President Adama Barrow has defended the controversial alliance between his National People’s Party and the former ruling Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction of former president Yahya Jammeh. The alliance generated condemnation from politicians, victims and human rights activists who described it as a total betrayal to the change that[Read More…]
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The NPP/APRC Alliance – Genuine Reconciliation Or Self-Serving?
(JollofNews) – As we get closer to the presidential elections, there is no shortage of issues to talk about, and one of those is no doubt the alliance between President Adama Barrow’s National People’s Party (NPP) and former President Yahya Jammeh’s Alliance for Patriotic, Reorientation and Construction (APRC). While this[Read More…]
Anger As Gambian President Allies With Ex-dictator’s Party
Gambian President Adama Barrow has stirred anger and confusion ahead of a December 4 presidential poll, after forming an electoral alliance with ex-dictator Yahya Jammeh’s political party. The pact has proved deeply controversial: Barrow himself ended Jammeh’s brutal rule in a 2016 election, sparking hopes of a new democratic era[Read More…]