(JollofNews) – With President Yahya Jammeh’s dramatic rejection of his electoral defeat – a week after agreeing to step down – it might seem like we are back to square one. For more than two decades, Mr Jammeh has ruled by the pervasive use of fear. But after tasting victory,[Read More…]
Tag: Gambia 2016 Elections
Gambia Military Takes Over Offices Of IEC
(JollofNews) – Gambia’s security forces entered the building of the Independent Electoral Commission on Tuesday morning, instructed its chairman to leave and have since barred other employees from entering, the chairman, Alieu Momarr Njai, told Reuters. “The military came to my office and said I am not to touch anything[Read More…]
Gambia: The New Reality And How To Deal With It
(JollofNews) – It is confusion. It is anxiety. It is what do we do next? This is the new dilemma for Gambians. Since December 2, 2016, when the announcement was finally and officially made that Adama Barrow ‘is duly elected to serve as president of the Republic of the Gambia’,[Read More…]
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