(JollofNews) – President Yahya Jammeh of the Gambia Saturday night accused the United States of harbouring bad intentions against his regime following its removal from the list of sub-Saharan African countries eligible for the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA).
Politics
US Removes Gambia From Trade Agreement
(JollofNews) – Activists have praised the U.S. government’s decision to remove Gambia from a trade agreement, apparently in response to human rights abuses.
EU Punishes Gambia
(JollofNews) – The European Union has withdrawn millions of euros of funding from Gambia due to its poor human rights record, according to an EU spokesman, at a time when the mainly Muslim West African nation is looking more to the Middle East for support.