(JollofNews) – The Gambia’s electoral commission (IEC) will today make a decision on the eligibility of the various candidates seeking to contest next month’s presidential election. Both candidates including President Yahya Jammeh and his challengers, Adama Barrow of the opposition coalition and Mamma Kandeh of the Gambia Democratic Congress, have[Read More…]
Gambia 2016 Elections
Gambia 2016: Jammeh Submits Nomination For Re-election
(JollofNews) – President Yahya Jammeh of the Gambia’s on Thursday submitted his candidacy to seek a fifth term in December’s presidential election. Jammeh, 51, who took power in a bloodless coup in 1994 was accompanied to Independent Electoral Commission’s office in Kanifing by his wife, Zined Jammeh, senior government officials[Read More…]
Gambia 2016: President Jammeh Due To Be Nominated
(JollofNews) – President Yahya Jammeh of the Gambia is heading to the country’s electoral commission to file his nomination for next month’s election. Mr Jammeh 51, who has been in power since July 1994 and is eyeing a fifth presidential term, is being accompanied from Banjul by senior government officials[Read More…]