(JollofNews) – West African political leaders are to return to The Gambia this week to press President Yahya Jammeh to abide by election results and step down, Nigeria’s foreign minister said Monday. Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari is to visit Banjul on Wednesday with Liberian counterpart Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Ghana’s[Read More…]
Tag: Gambia 2016 Elections
Gambia Supreme Court Unlikely To Hear Jammeh’s Petition
(JollofNews) – The Gambia’s Supreme Court is unlikely to convene and hear a petition by President Yayha Jammeh challenging the results of the 1 December election. Ahead of their planned sitting tomorrow, judges from Sierra Leone and Nigeria have still not travelled to The Gambia and are unlikely to do so,[Read More…]
W/African Leaders To Take ‘Major Decision’ On Gambia, Nigeria Says
(JollofNews) – West African leaders will take a “major decision” on the political impasse in Gambia at a meeting in Ghana on Saturday, a spokesman for the Nigerian presidency said on Friday. The West African ECOWAS bloc said last month it would take all necessary steps to uphold the result[Read More…]