(JollofNews) – The Gambia’s main opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) has expressed readiness to work with other opposition parties in the country to defeat President Yahya Jammeh in the December presidential elections. The Gambia will hold presidential elections in December 2016, but the UDP’s leader and secretary-general, Ousainou Darboe, is[Read More…]
Year: 2016
Gambia 2016 Elections: PDOIS Unveils Governance Programme
(JollofNews) – The Third Republic must usher in a transition from the absolutism of the monarchical presidency under which executive order reigns supreme over the constitution, regulations and basic fundamental rights thus reducing sovereign citizens into subjects and ensure an accelerated power of motion to consolidate a people centred government[Read More…]
Senegal Beefs Up Military As Security Threat Grows
(JollofNews) – Senegal’s president said on Monday he would boost manpower and equipment for military and civil defence forces in the face of increasingly bold attacks by jihadists on neighbouring countries. The west African nation has until now avoided the kind of deadly attacks mounted by al-Qaeda-linked groups that[Read More…]