Fifty-four women and four persons with disability (PWDs) shall be contesting in Gambia’s forthcoming local government elections. These candidates are among the 367 candidates that have been nominated to run for various seats, stated the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC). According to the IEC, 68 are independent candidates while the rest[Read More…]
Politics
I’m independently-minded – Minister Badjie
Gambia’s Youths and Sports minister Bakary Y. Badjie, who has decided to throw his hat into the ring of vying for the mayoral seat of Kanifing Municipality, has asserted that he is an independent-minded person who could not be forced to do things against his will. Minister Badjie is vying[Read More…]
LG Elections: APRC Faction Nominates 42 Independent Candidates
A faction of the Alliance for Patriotic, Re-orientation and Construction (APRC) party, which still recognises former president Yahya Jammeh as its supreme leader, has backed the nomination of 42 independent candidates for the April-May local government elections. The faction, aka APRC Babili Mansa, opposes the political alliance formed with the[Read More…]
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