(JollofNews) – President Yahya Jammeh has thanked Gambians for the support they have rendered to him and his government for the past 22 years. Addressing the nation from his office in State House in the presence of his cabinet ministers on Friday evening after the final election results were announced,[Read More…]
Tag: Gambia 2016 Presidential Election
Gambia 2016: Celebrating The End Of Tyranny
(JollofNews) – We begin by praising Almighty Allah for giving us the patient and the strength to effect a peaceful change of government in the Gambia. It has not been an easy road and many Gambians who stood up against tyranny and injustice have been killed and buried six-feet deep,[Read More…]
Gambia 2016: Jammeh Confident Of Election Victory
(JollofNews) – President Yahya Jammeh of the Gambia has told reporters that he will secure a landslide victory in Thursday’s presidential election. Gambians have voted whether to give another five-year mandate to Mr Jammeh or his opposition challengers, Adama Barrow of the opposition coalition or Mamma Kandeh of the Gambia[Read More…]
Gambia 2016: Voting Closes In Gambia As Jammeh Seeks Fifth Term
(JollofNews) – The people of the Gambia have voted to decide whether President Yahya Jammeh will remain in office or be unseated by Adama Barrow of the opposition coalition or Mamma Kandeh of the Gambia Democratic Congress (GDC). Polls closed this evening at 17:00 hrs with final results not expected[Read More…]
Gambia 20116: Right Group Condemns Gambia’s Internet Blockage
(JollofNews) Amnesty International has condemned Gambian regime’s decision to shut down internet and other communications networks in Gambia amid today’s presidential election. Samira Daoud, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for West and Central Africa said: “This is an unjustified and crude attack on the right to freedom of expression in Gambia,[Read More…]
Gambia 2016: Polls Open In Gambia’s Presidential Election
(JollofNews) – Gambian President Yahya Jammeh faces the biggest threat to his 22-year rule as the country goes to the polls. The vote goes ahead after an internet blackout in a nation often accused of suppressing freedom of expression. President Yahya Jammeh is running for a fifth term in office[Read More…]
Gambia 2016: Internet Shut Down As Voting Begins
(JollofNews) – The government of the Gambia shut down the internet on Wednesday evening as voting begins in the crucial election. No official reasons has been given for the shutdown, but sources have told JollofNews that the communication blackout was put in place for security reasons. Gamtel, the country’s largest[Read More…]
Gambia 2016: Jammeh Warns Against Election Protest
(JollofNews) – The Gambia President Yahya Jammeh, who has been in office for more than two decades, has warned that even peaceful protests will not be permitted after the upcoming election. On Thursday, more than 880,000 registered voters will head to more than 1,400 polling stations around the country whose[Read More…]
Gambia 2016: JollofNews Backs Opposition Coalition
(JollofNews) – This time tomorrow, 886, 578 Gambians will be casting their votes in the 2016 presidential election. President Yahya Jammeh who has governed the country since July 1994 is being challenged in the polls by Mamma Kandeh of the Gambia Democratic Congress and Adama Barrow who is heading a[Read More…]
Gambia 2016: Right Group Warns Against Opposition Crackdown
(JollofNews) – Authorities in Gambia must take all appropriate measures to ensure that forthcoming elections – including the period following the results – are held in a climate that is free from violence and which fully respects the right of all people to freely express their views, Amnesty International said today.[Read More…]
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