(JollofNews) – Provocative comments by Gambian President Yahya Jammeh on Sunday threatened to overshadow talks with Senegal aimed at resolving a three-month border blockade. Hours before the two countries’ foreign ministers sat down to talks in Dakar, Jammeh laid out his views on the dispute in forthright comments broadcast on[Read More…]
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Gambia, Senegal Hold Border Blockade Talks
(JollofNews) – Senegal and the Gambia will hold talks on Sunday aimed at ending a three-month border blockade that has created shortages of essential daily items on both sides of the frontier. Gambian authorities slapped a hundred-fold hike on fees for trucks entering its territory — which is completely surrounded[Read More…]
Border Impasse With Senegal Costing Gambia An Arm and A Leg
(JollofNews) – A senior Gambia Government official has admitted for the first time that the ongoing border closure with neighbouring Senegal is costing the West African nation an arm and a leg. Lamin Sanyang, managing director of the Gambia Ports Authority (GPA), which is responsible for managing and providing all[Read More…]
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