(JollofNews) – President Yahya Jammeh’s rejection of December 1st election result is unacceptable and threatened peace not only in the Gambia but the entire West African Subregion, says the chair of regional block ECOWAS. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, president of the Republic of Liberia and chair of the ECOWAS Authority of[Read More…]
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ECOWAS Rules Out Suspension Of Gambia From Regional Bloc
(JollofNews) – The Gambia will not be facing any sanctions yet from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), despite calls from global human rights group, Amnesty International for the country to be suspended. Amnesty International which last week released its latest report on the human right situation in[Read More…]
How AU And Ecowas Have Let Down Gambians
(JollofNews) – Once again, our African institutions have failed us, with both the African Union and Ecowas keeping so mute over the deplorable and naked human rights violations being perpetrated against innocent Gambians by their very government. We have heard the swift condemnations of the atrocities being committed in the[Read More…]