(JollofNews)- Lawyer Mai Ahmed Fatty, exiled opposition leader of the Gambia Moral Congress (GMC), has strongly condemned President Yahya Jammeh’s recent declaration of his intention to transform the Gambia into an Islamic state.Last week, Mr Jammeh during a polical rally in Brufut as part of his annual Dialogue with the[Read More…]

(JollofNews) – Lawyer Mai Ahmad Fatty, an exiled opposition leader of the Gambia Moral Congress (GMC) has said that his party will contest next year’s polls on two conditions.

(JollofNews) – President Yahya Jammeh of the Gambia has rehired Momodou Aki Bayo as the country’s Local Government and Lands Minister less than two weeks after his unceremonious removal.

(JollofNews) – Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh on Friday declared the formerly secular country an Islamic republic in a move he said was designed to distance the West African state further from its colonial past.

(JollofNews) – Momodou Saidy, State House Press Secretary has received his marching orders on Monday, December 7th, 2015, Jollof News can authoritatively report.

(JollofNews) – Gambia will hold a presidential election in December 2016, with legislative and local polls to follow in April 2017 and April 2018, the electoral commission said on Monday.

(JollofNews) – President Yahya Jammeh of the Gambia has fired the country’s secretary general, minister of Presidential Affairs and Civil Service.

(JollofNews) – An opposition leader in the Gambia has conceded defeat to President Yahya Jammeh even before votes are cast in the 2016 general elections.

(JollofNews) – The ambassador of the United Kingdom to the Gambia, Colin Crorkin has vowed to work toward the strengthening of bilateral ties between the two countries, while hailing Gambian leader’s leadership qualities, citing the initiation of the food self-sufficiency philosophy by President Yahya Jammeh as a step in the[Read More…]

(JollofNews) – The United States notes President Jammeh’s decision to pardon and release at least 200 prisoners and welcomes, in particular, his decision to release, after a lengthy period of detention without charge, family members of the December 30, 2014 coup plotters.