(JollofNews) – Four visiting leaders from the regional group Ecowas have held a meeting with President-elect Adama Barrow and other members of the opposition coalition aimed at diffusing political tension in the small West African nation. The meeting was held at the luxurious Coco Ocean Hotel after Liberian president Ellen[Read More…]
Year: 2016
No Deal Reached In Gambia’s Political Standoff
(JollofNews) – Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who is heading a mediation delegation to Gambia on behalf of West Africa’s ECOWAS bloc, said no deal had been reached on Tuesday to end a deepening political crisis. “It is not time for a deal. It is not something that can happen[Read More…]
Gambia: Jammeh Asks Supreme Court To Void Election Results
(JollofNews) – President Yahya Jammeh’s Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC) has filed a petition with the ‘vacant’ Supreme Court of the Gambia asking it to void the recent presidential election result. The December 1st presidential election results were called in favour of Adama Barrow of the opposition coalition[Read More…]