(JollofNews) – West African leaders will take a “major decision” on the political impasse in Gambia at a meeting in Ghana on Saturday, a spokesman for the Nigerian presidency said on Friday. The West African ECOWAS bloc said last month it would take all necessary steps to uphold the result[Read More…]
Year: 2017
Gambia’s International Airport To Remain Open For Business
(JollofNews) – The Gambian regime of Yahya Jammeh Thursday said it has no plans to shut down the country’s only international airport amid the deepening political crisis. Mr Jammeh is alleged to have issued directives for Banjul International Airport to be shut down from January 10th following an announcement by[Read More…]
Gambia’s Head Of Civil Service Fired
(JollofNews) – Barely two weeks before the end of his tenure of office, President Yahya Jammeh of the Gambia has sacked the country’s secretary-general, head of the civil service and minister of Presidential Affairs. Sulayman Samba, who was appointed to the post last August, was sent packing from the State[Read More…]