(JollofNews) – An opposition leader in the Gambia has challenged other opposition parties in the country to come up with proposals on how a flag bearer to take on President Yahya Jammeh in the December presidential elections would be selected. Halifa Sallah of the People’s Democratic Organisation for Independence and[Read More…]
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Gambia’s Opposition Candidate Hits Back At Jammeh
(JollofNews) – An opposition candidate in the forthcoming Gambian elections has condemned President Yahya Jammeh’s threats to bury his critics and opponents ‘nine feet deep’. Halifa Sallah of the People’s Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism (PDOIS) said peace and war are not bred through lectures but are nurtured through[Read More…]
No Kuwaiti Guards For Gambia’s Jammeh
(JollofNews) – The Kuwaiti government has denied reports that it is deploying 320 highly trained soldiers to the Gambia to be in charge of the personal security of President Yahya Jammeh. Last week, Freedom Newspaper, an online Gambian paper based in the US, reported that the gulf state was dispatching[Read More…]