(JollofNews) – A former leader of the Gambia’s opposition United Democratic Party (UDP), Lawyer Ousainou Darboe, has hit back at President Yahya Jammeh accusing him of being economical with the truth. Mr Jammeh during a meeting with members of the African Bar Association last Wednesday, accused Mr Darboe of being[Read More…]
Human Rights
Gambia Deports Al-Jazeera Reporters
(JollofNews) Two journalists working for the Arabic-language service of international news organisation Al-Jazeera were held by security forces in The Gambia and deported, Gambian and Mauritanian sources told AFP on Monday. The channel’s Mauritania bureau chief Zeinebou Mint Erebih and cameraman Mohamed Ould Beidar were taken away from their upmarket[Read More…]
Gambia: Jammeh Asks Supreme Court To Void Election Results
(JollofNews) – President Yahya Jammeh’s Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC) has filed a petition with the ‘vacant’ Supreme Court of the Gambia asking it to void the recent presidential election result. The December 1st presidential election results were called in favour of Adama Barrow of the opposition coalition[Read More…]

