(JollofNews) – Senegal’s heavily forested southern region of Casamance will have no tree cover left by 2018 if illegal logging driven by Chinese demand is not addressed, a Senegalese ecologist warned Thursday. Gambian loggers have long benefited from lax oversight of the area’s forests to take prized rosewood timber over[Read More…]
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Gambia’s Opposition Candidate Hits Back At Jammeh
(JollofNews) – An opposition candidate in the forthcoming Gambian elections has condemned President Yahya Jammeh’s threats to bury his critics and opponents ‘nine feet deep’. Halifa Sallah of the People’s Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism (PDOIS) said peace and war are not bred through lectures but are nurtured through[Read More…]
Gambia: Government To Build Bridge At Sandugu Bolong
(JollofNews) – President Yahya Jammeh of the Gambia has announced that his government will build a bridge over the Sandugu Bolong to link Wuli and Basse. Mr Jammeh who is on a tour of the country aimed at giving him an opportunity to meet with the electorates, know their concerns[Read More…]
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