(JollofNews) – A fire tore through makeshift straw shelters at a Muslim religious retreat in Senegal, killing at least 22 people and triggering a stampede, firefighters and local media said Thursday. The blaze broke out on Wednesday afternoon as worshippers gathered near the town of Medina Gounass in the southeastern[Read More…]
Year: 2017
Gambia: President Barrow To Visit Congo Brazzaville
(JollofNews) – Gambia’s president Adama Barrow will arrive in Congo Brazzaville on Friday for a two-day official visit. During his stay in Brazzaville, President Barrow will hold discussion on bilateral and other issues with his Congolese counterpart Denis Sassou Nguesso and other senior government officials. Meanwhile, President Barrow has declared[Read More…]
Gambia: Can Barrow Concede To 3-Year Term?
(JollofNews) – Halifa Sallah of the People’s Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism, PDOIS, has said yesterday that the objective of the Coalition in the National Assembly is to reform the Constitution and to humble the executive, which he said President Barrow has agreed to. Sallah went on to say[Read More…]