(JollofNews) – The Gambian community in the United Kingdom have appealed to the Nigerian Government to call on its nationals working in the legal profession to recuse themselves from President Yahya Jammeh’s petition to the Supreme Court of the Gambia. In a petition submitted to Emmanuel Namah, chargés d’affaires at[Read More…]
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Gambia’s Supreme Court To Hear Jammeh’s Election Petition
(JollofNews) – The Supreme Court of the Gambia is Tuesday expected to commence hearing President Yahya Jammeh’s petition against last month’s presidential election results. The election was called in favour of opposition candidate Adama Barrow who won more than 45% of the vote according to the country’s electoral commission. But[Read More…]
W/Africa Leaders To Continue Gambia Mediation: Liberia President
(JollofNews) – West African leaders are still pursuing mediation to ensure a peaceful transfer of power in Gambia where President Yahya Jammeh refused to accept defeat in an election last month, Liberia’s President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said on Saturday. Sirleaf told reporters after a meeting among regional leaders in Ghana’s[Read More…]