(JollofNews) – The United Nation’s Security Council Saturday strongly condemned Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh’s rejection of the official election results proclaimed by the country’s Independent Electoral Commission. Tension is high in the Gambia and security officers are put on stand-by after Mr Jammeh on Friday told state television GRTS that[Read More…]
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London Letter: Advice To CDS Badgie And IGP Sonko
(JollofNews) – A mere five days ago, on the 5th of December 2016, you were both on the front-page of the Daily Observer newspaper pledging your loyalty to the President-Elect of the Republic of The Gambia. Today, I hear that the Inspector General of Police Mr. Sonko’s forces and the[Read More…]
Gambia: Adama Barrow Tells Jammeh To Respect Election Result
(JollofNews) – Gambia’s president-elect Adama Barrow today called on President Yahya Jammeh to respect the will of the Gambian people and handover power in January. Mr Barrow said Mr Jammeh does not have any power under Gambian law to nullify any election results or to order for fresh elections in[Read More…]
Torchligh With Michael Scales: Election Defeat Is A Rejection Of Jammeh
(JollofNews) – Taking the combined vote against Mr Jammeh of 62 per cent with some 362,000 desisting from voting, represents a significant thumbs-down from the people against the governing APRC. The twin forces of democracy and people power conspired against Mr Jammeh in resounding fashion. It brings forth the notion[Read More…]
Troops Deployed To Gambian Streets As Jammeh Rejects Election Defeat
(JollofNews) – Troops have been deployed to the streets of Banjul, the capital of the Gambia, after the autocratic president, Yahya Jammeh, unexpectedly rejected his defeat in an election last week and called for a fresh vote. Jammeh had initially accepted the result, ceding power after 22 years, to a[Read More…]
London Letter: Jammeh’s Election “Annulment” And UNSC
(JollofNews) – This was not unexpected and commentators had suggested that is exactly what would happen. Jammeh had declared that he would “rule for a billion years” and mere poverty stricken voters would not dethrone him. The so-called “annulment” is not just unlawful, but it is also treason because Jammeh[Read More…]
Gambia: Mamma Kandeh Urges Jammeh To Accept Election Defeat
(JollofNews) – One of President Yahya Jammeh’s challengers in the December 1st election has urged him to take the election defeat on the chin and handover power to the victor, Adama Barrow. Mamma Kandeh of the Gambia Democratic Congress (GDC) said the Gambian people have elected Adama Barrow in a[Read More…]
Gambia: Hackers Takes The Fight To President Jammeh
(JollofNews) – Unknown hackers have taken down President Yahya Jammeh’s State House website shortly after the Gambian leader made another surprised televised statement that he has rejected the results of December 1st elections. No one has claimed responsibility but the hackers have uploaded a picture of Adama Barrow, who was[Read More…]
Adama Barrow Accused Jammeh Of Damaging Gambia’s Democracy
(JollofNews) – President Yahya Jammeh’s sudden decision to reject the election results is damaging the Gambia’s democratic credentials, President-elect Adama Barrow said. Mr Barrow and the his coalition partners are safe and are not facing any security threats at the moment. A closed aid has told JollofNews that Mr Barrow was[Read More…]
Updated: Gambia’s Jammeh Rejects Election Results
(JollofNews) – President Yahya Jammeh of the Gambia Friday rejected the results of last weeks election accusing the country’s electoral commission of committing ‘unacceptable mistakes’. Mr Jammeh, 51, who has ruled the Gambia since July 1994, lost the election to Adama Barrow of the opposition coalition. Final results by the[Read More…]
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