Gambia’s former ruling Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC) is preparing the grounds to launch a legal action against a former member of the country’s national military after he publicly admitted to bankrolling the burning of the party’s bureau in 2016, a credible source informed JollofNews. Former soldier Sanyang[Read More…]
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Cham Says Amie Colley’s Alignment With President Barrow’s Agenda Good Step
The campaign manager of the governing National People’s Party (NPP) has said that legislator Amie Colley’s decision to align with President Adama Barrow’s agenda was a “good step”. NPP’s chief strategist Lamin Cham indicated that NAM Colley’s decision to support the President’s agenda was conscious and a strategic one made[Read More…]
Darboe Accuses FTJ, APRC MPs Of Blocking Probe Into Jammeh-Era Cured Oil Donations
Ousainou Darboe, leader of the United Democratic Party (UDP), has accused Speaker of the National Assembly Fabakary Tombong Jatta and lawmakers from the Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC) of sabotaging a proposed investigation into the controversial distribution of cured oils during former President Yahya Jammeh’s regime. Speaking at[Read More…]
Lare Sisay Tasks FTJ To Speak Out On Jammeh’s Unaccounted For Looted Properties
Former international civil servant and official of the United Democratic Party (UDP), Lare Sisay, has challenged the Gambia’s House Speaker to explain the circumstances, surrounding Jammeh’s properties that were not captured in Vol.3 of the Janneh Commission’s report. “The vol. III is the special listed properties, properties that Yahya Jammeh[Read More…]
Darboe Remembers Women ‘Who Fiercely Resisted Dictatorship’, Says June Consequential To UDP
The UDP’s Ousainou Darboe has cast his mind back to dark events in which UDP women exhibited courage and valour as he recognised the significance of June to The Gambia’s largest opposition party. “June is an incredibly important month for the UDP,” acknowledged Darboe at a weekend meeting in New[Read More…]
FJC ‘Never Unilaterally Decided’ To Visit Jammeh At His Base
Fatoumatta Jahumpa-Ceesay never unilaterally decided to visit former President Yahya Jammeh at his base in Equatorial Guinea, a rebuttal from an individual just signing up as Micky read. Former President Yahya Jammeh claimed in a viral audio that he closed his doors to The Gambia’s ambassador to Mozambique Madam Fatoumatta[Read More…]
FTJ Asserts Authority Over APRC Weeks After Jammeh Re-asserts Control Over Party
The leader of the former ruling APRC Fabakary Tombong Jatta has declared that no other APRC party exists in The Gambia, except the APRC under his leadership. Mr. Jatta made this declaration a few weeks after the former Gambian dictator and founder of the APRC reasserted his authority over the[Read More…]
APRC Demands Transparent Probe Into Jammeh’s Asset Sales, Slams Gov’t Secrecy
The Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC) has issued a strong statement demanding an urgent, impartial, and transparent investigation into the management and sale of assets belonging to former President Yahya A.J.J. Jammeh, while criticizing the government’s lack of accountability and transparency. In a press release dated May 10th,[Read More…]
LG Elections: APRC Faction Nominates 42 Independent Candidates
A faction of the Alliance for Patriotic, Re-orientation and Construction (APRC) party, which still recognises former president Yahya Jammeh as its supreme leader, has backed the nomination of 42 independent candidates for the April-May local government elections. The faction, aka APRC Babili Mansa, opposes the political alliance formed with the[Read More…]
No-To-Alliance’s Jerrending Sanyang Tells Barrow To Clean Own House Before…
APRC-No-To-Alliance top official Jerrending Sanyang has advised President Adama Barrow to start cleaning his own house than attempting to investigate others. “Charity begins at home,” Hon. Sanyang told anchors of King FM Felerango morning show Assan Ceesay and Mariama Fatty this morning. He was making a reference to the commission[Read More…]