(JollofNews) – The flag bearer of the opposition coalition in the Gambia is heading to the country’s electoral commission to file his nomination as president Yahya Jammeh’s main challenger in next month’s elections. Adama Barrow, 51, is being accompanied to the Independent Electoral Commission’s (IEC) office on Bertil Harding Highway,[Read More…]
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Gambia 2016: UDP’s Adama Barrow Leaves UDP To Head Opposition Coalition
(JollofNews) – The leader of the Gambia’s main opposition United Democratic Party (UDP), Adama Barrow, has resigned from his party to enable him lead a coalition of opposition parties in next month’s presidential elections. Last night, the Gambia Radio and Television Services (GRTS), reported that the UDP leader resigned from[Read More…]
Gambia’s Election To Be Free And Fair- Says Electoral Commission
(JollofNews) -The chairman of the Gambia’s Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), Alieu Momarr Njai, has assured political leaders and stakeholders that next month’s presidential election will be free, fair and transparent. The small West African nation of less than two million people will hold presidential election on 1st December with 886,[Read More…]