The Gambia’s electoral commission has cleared six candidates to contest next month’s Presidential election. Over 20 candidates submitted their nomination papers this week, but after going through the lot, the electoral commission trimmed the numbers down to six. The chairman of the electoral commission said the candidates, President Adama Barrow[Read More…]
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Gambia 2021: Mai Fatty To Appeal Election Disqualification
An opposition leader in the Gambia has announced his decision to appeal against the decision of the country’s electoral commission to reject his nomination for president. Mai Ahmad Fatty of the Gambia Moral Congress (GMC) was barred from contesting next month’s presidential election for falling to produce the required of[Read More…]
Gambia 2021: President Barrow Declares Over D20 Million Bank Balance
Gambia’s leader Adama Barrow has over D20 million in his personal accounts, records filed at the electoral commission has revealed. According to records submitted at the country’s electoral commission in compliance with election laws of the small West African nation, Mr Barrow, 56, has D12.4 million in his saving account[Read More…]