(JollofNews) – The leader of the Gambia’s opposition has expressed strong optimism of defeating President Yahya Jammeh in next month’s presidential election. Adama Barrow, 51, who is heading a coalition of opposition parties including the Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism (PDOIS), the National Reconciliation Party (NRP), the Gambia Moral[Read More…]
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Gambia: Is Freedom Stirring In Banjul?
(JollofNews) – “We are ready for change!” These were the words of the taxi driver who picked me up from the airport in Gambia. We had just passed a huge billboard bearing the image of President Yahya Jammeh, and when I asked the driver about his political views I had[Read More…]
Gambia 2016: EU Election Observers Refused Accreditation
(JollofNews) – Gambian authorities have refused the European Union access to observe upcoming elections, an EU spokesman said on Friday, amid concerns about the fairness of the voting process in the tiny West African nation. The EU had been ready to deploy a small team to provide what it described[Read More…]
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