President Adama Barrow of the Gambia has declared at least D50.7 million worth of assets to the country’s electoral commission in compliance with election laws of the small West African nation. The Gambia heads to the polls on December 4th and President Adama Barrow, 56, who is eyeing a second[Read More…]
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Gambia 2021: Barrow Defends His Economic Record
President Adama Barrow of the Gambia has used a rally organised by women to defend the economic record of his government ahead of next month’s presidential election. Mr Barrow, 56, seeking a second presidential term and is being challenged in the polls his political godfather, Lawyer Ousainou Darboe of the[Read More…]
Gambia 2021: Jaha Dukureh: The FGM Activist Hoping To Be President Of Gambia
Jaha Dukureh was a young mother of three with little campaigning experience when she started a movement in the Gambia to end female genital mutilation, backed by the Guardian. In the seven years that followed she advised Barack Obama in the US, where she was then living, helped have FGM[Read More…]