(JollofNews) – President Yahya Jammeh of the Gambia is heading to the country’s electoral commission to file his nomination for next month’s election. Mr Jammeh 51, who has been in power since July 1994 and is eyeing a fifth presidential term, is being accompanied from Banjul by senior government officials[Read More…]
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Gambia 2016: Coalition Flag Bearer Demands Free And Fair Elections
(JollofNews) – Gambia’s main opposition figure has challenged the country’s electoral body to discharge its duties in a transparent and fairly manner. Adama Barrow said a lot is at stake in next month’s presidential election and him and his colleagues in the opposition will only accept the results that is[Read More…]
Gambia 2016: Opposition Coalition Gets Green Light Take On Jammeh
(JollofNews) – The electoral commission of the Gambia Wednesday accepted the nomination of Adama Barrow as the main challenger of President Yahya Jammeh in next month’s elections. Mr Barrow, 51, is heading a coalition of opposition parties including the Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism (PDOIS), the National Reconciliation Party[Read More…]
Gambia Television’s Boss Fired, Detained
(JollofNews) – The managing director of the Gambia’s state-owned Gambia Radio and Television Services (GRTS) is reported to have been sacked and taken into custody by agents of the National Intelligence Agency. Momodou Sabally 42, was sacked and arrested this morning for undisclosed reasons. The father of four was appointed[Read More…]
Gambia 2016: Jammeh-Opposition Meeting Deffered
(JollofNews) – The much talked about meeting between President Yahya Jammeh of the Gambia and opposition candidates vying to flush him out of power in next month’s presidential elections has been deffered The meeting which was due to be held on Tuesday evenening at the luxurious Kairaba Beach Hotel was[Read More…]
Gambia’s Election To Be Free And Fair- Says Electoral Commission
(JollofNews) -The chairman of the Gambia’s Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), Alieu Momarr Njai, has assured political leaders and stakeholders that next month’s presidential election will be free, fair and transparent. The small West African nation of less than two million people will hold presidential election on 1st December with 886,[Read More…]
Gambia’s Jammeh To Meet Face To Face With Opponents
(JollofNews) – President Yahya Jammeh of the Gambia will Tuesday meet face to face with opposition candidates vying to flush him out of power in next month’s presidential elections. The meeting which is facilitated by the country’s electoral commission, will bring together leaders of all registered parties and stakeholders at[Read More…]
Gambia 2016: GDC’s Mamma Kandeh Nominated
(JollofNews) – Mamma Kandeh, leader of the opposition Gambia Democratic Congress party (GDC) has been nominated to partake in next month’s presidential election in the Gambia. Mr Kandeh, 51, accompanied by senior officials of his party, handed in his nomination papers at the headquarters of the country’s Independent Electoral Commission[Read More…]
Withdrawing Gambia From The International Criminal Court Is Ill-conceived
(JollofNews) – Fellow Gambians, I have learned with disappointment that the Government of the Gambia has announced its withdrawal from the Rome Statute establishing the International Criminal Court on 25 October 2016. After 51 years of independence and the end of colonialism, I found it utterly unacceptable that an independent[Read More…]
Ex-Gambian UN Indicter Disappointed With Gambia’s Threats To Quit ICC
(JollofNews) – A former Gambian chief prosecutor of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (UNICTR) has called on the Gambian regime of President Yahya Jammeh not to turn its back on the International Criminal Court (ICC). Justice Hassan Jallow said he was disappointed at the Gambia’s decision to[Read More…]
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