(JollofNews) – Gambian authorities have refused the European Union access to observe upcoming elections, an EU spokesman said on Friday, amid concerns about the fairness of the voting process in the tiny West African nation. The EU had been ready to deploy a small team to provide what it described[Read More…]
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Gambia Announces Withdrawal From International Criminal Court
(JollofNews) – The government of Gambia said on Tuesday it was withdrawing from the International Criminal Court, accusing the world body of ignoring the “war crimes” of Western nations and seeking only to prosecute Africans. The decision by the tiny West African nation, whose president, Yahya Jammeh, has called on[Read More…]
G. Bissau’s Ex-Navy Chief Sentenced In Prison In U.S. Drug Case
(JollofNews) – A former navy chief of Guinea-Bissau who was arrested three years ago in a U.S. drug sting off the West African coast was sentenced on Tuesday to four years in prison, most of which he has already served, for conspiring to facilitate the shipment of cocaine to the[Read More…]
Gambian Opposition Names Election Candidate After Predecessor Jailed
(JollofNews) – Gambia’s main opposition party named a new leader on Thursday to challenge President Yahya Jammeh in a December election after the jailing of its previous candidate. The United Democratic Party said it had chosen Adama Barrow, a 51-year-old businessman, to lead its campaign to end Jammeh’s 22-year rule[Read More…]
UN Rights Chief Deplores Gambia Opposition Detainee Death
(JollofNews) – The U.N. rights chief on Tuesday deplored the death of an opposition party member while in custody in Gambia, urging the authorities to investigate his death along with allegations that detainees are refused medical care. Solo Krummah died in hospital over the weekend, his United Democratic Party (UDP)[Read More…]
G/Bissau Confirms Three Cases Of Zika Virus, Govt Says
(JollofNews) – Guinea-Bissau has confirmed its first three cases of the Zika virus in a group of islands off the mainland and has set up an emergency committee to stop further transmission of the disease, the government said on Friday. Experts have feared the tiny nation could become a gateway[Read More…]
G/Bissau Faces Budget Shortfall After IMF Stops Payments
(JollofNews) – Guinea-Bissau is facing a “catastrophic” economic situation, with a gaping budget deficit, after the International Monetary Fund suspended its support over two private bank bailouts, the finance minister said on Thursday. The IMF said on June 3 it was halting payments after the tiny nation’s government went against[Read More…]
Senegal Ex-president’s Son Jailed For Corruption Released – Govt
(JollofNews) – Karim Wade, the son of Senegal’s former president, was released from prison after being granted a presidential pardon, a spokesman for President Macky Sall and Wade’s lawyer said on Friday. Wade, who served three years in prison, had been convicted on corruption charges, sentenced to six years and[Read More…]
U.S. And Senegal Sign Defense Cooperation Deal
(JollofNews)—The United States and Senegal signed a cooperation agreement on Monday to ease the deployment of American troops to the West African nation to counter humanitarian crises, natural disasters or terrorist attacks. “Terrorism knows no border and it’s very important for everyone to cooperate,” James Zumwalt, U.S. ambassador to Senegal,[Read More…]
Rights Groups Voice Concerns After A Rare Protest In Gambia
(JollofNews) – Human rights groups voiced concern on Friday over arrests in Gambia after a rare public demonstration in the West African nation, where President Yahya Jammeh has come under regular criticism for his increasingly authoritarian rule. Jammeh, a former soldier who seized power in a bloodless coup in 1994,[Read More…]
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