(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…]
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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…]