(JollofNews) – The Gambia Police Force is yet to issue a permit to enable the country’s former ruling party to commemorate the July 22 revolution, which brought former President Yahya Jammeh to power in 1994. Mr Jammeh’s party, APRC, which governed the Gambia from January 1997 to January 2017 was[Read More…]
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Eight Dead In Wall Collapse At Senegal’s Demba Diop Stadium
Eight people have died and at least 49 are injured after a wall collapsed at a football stadium in Senegal. It happened at Demba Diop stadium in the capital, Dakar, at the end of the League Cup final between Stade de Mbour and Union Sportive Ouakam. Fighting started between rival[Read More…]
Barrow Condemns Bid To Mark Jammeh’s Coup Anniversary
(JollofNews) – President Adama Barrow of the Gambia has strongly condemned plans by supporters of the opposition APRC party to commemorate the 23rd anniversary of the military coup that brought former longterm ruler Yahya Jammeh to power. Mr Jammeh came to power in a military coup on 22 July 1994[Read More…]