(JollofNews) – Gambia’s main opposition party named a new leader on Thursday to challenge President Yahya Jammeh in a December election after the jailing of its previous candidate. The United Democratic Party said it had chosen Adama Barrow, a 51-year-old businessman, to lead its campaign to end Jammeh’s 22-year rule[Read More…]
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UK Concerned About Death In Custody Of Another Gambian Opposition Member
The United Kingdom’s Ambassador to The Gambia has expressed concern over the second death in custody of an opposition member in three months. Ebrima Solo Krummah, a father of nine, died on Saturday at the Edward Francis’s Small Teaching Hospital in Banjul, according to his party, the United Democratic Party[Read More…]
UN Rights Chief Deplores Gambia Opposition Detainee Death
(JollofNews) – The U.N. rights chief on Tuesday deplored the death of an opposition party member while in custody in Gambia, urging the authorities to investigate his death along with allegations that detainees are refused medical care. Solo Krummah died in hospital over the weekend, his United Democratic Party (UDP)[Read More…]
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