(JollofNews) – Leaders of the West African regional grouping have officially authorized a so-called Ecowas Standby Force (ESF) to intervene militarily in The Gambia and enforce the outcome of a presidential election earlier this month if defeated President Yahya Jammeh refuses to give up power when his mandate expires on[Read More…]
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Gambia 2016: New Leadership Will Probe Jammeh – Hamat Bah
(JollofNews) – A member of the leadership of the new dispensation that would take over The Gambia in a peaceful transfer of power in January has hinted that one of their first moves would be to establish a commission of inquiry into allegations of gross human rights violations levelled against[Read More…]
Senegal Demo Denounces Repression In Gambia
(JollofNews) – Fairly large crowds of Senegalese civil society activists and Gambian exiles in Senegal converged at the Place de la Nation (l’Obelisque) in Dakar on Friday afternoon to denounce the climate of repression prevailing in The Gambia. The protest, spearheaded by several human rights and civil society groups, including[Read More…]