(JollofNews) – Four regional leaders are due to arrive in Banjul on Saturday in a bid to diffuse the crisis over President Jahya Jammeh’s refusal to accept the outcome of the December 1st election. Tension is currently high in the small West African nation with a population of less than[Read More…]
Year: 2016
Gambia: Lawyers Takes The Fight To Jammeh, Calls His Actions Treasonous
(JollofNews) – Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh’s decision to annul the results of the presidential election is a violation of the constitution and tantamount to treason, says the Bar Association of the Gambia. The association which represents all lawyers in the country called on Mr Jammeh to respect the result of[Read More…]
Gambia: President-elect Rejects Jammeh’s Election Challenge
(JollofNews) – Gambia’s President-elect Adama Barrow has dismissed President Yahya Jammeh’s attempts to challenge the December 1st election results in the Supreme Court of the Gambia. In a media statement read on his behalf by Mai Ahmad Fatty, Mr Barrow said the Supreme Cour of the Gambia has not been[Read More…]