(JollofNews) – Exactly one month ago, the former head of the Gambia Armed Forces, Col Baboucar Jatta, declined to tell this newspaper about the vexed circumstances surrounding the death and disappearance of at least 52 migrants, mainly Ghanaians, in The Gambia in July 2005. Reacting to charges that agents of[Read More…]
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Gambia’s Jammeh Not Staying In A 7-Star Hotel – EQ. Guinean Journalist Confirms
(JollofNews) – Contrary to reports that The Gambia’s former president is living in a “seven star hotel,” The Standard has been informed that Jammeh is in fact staying in a government allocated house in the Island city of Mongoba. An independent journalist in Equatorial Guinea who was contacted by The[Read More…]
PDOIS Man Resigns ‘Over Halifa’s Comments’
(JollofNews) – Musa Ceesay, the PDOIS candidate who unsuccessfully contested last April’s National Assembly for Busumbala Constituency, has resigned from the party. Mr Ceesay, who walked into the offices of The Standard to make the declaration, said his move is motivated by the recent comments directed to the Coalition government[Read More…]