(JollofNews) – West African political leaders are to return to The Gambia this week to press President Yahya Jammeh to abide by election results and step down, Nigeria’s foreign minister said Monday. Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari is to visit Banjul on Wednesday with Liberian counterpart Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Ghana’s[Read More…]
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Gambia Supreme Court Unlikely To Hear Jammeh’s Petition
(JollofNews) – The Gambia’s Supreme Court is unlikely to convene and hear a petition by President Yayha Jammeh challenging the results of the 1 December election. Ahead of their planned sitting tomorrow, judges from Sierra Leone and Nigeria have still not travelled to The Gambia and are unlikely to do so,[Read More…]
Gambia’s Jammeh Swings Axe At Diplomats Who Asked Him To Quit
(JollofNews) – President Yahya Jammeh has terminated the appointment of 12 high profile Gambian diplomats after they publicly failed to back his bid to hang on to power. The ambassadors including Dembo M. Badgie in Beijing, Sheikh Omar Faye in Washington, Momodou Badgie in Ankara, Elizabeth Ya Eli Harding in[Read More…]
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