(JollofNews) – Human rights groups voiced concern on Friday over arrests in Gambia after a rare public demonstration in the West African nation, where President Yahya Jammeh has come under regular criticism for his increasingly authoritarian rule. Jammeh, a former soldier who seized power in a bloodless coup in 1994,[Read More…]

(JollofNews) – The Gambia Moral Congress Party (GMC) has become the first opposition party in the Gambia to openly throw its weight behind the sympathisers of the United Democratic Party (UDP), who were nicked yesterday for staging an anti-government protest. Over a dozen protesters mainly from the UDP including the[Read More…]

At least three newly elected executive members of the Gambia’s main opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) are among the anti-government protesters currently detained by police. Ebrima Solo Sandeng, national organising secretary, his deputy,  Lang Marong  and Fatoumatta Jawara,  youth wing female president of the UDP, were arrested on Thursday afternoon[Read More…]