya Jammeh in the December presidential elections would be selected. Halifa Sallah of the People’s Democratic Organisation for Independence and[Read More…]
Casamance Forests May Disappear By 2018
(JollofNews) – Senegal’s heavily forested southern region of Casamance will have no tree cover left by 2018 if illegal logging driven by Chinese demand is not addressed, a Senegalese ecologist warned Thursday. Gambian loggers have long benefited from lax oversight of the area’s forests to take prized rosewood timber over[Read More…]
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