(JollofNews) – Ahead of World No Tobacco Day on Wednesday, health authorities in The Gambia have issued a grim warning about the devastating consequences of tobacco smoking. Speaking to journalists on Tuesday, the press and information officer of the World Health Organization’s Banjul office, Alhaji Momodou Gassama, said a staggering[Read More…]
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Gambia’s Feared NIA Renamed, Stripped Of Powers
(JollofNews) – Gambia’s feared National Intelligence Agency (NIA) has been renamed the State Intelligence Services (SIS) and stripped of all its powers to arrest, detain and torture suspects. It comes as new President Adama Barrow pledged reforms of the state institution which was widely feared and hated by Gambians due[Read More…]
ECOMIG Battle Tanks Roll Into Gambian Capital
(JollofNews) – ECOMIG forces have entered The Gambian capital Banjul as part of an elaborate mopping up operation that would pave the way for the return to the country of new President Adama Barrow. Regional forces made up mainly of Senegalese troops entered the city on Sunday evening with battle[Read More…]
I’ll Be Back, Exile-Bound Jammeh Vows
(JollofNews) – Gambia’s exiled ex-president, Yahya Jammeh has vowed to return to the country he ruled for 22 years before losing last month’s election to opposition coalition rival, Adama Barrow. A security officer of Gambia Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) who was at the foot of the aircraft that flew Jammeh[Read More…]
ECOWAS Standby Force Authorised To Intervene In Gambia
(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…]
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…]
Gambia’s Opposition Leader Criticises Jammeh’s Policy Statement
(JollofNews) – The leader of the opposition National Reconciliation Party (NRP), Hamat Bah, has criticised the recent statement made by President Yahya Jammeh during the State Opening of Parliament last week, saying some pertinent issues were left out. Though President Jammeh made a lengthy statement full of promises, but Bah,[Read More…]
Gambian Opposition Form Inter—Party Committee To Work For Unity
(JollofNews) – In their bid to have a single opposition candidate against incumbent Gambian President Yahya Jammeh in the forthcoming presidential elections scheduled for December 2016, an Inter-party Committee on Opposition Unification, held a meeting on Tuesday afternoon to discuss unity amongst the opposition parties. The objective of the conference[Read More…]
Gambia/ Senegal Border Closure Drags On
(JollofNews) – It is over a month and half now since the Gambia-Senegal border was closed to all trucks and other commercial vehicles, causing disruption in trade between the two countries, APA learns here Tuesday Many people in both countries have expressed disquiet over the mute attitude adopted by the[Read More…]
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