The president of Guinea-Bissau has negotiated an oil deal with his counterpart from Senegal — without parliamentary approval. Umaro Sissoco Embalo is now facing a ministerial uprising supported by civil society. The independent Guinea-Bissauan newspaper O Democrata broke the news in November about a secret agreement between Senegal’s president, Macky Sall,[Read More…]
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The Last Warrior Of Africa’s ‘Forgotten Army’: Gambia And WWII
Ebou Janha, 102, is the only surviving veteran of 1 Gambia Regiment, which fought for the British fight against Japanese troops in then-Burma during the Second World War. On an early November morning, 102-year-old Ebou Janha rests a pair of pliers next to his jeweller’s anvil and collects his breath[Read More…]
Mid-November Spud Targeted For Offshore Gambia Well
The drillship Stena IceMAX is due to arrive in Las Palmas in the Canary Islands later this month before mobilizing to drill the Bambo-1 exploration well offshore The Gambia. Operator FAR says the targeted spud date is Nov. 13. Exceed’s wells management team in Aberdeen is supporting planning and execution of the well, with[Read More…]
Big News On Climate Change — Gambia Wins, Canada Loses
Canada is a laggard in the international effort to avert catastrophic climate change, according to a major new study by Climate Analytics, a global, non-profit climate science and policy institute. The organization’s “climate action tracker” describes Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s policies as “highly insufficient” in regard to achieving the United[Read More…]
Nigeria Pledges To Ensure Gambia’s Jammeh Hands Over Peacefully
(JollofNews) – Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, says his country will do everything possible to help The Gambia have a peaceful resolution to its political crisis. Mr. Onyeama stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja. The minister expressed optimism that the Gambian President[Read More…]
UK, US, UN, EU, Canada Congratulate Gambians For Peaceful Polls
(JollofNews) – The United States and the United Kingdom have congratulated the people of Gambia on the peaceful conduct of presidential polls in the country. The United Nations (UN) and European Union (EU) have also sent congratulations to Gambians and the president-elect Adama Barrow. The December 1 polls was won[Read More…]
Election Winner Adama Barrow Promises ‘A New Gambia’
(JollofNews) – Gambia’s newly elected president is urging exiles who fled during the 22-year reign of his predecessor to return from abroad and help him reform the tiny West African country. In an interview with The Associated Press the day after his upset election win, Adama Barrow on Saturday also[Read More…]
Gambia 2016: Polls Open In Gambia’s Presidential Election
(JollofNews) – Gambian President Yahya Jammeh faces the biggest threat to his 22-year rule as the country goes to the polls. The vote goes ahead after an internet blackout in a nation often accused of suppressing freedom of expression. President Yahya Jammeh is running for a fifth term in office[Read More…]
Gambia 2016: Opposition Coalition Hopeful Of Beating Jammeh
(JollofNews) — Gambia’s opposition parties are rallying together behind a single candidate for the first time in decades, forming a coalition they hope will oust longtime President Yahya Jammeh, who has been accused of human rights abuses throughout his 22-year rule. United Democratic Party candidate Adama Barrow faces Jammeh in[Read More…]
Gambia Urged To Release Political Detainees After New Death In State Custody
(JollofNews) – The United States government has urged Gambia to immediately release opposition figures who were arrested earlier this year after a second detainee died in custody on Aug. 20. The State Department said on its website it was “deeply concerned” by the death of Ibrima Solo Krummah, an official[Read More…]
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