(JollofNews)—A court in Senegal has sentenced the son of former President Abdoulaye Wade to six years in prison for corruption. Karim Wade was also fined $230m (£150m) for illegal enrichment during his father’s 12-year rule.He was chosen at the weekend as the presidential candidate of the main opposition party, the[Read More…]
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PDOIS’s Position On Opposition Talks
(JollofNews) – The information you gathered from the press release issued by an organisation called the Committee for the Restoration of Democracy in the Gambia (CORDEG), which had restricted circulation in the online papers and PDOIS’ response, has not captured the letter and spirit of the meeting of the[Read More…]
US Charges Gambian Activist Over Coup Plot
(JollofNews)—A Gambian civil society leader has been charged in the United States in connection with last December’s attempted coup against the Gambian regime of Yahya Jammeh. Banka Manneh, a US resident who is chairman of the Civil Society Associations Gambia, is accused of aiding and abetting in preparation of the[Read More…]
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