Lethargy is increasingly creeping into the FTJ-led APRC as some of the faction’s top officials landed top jobs in the Barrow administration whilst others were “left in the cold”. Despite lacking the financial muscle to hold a biennial congress this year, the FTJ-led APRC is not making any significant move[Read More…]
Tag: Ex-President Yahya Jammeh
Why Do Gambia’s Leaders Always Leave The Stage Without Ceremony?
One thing that is increasingly becoming constant in the Gambia’s post-independence political trajectory is the chaotic nature of change of power. When the late Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara’s sun downed on 22 July 1994, he was literally scampering to safety alongside his family and officials. Meanwhile when Jammeh’s “Supreme” power[Read More…]
APRC’s Amie Jatta Calls For United Force Against Barrow
A stalwart of former President Yahya Jammeh’s APRC has been using the airwaves in an apparent attempt to prick the national consciousness about the need and urgency for collective action against President Adama Barrow. In several of her radio interventions, Amie Jatta made passionate appeals to Gambians to put aside[Read More…]