(JollofNews) – The Gambia Youth for Unity (GYU) joins patriotic Gambians both at home and in the diaspora in condemning outgoing President Yahya Jammeh’s televised statement rejecting the outcome of the December 1st presidential elections. Yahya Jammeh had previously lauded the Gambian electoral process as free, fair and rig-proof. It[Read More…]
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Gambia: Regional Leaders Hold Meeting With President Jammeh
(JollofNews) – Visiting regional leaders from four countries have held a meeting with President Yahya Jammeh of the Gambia aimed at diffusing political tension in the small West African nation Tension is currently high in the Gambia after President Jahya Jammeh’s refused to accept the outcome of the December 1st[Read More…]
Gambia: The Yahya Jammeh Problem
(JollofNews) – When President Yahya Jammeh of The Gambia conceded defeat after the December 1, Presidential elections in that West African country of 1.9 million people, the gesture was widely hailed and described as an indication of great hope for democracy in Africa and particularly for The Gambia, which Jammeh[Read More…]
Regional Leaders Due In Gambia For Crunch Talks With Jammeh
(JollofNews) – Four regional leaders are due to arrive in Banjul on Saturday in a bid to diffuse the crisis over President Jahya Jammeh’s refusal to accept the outcome of the December 1st election. Tension is currently high in the small West African nation with a population of less than[Read More…]
Gambia: Lawyers Takes The Fight To Jammeh, Calls His Actions Treasonous
(JollofNews) – Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh’s decision to annul the results of the presidential election is a violation of the constitution and tantamount to treason, says the Bar Association of the Gambia. The association which represents all lawyers in the country called on Mr Jammeh to respect the result of[Read More…]
Gambia: President-elect Rejects Jammeh’s Election Challenge
(JollofNews) – Gambia’s President-elect Adama Barrow has dismissed President Yahya Jammeh’s attempts to challenge the December 1st election results in the Supreme Court of the Gambia. In a media statement read on his behalf by Mai Ahmad Fatty, Mr Barrow said the Supreme Cour of the Gambia has not been[Read More…]
Gambia: Barrow To Issue Statement On Jammeh’s Election Coup
(JollofNews) – Gambia’s president-elect Adama Barrow will today issue another statement to update Gambians about the current political standoff with President Yahya Jammeh. Tension is currently high in the small West African nation with a population of less than two million after Mr Jammeh annulled the results of December 1st[Read More…]
Gambia: ECOWAS Chair Denounces Jammeh’s Election U-turn
(JollofNews) – President Yahya Jammeh’s rejection of December 1st election result is unacceptable and threatened peace not only in the Gambia but the entire West African Subregion, says the chair of regional block ECOWAS. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, president of the Republic of Liberia and chair of the ECOWAS Authority of[Read More…]
Gambia: Opposition Rules Out Fresh Election
(JollofNews) – Opposition parties in the Gambia have rejected President Yahya Jammeh’s calls for fresh elections to be held in the small West African nation. The electoral commission had declared Adama Barrow of the opposition coalition winner and Mr Jammeh had initially conceded defeat and praised the country’s electoral system[Read More…]
Gambia: Life Goes On In Banjul As Jammeh Clings To Power
(JollofNews) – Soldiers stood watch on the streets of the Gambia’s capital, Banjul, on Sunday as most residents went about daily life despite concerns after the president, Yahya Jammeh, said he would not accept election results that would force him to step down after 22 years in power. International and[Read More…]
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