(JollofNews) – The Gambia Youth for Unity (GYU) joins patriotic Gambians both at home and in the diaspora in condemning outgoing President Yahya Jammeh’s televised statement rejecting the outcome of the December 1st presidential elections. Yahya Jammeh had previously lauded the Gambian electoral process as free, fair and rig-proof. It[Read More…]
Opinion
Torchlight With Michael Scales: It’s Over Old Friend, Time To Go
(Jollofnews) – I have been thinking a lot lately about the ongoing political situation in the Gambia and it reminded me of that historical speech by Harold Macmillan aimed at Harold Wilson in the British House of Commons: “He didn’t say yes, he didn’t say no, he didn’t say stop,[Read More…]
Gambia: The Yahya Jammeh Problem
(JollofNews) – When President Yahya Jammeh of The Gambia conceded defeat after the December 1, Presidential elections in that West African country of 1.9 million people, the gesture was widely hailed and described as an indication of great hope for democracy in Africa and particularly for The Gambia, which Jammeh[Read More…]