(JollofNews) – President Yahya Jammeh of the Gambia’s on Thursday submitted his candidacy to seek a fifth term in December’s presidential election. Jammeh, 51, who took power in a bloodless coup in 1994 was accompanied to Independent Electoral Commission’s office in Kanifing by his wife, Zined Jammeh, senior government officials[Read More…]
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Gambia 2016: President Jammeh Due To Be Nominated
(JollofNews) – President Yahya Jammeh of the Gambia is heading to the country’s electoral commission to file his nomination for next month’s election. Mr Jammeh 51, who has been in power since July 1994 and is eyeing a fifth presidential term, is being accompanied from Banjul by senior government officials[Read More…]
Gambia 2016: Jammeh-Opposition Meeting Deffered
(JollofNews) – The much talked about meeting between President Yahya Jammeh of the Gambia and opposition candidates vying to flush him out of power in next month’s presidential elections has been deffered The meeting which was due to be held on Tuesday evenening at the luxurious Kairaba Beach Hotel was[Read More…]