(JollofNews) – A first round of Senegal-Gambia talks to end a three-month border blockade has ended without agreement amid an impasse over a long-delayed bridge project, a senior advisor to Senegal’s foreign minister said on Monday. “We will consult our experts about the issue of the bridge, and the next[Read More…]
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Gambia’s Yahya Jammeh Hits Out At Senegal Over Border Dispute
(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…]
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…]
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