(JollofNews) – An opposition leader in the Gambia has called on President Yahya Jammeh to start listening to the wishes of the people and rectify some of the wrongs his regime is making. Halifa Sallah, leader of the Gambia’s opposition People’s Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism (PDOIS), said the[Read More…]
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Two Dormant Opposition Parties Struck Off In Gambia
(JollofNews) – The Gambia’s electoral commission has struck off two dormant political parties after they failed to meet the country’s electoral rules. The National Democratic Action Movement (NDAM) and the Gambia Democratic Party (GDP) have not met the country’s new Elections Amendment Act (2015) which among other things requires executive[Read More…]
Senegal Demo Denounces Repression In Gambia
(JollofNews) – Fairly large crowds of Senegalese civil society activists and Gambian exiles in Senegal converged at the Place de la Nation (l’Obelisque) in Dakar on Friday afternoon to denounce the climate of repression prevailing in The Gambia. The protest, spearheaded by several human rights and civil society groups, including[Read More…]