(JollofNews) – Poignant tributes have been pouring in on Facebook to the Gambia’s ambassador to Sierra Leone, Ingram Reginald Femi Peters, who died on Saturday after a brief illness. Born in 1946 in Banjul, Mr Peters, appeared in the parliamentary elections in 1987 as a candidate of the Gambian People’s[Read More…]
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Gambia: APRC’s Seedy Njie Says His Arrest Was Politically Motivated
(JollofNews) – A spokesman for the Gambia’s former governing Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC) party has told JollofNews that his arrest on Friday was politically motivated. Seedy Njie, a former nominated National Assembly Member was picked up by some plainclothes officers of the previously unknown State Intelligent Unit[Read More…]
Gambia’s President Shuns Doctorate Title
President Adama Barrow of the Gambia is refusing to add the doctorate title to his name. Mr Barrow was Monday conferred with a honorary Doctor of Laws and Human Rights degree by the University of The Gambia. But the president said while he appreciates the award and thanks the University of[Read More…]
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