(JollofNews) – President Yahya Jammeh of the Gambia has rehired Dr Aboubacar Senghore as the country’s Minister of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology and as Religious Affairs nearly a month after his unceremonious removal. Dr Senghore, 48, was sent packing from his office a month ago. No reasons were[Read More…]
Year: 2016
Gambia: Opposition Leader Scorns At Jammeh
(JollofNews) – An opposition leader in the Gambia has renewed his attacks on President Yahya Jammeh, accusing him of using brute force to turn the west African country into an open prison. Omar Amadou Jallow (OJ) of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) said since Mr Jammeh came to power in[Read More…]
Gambia: Why Am I Speaking Now?
(JollofNews) – I am not a politician and I am not a tribalist. Though I have some little knowledge about politics but I have always distanced my myself from political wrangling. Thomas Sankara once said: “A soldier without any political knowledge is a virtuous criminal”. So I have some little[Read More…]