The NPP coalition is currently dealing with pockets of resistance from within as the local government elections loom. With polls’ date yet to be announced by the IEC, storm has already set off in the coalition with NPP and APRC all having their eyes firmly fixed on the Kanifing Municipal[Read More…]
Politics
Barrow’s Malabo Trip: More To It Than Meets The Eye?
There was a time in the recent past when The Gambia and Equatorial Guinea were never mentioned in the same breath but all that changed in the aftermath of the post-electoral dispute in 2016 which triggered a political crisis in mainland Africa’s smallest country. The dispute eventually ended with defeated[Read More…]
FJC Denies Rejecting Ambassador To South Africa Appointment
Fatoumatta Jahumpa-Ceesay has denied ever turning down her appointment as ambassador to South Africa. There was media reports that the former speaker of the Gambia’s National Assembly has rejected the appointment for personal reasons. But the former lawmaker who has a track record of decades of public service both on[Read More…]